diff --git a/src/appUpdater.ts b/src/appUpdater.ts
index 589c5ec32..5cdfc3a12 100644
--- a/src/appUpdater.ts
+++ b/src/appUpdater.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,14 @@
-import {  BrowserWindow, dialog } from "electron"
+import {   dialog } from "electron"
 import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater"
 import log from "electron-log"
-import { createDefaultWindow, setUpVersionInfoWindow } from "./util";
 
  class AppUpdater {
-    win:BrowserWindow;
     constructor() {
         log.transports.file.level = "debug"
         autoUpdater.logger = log;
     }
 
-    initUpdater(){
-        this.initWin();
-        setUpVersionInfoWindow(this.win);
-    }
-
-    initWin(){
-        this.win=createDefaultWindow();
-        this.win.on('closed', () => {
-            this.win=null;
-        });
-    }
-
-    destroyUpdateWindow(){
-      this.win=null;
-    }
-
     async checkForUpdate(){
-        if(!this.win){
-            this.initUpdater();
-        }
         await autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify()
         autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
             dialog.showMessageBox({
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3529f0d21..000000000
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-import { app, BrowserWindow } from "electron";
-import log  from "electron-log";
-import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
-import * as isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
-import * as path from 'path';
-
-
-export function sendStatusToWindow(win:BrowserWindow, text:string) {
-    log.info(text);
-    win.webContents.send('message', text);
-  }
-
-export function createDefaultWindow() {
-    const win = new BrowserWindow({webPreferences:{nodeIntegration:true}});
-    win.webContents.openDevTools();
-    if (isDev) {
-        win.loadFile(`../build/version.html`);
-    } else {
-        win.loadURL(
-            `file://${path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'version.html')}#v${app.getVersion()}}`
-        );
-    }
-    return win;
-}
-
-export function setUpVersionInfoWindow(win:BrowserWindow){  
-
-      
-    autoUpdater.on('checking-for-update', () => {
-      sendStatusToWindow(win,'Checking for update...');
-    })
-    autoUpdater.on('update-available', (info) => {
-      sendStatusToWindow(win,'Update available.');
-    })
-    autoUpdater.on('update-not-available', (info) => {
-        sendStatusToWindow(win,'Update not available.');
-    })
-    autoUpdater.on('error', (err) => {
-        sendStatusToWindow(win,'Error in auto-updater. ' + err);
-    })
-    autoUpdater.on('download-progress', (progressObj) => {
-      let log_message = "Download speed: " + progressObj.bytesPerSecond;
-      log_message = log_message + ' - Downloaded ' + progressObj.percent + '%';
-      log_message = log_message + ' (' + progressObj.transferred + "/" + progressObj.total + ')';
-      sendStatusToWindow(win,log_message);
-    })
-    autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', (info) => {
-        sendStatusToWindow(win,'Update downloaded');
-    });
-}
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