diff --git a/README b/README
index fa27000..5d6dda6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ First off, Archiso has some dependencies:
     - aufs2
     - aufs2-util
     - mkarchroot from the devtools package
-    - pwgen
+    - syslinux
 
 Archiso itself can be installed with the handy dandy included Makefile,
 and the incantation 'make install'.
diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso
index cf6112f..a0c21d3 100755
--- a/archiso/mkarchiso
+++ b/archiso/mkarchiso
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PKGLIST=""
 QUIET="y"
 FORCE="n"
 PACCONFIG="/etc/pacman.conf"
-export LABEL="ARCHISO_$(pwgen -n 8 1 | tr [a-z] [A-Z])"
+export LABEL="ARCHISO_$(date +%Y%m)"
 PUBLISHER="Arch Linux <http://www.archlinux.org>"
 APPLICATION="Arch Linux Live/Rescue CD"
 CREATE_DEFAULT="n"