diff --git a/.github/workflows/monthly-bundler.yml b/.github/workflows/monthly-bundler.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d715850272ef..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/monthly-bundler.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: monthly-bundler
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 1 * *'
-
-jobs:
-  monthly_bundler:
-    name: Refresh month of man pages
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    if: github.repository == 'rubygems/rubygems'
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Set up Ruby
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: 2.7.1
-          bundler: none
-
-      - name: Install ronn
-        run: gem install ronn:'~> 0.7.3'
-
-      - name: Update month
-        run: bin/rake man:build
-        working-directory: ./bundler
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "The Bundler Bot"
-          git config user.email "bot@bundler.io"
-
-      - name: Commit and push the changes
-        run: |
-          git add bundler/man/*
-          git commit -m "Bump man pages month"
-          git push origin master
-
-    timeout-minutes: 15
diff --git a/bundler/Rakefile b/bundler/Rakefile
index 8f6a6ffe6a7d..be9835c22193 100644
--- a/bundler/Rakefile
+++ b/bundler/Rakefile
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ namespace :man do
         roff = "man/#{File.basename(source, ".ronn")}"
 
         file roff => ["man", ronn] do
-          sh "bin/ronn --warnings --roff --pipe --date #{Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")} #{ronn} > #{roff}"
+          date = ENV["MAN_PAGES_DATE"] || Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+          sh "bin/ronn --warnings --roff --pipe --date #{date} #{ronn} > #{roff}"
         end
 
         task :build_all_pages => roff
@@ -124,10 +125,16 @@ namespace :man do
       end
 
       desc "Build the man pages"
-      task :build => ["man:clean", "man:build_all_pages"]
+      task :build => [:clean, :build_all_pages]
+
+      desc "Sets target date for building man pages to the one currently present"
+      task :set_current_date do
+        require "date"
+        ENV["MAN_PAGES_DATE"] = Date.parse(File.readlines("man/bundle-add.1")[3].split('"')[5]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+      end
 
       desc "Verify man pages are in sync"
-      task :check => :build do
+      task :check => [:set_current_date, :build] do
         require "open3"
 
         output, status = Open3.capture2e("git status --porcelain")