diff --git a/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts b/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts
index 68c63cd855..dcc3a24c37 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts
+++ b/packages/jsii-rosetta/lib/jsii/assemblies.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as spec from '@jsii/spec';
-import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@ import { enforcesStrictMode } from '../strict';
 import { LanguageTablet, DEFAULT_TABLET_NAME } from '../tablets/tablets';
 import { fmap, mkDict, sortBy } from '../util';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires, @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
-const sortJson = require('sort-json');
-
 /**
  * The JSDoc tag users can use to associate non-visible metadata with an example
  *
@@ -216,14 +212,16 @@ export async function replaceAssembly(assembly: spec.Assembly, directory: string
 }
 
 /**
- * This function is copied from `packages/jsii/lib/assembler.ts`.
- * We should make sure not to change one without changing the other as well.
+ * Replaces the old fingerprint with '***********'.
+ *
+ * @rmuller says fingerprinting is useless, as we do not actually check
+ * if an assembly is changed. Instead of keeping the old (wrong) fingerprint
+ * or spending extra time calculating a new fingerprint, we replace with '**********'
+ * that demonstrates the fingerprint has changed.
  */
 function _fingerprint(assembly: spec.Assembly): spec.Assembly {
-  delete (assembly as any).fingerprint;
-  assembly = sortJson(assembly);
-  const fingerprint = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(JSON.stringify(assembly)).digest('base64');
-  return { ...assembly, fingerprint };
+  assembly.fingerprint = '*'.repeat(10);
+  return assembly;
 }
 
 export interface TypeLookupAssembly {
diff --git a/packages/jsii/lib/assembler.ts b/packages/jsii/lib/assembler.ts
index fad2c3090c..1e4bd4a20c 100644
--- a/packages/jsii/lib/assembler.ts
+++ b/packages/jsii/lib/assembler.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import * as spec from '@jsii/spec';
 import { PackageJson } from '@jsii/spec';
 import * as Case from 'case';
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
-import * as crypto from 'crypto';
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
 import deepEqual = require('deep-equal');
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
@@ -32,9 +31,6 @@ import { Validator } from './validator';
 import { SHORT_VERSION, VERSION } from './version';
 import { enabledWarnings } from './warnings';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires, @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
-const sortJson = require('sort-json');
-
 const LOG = log4js.getLogger('jsii/assembler');
 
 /**
@@ -2865,14 +2861,17 @@ interface SubmoduleSpec {
   readonly readme?: spec.ReadMe;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Replaces the old fingerprint with '***********'.
+ *
+ * @rmuller says fingerprinting is useless, as we do not actually check
+ * if an assembly is changed. Instead of keeping the old (wrong) fingerprint
+ * or spending extra time calculating a new fingerprint, we replace with '**********'
+ * that demonstrates the fingerprint has changed.
+ */
 function _fingerprint(assembly: spec.Assembly): spec.Assembly {
-  delete assembly.fingerprint;
-  assembly = sortJson(assembly);
-  const fingerprint = crypto
-    .createHash('sha256')
-    .update(JSON.stringify(assembly))
-    .digest('base64');
-  return { ...assembly, fingerprint };
+  assembly.fingerprint = '*'.repeat(10);
+  return assembly;
 }
 
 function _isAbstract(