--- glade/preferences_dialog.glade.orig	2008-01-30 13:03:26.000000000 -0600
+++ glade/preferences_dialog.glade	2008-01-30 13:04:06.000000000 -0600
@@ -2673,7 +2673,7 @@
                 </child>
                 <child>
                   <widget class="GtkFrame" id="frame4">
-                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="visible">False</property>
                     <property name="events">GDK_POINTER_MOTION_MASK | GDK_POINTER_MOTION_HINT_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_PRESS_MASK | GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK</property>
                     <property name="label_xalign">0</property>
                     <property name="shadow_type">GTK_SHADOW_NONE</property>
--- src/interface.py.orig	2008-01-30 13:03:33.000000000 -0600
+++ src/interface.py	2008-01-30 13:04:38.000000000 -0600
@@ -1037,8 +1037,6 @@
         # Load plugins after we showed main window (if not started in tray)
         self.load_plugins()
         self.load_tabs_order()
-        if self.config.get("new_releases"):
-            self.new_release_check()
 
         try:
             gobject.threads_init()
@@ -1048,38 +1046,6 @@
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             self.manager.quit()
 
-    def new_release_check(self):
-        import socket
-        import urllib
-        timeout = 5
-        socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
-        try:
-            gtk.gdk.threads_enter()
-        except:
-            pass
-        try:
-            new_release = urllib.urlopen("http://download.deluge-torrent.org/version").read().strip()
-        except IOError:
-            print "Network error while trying to check for a newer version of \
-Deluge"
-            try:
-                gtk.gdk.threads_leave()
-            except:
-                pass
-            return
-
-        if new_release > common.PROGRAM_VERSION:
-            result = dialogs.show_popup_question(None, _("There is a newer version \
-of Deluge.  Would you like to be taken to our download site?"))
-            if result:
-                common.open_url_in_browser('http://download.deluge-torrent.org/')
-            else:
-                pass
-        try:
-            gtk.gdk.threads_leave()
-        except:
-            pass
-
     def load_plugins(self):
         enable_plugins = self.config.get('enabled_plugins').split(':')
         for plugin in enable_plugins: