Meta-data – Removing Permalink on Dates

How can I remove the link on the dates before the post? I’ve tried to remove all the ‘<a href…’ but the site broke.

function responsive_post_meta_data() {
		printf( __( '<i class="fa fa-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="%1$s">Posted on </span>%2$s<span class="%3$s"> by </span>%4$s', 'responsive' ),
				'meta-prep meta-prep-author posted',
				sprintf( '<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="bookmark"><time class="timestamp updated" datetime="%3$s">%4$s</time></a>',
						 esc_url( get_permalink() ),
						 esc_attr( get_the_title() ),
						 esc_html( get_the_date('c')),
						 esc_html( get_the_date() )
				),
				'byline',
				sprintf( '<span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="%1$s" title="%2$s"><span class="author-gravtar">%4$s</span>%3$s</a></span>',
						 get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ),
						 sprintf( esc_attr__( 'View all posts by %s', 'responsive' ), get_the_author() ),
						 esc_attr( get_the_author() ),
						 get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ), 32)
				)
		);
?>
		<span class='posted-in'>
<?php 		printf( __( 'Posted in %s', 'responsive' ), get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?>
		</span>
<?php 

	}

}

Also is it possible to only display the meta information while in the post and not the homepage?

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