diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp

index 70026fa..cdf9d1f 100644

--- a/src/config.cpp

+++ b/src/config.cpp

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Config::Config()

 	m_advLayoutDirectionRL = settings.value( "advanced/layoutltr", false ).toBool();

 	m_advAutodetectEncoding = settings.value( "advanced/autodetectenc", false ).toBool();

 	m_advExternalEditorPath = settings.value( "advanced/editorpath", "/usr/bin/kate" ).toString();

-	m_advCheckNewVersion = settings.value( "advanced/checknewver", true ).toBool();

 	m_toolbarMode = (Config::ToolbarMode) settings.value( "advanced/toolbarmode", TOOLBAR_LARGEICONSTEXT ).toInt();

 	m_lastOpenedDir = settings.value( "advanced/lastopendir", "." ).toString();

@@ -88,7 +87,6 @@ void Config::save( )

 	settings.setValue( "advanced/layoutltr", m_advLayoutDirectionRL );

 	settings.setValue( "advanced/autodetectenc", m_advAutodetectEncoding );

 	settings.setValue( "advanced/editorpath", m_advExternalEditorPath );

-	settings.setValue( "advanced/checknewver", m_advCheckNewVersion );

 	settings.setValue( "advanced/toolbarmode", m_toolbarMode );

 	settings.setValue( "advanced/lastopendir", m_lastOpenedDir );

diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h

index d42698f..edcc991 100644

--- a/src/config.h

+++ b/src/config.h

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ class Config

 		QString				m_advExternalEditorPath;

 		bool				m_advLayoutDirectionRL;

 		bool				m_advAutodetectEncoding;

-		bool				m_advCheckNewVersion;

 	private:

 		QString				m_datapath;

diff --git a/src/dialog_setup.cpp b/src/dialog_setup.cpp

index 4503a6b..df18d28 100644

--- a/src/dialog_setup.cpp

+++ b/src/dialog_setup.cpp

@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ DialogSetup::DialogSetup(QWidget *parent)

 			rbToolbarText->setChecked( true );

 			break;

 	}

-

-	cbCheckForUpdates->setChecked( pConfig->m_advCheckNewVersion );

 }

 DialogSetup::~DialogSetup()

@@ -184,7 +182,6 @@ void DialogSetup::accept()

 	// Autodetect encoding

 	Check_Need_Restart( boxAutodetectEncoding, &pConfig->m_advAutodetectEncoding, &need_restart );

-	pConfig->m_advCheckNewVersion = cbCheckForUpdates->isChecked();

 	// Layout direction management

 	bool layout_rl = boxLayoutDirectionRL->isChecked();

diff --git a/src/dialog_setup.ui b/src/dialog_setup.ui

index 727f9d5..46e4132 100644

--- a/src/dialog_setup.ui

+++ b/src/dialog_setup.ui

@@ -482,16 +482,6 @@

             </property>

            </widget>

           </item>

-          <item>

-           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbCheckForUpdates">

-            <property name="whatsThis">

-             <string>If this option is enabled, the application will check for updates (when new version of application is released). If a new version is available, the program will show a messagebox dialog informing you about new version. This check will only performed once in 24 hours. No user information is requested or transmitted from your computer during this check.</string>

-            </property>

-            <property name="text">

-             <string>Perform a check whether a new version is available (once a week)</string>

-            </property>

-           </widget>

-          </item>

          </layout>

         </widget>

        </item>

diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp

index 2e4850e..8344ebc 100644

--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp

+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -226,19 +226,6 @@ void MainWindow::checkForSharedMemoryMessage()

         parseCmdLineArgs( args, true );

 }

-void MainWindow::checkNewVersionAvailable()

-{

-	// Create a New version available object if necessary. This object will auto-delete itself

-	CheckNewVersion * pNewVer = new CheckNewVersion();

-

-	connect( pNewVer, SIGNAL(error(int)), this, SLOT(newVerAvailError(int)) );

