diff --git a/rpmbuild/bin/copr-builder b/rpmbuild/bin/copr-builder
index 380de27d8..4d0aa984f 100755
--- a/rpmbuild/bin/copr-builder
+++ b/rpmbuild/bin/copr-builder
@@ -83,21 +83,14 @@ class CMDShow:
                 return pid
         return None
 
-    @property
-    def uptime_seconds(self):
-        with open("/proc/uptime", "r") as f:
-            return float(f.readline().split()[0])
-
     @property
     def expiration(self):
-        # TODO We are implementing the same thing on backend, move it to common
         try:
             with open(EXPIRATION_PATH, "r") as fp:
                 timestamp = float(fp.read())
                 return datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
         except (OSError, ValueError):
-            boot = datetime.now() - timedelta(seconds=self.uptime_seconds)
-            return boot + timedelta(seconds=DEFAULT_EXPIRATION)
+            return None
 
 
     @property
@@ -105,10 +98,12 @@ class CMDShow:
         """
         Human friendly representation of remaining time for the VM
         """
-        # TODO We are implementing the same thing on backend, move it to common
+        if not self.expiration:
+            return "unknown"
+
         delta = self.expiration - datetime.now()
         if delta.total_seconds() < 0:
-            return "Expired"
+            return "expired"
 
         days, hours, minutes, seconds = timedelta_to_dhms(delta)
         return ("{0} days, {1} hours, {2} minutes, {3} seconds"