diff --git a/doc/api.txt b/doc/api.txt
index 98fe9a4b7a..b99670d45a 100644
--- a/doc/api.txt
+++ b/doc/api.txt
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ The PID of the process.
 +process.platform+ ::
 What platform you're running on. +"linux2"+, +"darwin"+, etc.
 
-+process.startTime+ ::
-When the process started.
-
 +process.memoryUsage()+ ::
 Returns the memory usage of the Node process. It looks like this
 +
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 026234bafb..af4856b8e2 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 (function (process) {
-process.startTime = new Date();
 
 process.global.process = process;
 process.global.global = process.global;