-	connect( pNewVer, SIGNAL(newVersionAvailable( NewVersionMetaMap )), this, SLOT(newVerAvailable(NewVersionMetaMap)) );

-

-	pNewVer->setUrl( "http://www.kchmviewer.net/latestversion.txt" );

-	pNewVer->start();

-}

-

-

 bool MainWindow::loadFile ( const QString &loadFileName, bool call_open_page )

 {

 	QString fileName = loadFileName;

@@ -559,7 +546,7 @@ void MainWindow::printHelpAndExit()

 bool MainWindow::parseCmdLineArgs(const QStringList& args , bool from_another_app )

 {

     QString filename, search_query, search_index, open_url, search_toc;

-    bool do_autotest = false, disable_vcheck = false, force_background = false;

+    bool do_autotest = false, force_background = false;

 	// argv[0] in Qt is still a program name

     for ( int i = 1; i < args.size(); i++  )

@@ -578,8 +565,6 @@ bool MainWindow::parseCmdLineArgs(const QStringList& args , bool from_another_ap

             i++; // ignore

         else if ( args[i] == "-background" )

             force_background = true;

-        else if ( args[i] == "-novcheck" )

-            disable_vcheck = true;

         else if ( args[i] == "-v" || args[i] == "--version" )

         {

             printf("kchmviewer version %d.%d built at %s %s\n", APP_VERSION_MAJOR, APP_VERSION_MINOR, __DATE__, __TIME__ );

@@ -605,19 +590,6 @@ bool MainWindow::parseCmdLineArgs(const QStringList& args , bool from_another_ap

         }

 	}

-    // Check for a new version if needed

-    if ( pConfig->m_advCheckNewVersion && !disable_vcheck )

-    {

-        QSettings settings;

-

-        if ( settings.contains( "advanced/lastupdate" ) )

-        {

-            QDateTime lastupdate = settings.value( "advanced/lastupdate" ).toDateTime();

-

-            if ( lastupdate.secsTo( QDateTime::currentDateTime() ) >= 86400 * 7 ) // seven days

-                checkNewVersionAvailable();

-        }

-    }

     // Opening the file?

 	if ( !filename.isEmpty() )

@@ -1167,7 +1139,6 @@ void MainWindow::setupActions()

 	// Settings

 	connect( settings_SettingsAction, SIGNAL( triggered() ), this, SLOT( actionChangeSettings() ) );

 	connect( actionEdit_toolbars, SIGNAL( triggered() ), this, SLOT( actionEditToolbars() ) );

-	connect( actionCheck_for_updates, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(checkNewVersionAvailable()) );

 	// Help menu

 	connect( actionAbout_kchmviewer, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(actionAboutApp()) );

diff --git a/src/mainwindow.h b/src/mainwindow.h

index d24b4d3..f73713f 100644

--- a/src/mainwindow.h

+++ b/src/mainwindow.h

@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow, public Ui::MainWindow

 		void		updateToolbars();

 		void		updateActions();

-		void		checkNewVersionAvailable();

-

 	protected slots:

 		// Called from the timer in main constructor

 		void 		firstShow();

diff --git a/src/mainwindow.ui b/src/mainwindow.ui

index cb8e08b..8c66bc5 100644

--- a/src/mainwindow.ui

+++ b/src/mainwindow.ui

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@

      <x>0</x>

      <y>0</y>

      <width>873</width>

-     <height>25</height>

+     <height>29</height>

     </rect>

    </property>

    <widget class="QMenu" name="menu_Settings">

@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@

     </property>

     <addaction name="settings_SettingsAction"/>

     <addaction name="actionEdit_toolbars"/>

-    <addaction name="separator"/>

-    <addaction name="actionCheck_for_updates"/>

    </widget>

    <widget class="QMenu" name="menu_Bookmarks">

     <property name="title">