diff --git a/client/components/VersionChecker.vue b/client/components/VersionChecker.vue
index eae977ab..426ed650 100644
--- a/client/components/VersionChecker.vue
+++ b/client/components/VersionChecker.vue
@@ -1,37 +1,6 @@
 <template>
 	<div id="version-checker" :class="[store.state.versionStatus]">
-		<p v-if="store.state.versionStatus === 'loading'">Checking for updates…</p>
-		<p v-if="store.state.versionStatus === 'new-version'">
-			Hard Lounge <b>{{ store.state.versionData?.latest.version }}</b>
-			<template v-if="store.state.versionData?.latest.prerelease"> (pre-release) </template>
-			is now available.
-			<br />
-
-			<a :href="store.state.versionData?.latest.url" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
-				Read more on GitHub
-			</a>
-		</p>
-		<p v-if="store.state.versionStatus === 'new-packages'">
-			Hard Lounge is up to date, but there are out of date packages Run
-			<code>thelounge upgrade</code> on the server to upgrade packages.
-		</p>
-		<template v-if="store.state.versionStatus === 'up-to-date'">
-			<p>Hard Lounge is up to date!</p>
-
-			<button
-				v-if="store.state.versionDataExpired"
-				id="check-now"
-				class="btn btn-small"
-				@click="checkNow"
-			>
-				Check now
-			</button>
-		</template>
-		<template v-if="store.state.versionStatus === 'error'">
-			<p>Information about latest release could not be retrieved.</p>
-
-			<button id="check-now" class="btn btn-small" @click="checkNow">Try again</button>
-		</template>
+		<p>Check for updates yourself you lazy bum</p>
 	</div>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/client/components/Windows/Help.vue b/client/components/Windows/Help.vue
index 58901ccd..5c77614a 100644
--- a/client/components/Windows/Help.vue
+++ b/client/components/Windows/Help.vue
@@ -12,21 +12,17 @@
 					v{{
 						store.state.serverConfiguration?.version
 					}}
-					(<router-link id="view-changelog" to="/changelog"
-						>release notes</router-link
-					>)
 				</small>
 			</h2>
 
 			<div class="about">
-				<VersionChecker />
 				<p>
 					<a
 						href="https://git.supernets.org/supernets/hardlounge/"
 						target="_blank"
 						rel="noopener"
 						class="website-link"
-						>Website</a
+						>Source Code</a
 					>
 				</p>
 				<p>
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@
 						target="_blank"
 						rel="noopener"
 						class="documentation-link"
-						>Documentation</a
+						>Documentation (The Lounge)</a
 					>
 				</p>
 				<p>
@@ -1228,14 +1224,12 @@
 import { defineComponent, ref } from "vue";
 import { useStore } from "../../js/store";
 import SidebarToggle from "../SidebarToggle.vue";
-import VersionChecker from "../VersionChecker.vue";
 
 export default defineComponent({
 	name: "Help",
 	components: {
-		SidebarToggle,
-		VersionChecker,
-	},
+		SidebarToggle
+		},
 	setup() {
 		const store = useStore();
 		const isApple =
diff --git a/server/server.ts b/server/server.ts
index 215a6848..0ec5f815 100644
--- a/server/server.ts
+++ b/server/server.ts
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ export default async function (
 				});
 		}
 
-		changelog.checkForUpdates(manager);
 	});
 
 	return server;
diff --git a/test/server.ts b/test/server.ts
index 550cd0cd..55ff65e9 100644
--- a/test/server.ts
+++ b/test/server.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ describe("Server", function () {
 	let server;
 	let logInfoStub: sinon.SinonStub<string[], void>;
 	let logWarnStub: sinon.SinonStub<string[], void>;
-	let checkForUpdatesStub: sinon.SinonStub<[manager: ClientManager], void>;
 
 	before(async function () {
 		logInfoStub = sinon.stub(log, "info");
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ describe("Server", function () {
 			console.error(`Unhandled log.warn in server tests: ${args.join(" ")}`);
 		});
 
-		checkForUpdatesStub = sinon.stub(changelog, "checkForUpdates");
 		server = await (await import("../server/server")).default({} as any);
 	});
 
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ describe("Server", function () {
 		// in case setup crashed for any reason
 		logInfoStub.restore();
 		logWarnStub.restore();
-		checkForUpdatesStub.restore();
 		server.close(done);
 	});