diff --git a/kallithea/controllers/admin/settings.py b/kallithea/controllers/admin/settings.py
--- a/kallithea/controllers/admin/settings.py
+++ b/kallithea/controllers/admin/settings.py
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ class SettingsController(BaseController)
         defaults = Setting.get_app_settings()
         defaults.update(self._get_hg_ui_settings())
         _update_url = defaults.get('rhodecode_update_url', '')
+        _update_url = "" # FIXME: disabled
 
         _err = lambda s: '<div style="color:#ff8888; padding:4px 0px">%s</div>' % (s)
         try:
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_1_0.py b/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_1_0.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_1_0.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_1_0.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Setting(Base, BaseModel):
         'bool': str2bool,
         'list': functools.partial(aslist, sep=',')
     }
-    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = 'https://kallithea-scm.org/api/v1/info/versions'
+    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = ''
 
     app_settings_id = Column("app_settings_id", Integer(), nullable=False, unique=True, default=None, primary_key=True)
     app_settings_name = Column("app_settings_name", String(255, convert_unicode=False, assert_unicode=None), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_0.py b/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_0.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_0.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_0.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Setting(Base, BaseModel):
         'bool': str2bool,
         'list': functools.partial(aslist, sep=',')
     }
-    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = 'https://kallithea-scm.org/api/v1/info/versions'
+    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = ''
 
     app_settings_id = Column("app_settings_id", Integer(), nullable=False, unique=True, default=None, primary_key=True)
     app_settings_name = Column("app_settings_name", String(255, convert_unicode=False), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_3.py b/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_3.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_3.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/dbmigrate/schema/db_2_2_3.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Setting(Base, BaseModel):
         'bool': str2bool,
         'list': functools.partial(aslist, sep=',')
     }
-    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = 'https://kallithea-scm.org/api/v1/info/versions'
+    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = ''
 
     app_settings_id = Column("app_settings_id", Integer(), nullable=False, unique=True, default=None, primary_key=True)
     app_settings_name = Column("app_settings_name", String(255, convert_unicode=False), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)
diff --git a/kallithea/model/db.py b/kallithea/model/db.py
--- a/kallithea/model/db.py
+++ b/kallithea/model/db.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class Setting(Base, BaseModel):
         'bool': str2bool,
         'list': functools.partial(aslist, sep=',')
     }
-    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = 'https://kallithea-scm.org/api/v1/info/versions'
+    DEFAULT_UPDATE_URL = ''
 
     app_settings_id = Column("app_settings_id", Integer(), nullable=False, unique=True, default=None, primary_key=True)
     app_settings_name = Column("app_settings_name", String(255, convert_unicode=False), nullable=True, unique=None, default=None)