diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
index d57a237d4..0cbaebf16 100644
--- a/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ INCLUDEPATH += . \
     ../lib
 QT += widgets
 QT += printsupport
-QT += network
 
 contains(LINKCORE, [yY][eE][sS]) {
     LIBS += -l../bin/cppcheck-core
@@ -122,8 +121,7 @@ HEADERS += aboutdialog.h \
            cppchecklibrarydata.h \
            libraryaddfunctiondialog.h \
            libraryeditargdialog.h \
-           newsuppressiondialog.h \
-           networkinfo.h
+           newsuppressiondialog.h
 
 SOURCES += aboutdialog.cpp \
            application.cpp \
@@ -163,8 +161,7 @@ SOURCES += aboutdialog.cpp \
            cppchecklibrarydata.cpp \
            libraryaddfunctiondialog.cpp \
            libraryeditargdialog.cpp \
-           newsuppressiondialog.cpp \
-           networkinfo.cpp
+           newsuppressiondialog.cpp
 
 win32 {
     RC_FILE = cppcheck-gui.rc
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index eb22394a6..3b6ad7efd 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 
 #include "cppcheck.h"
-#include "version.h"
 
 #include "applicationlist.h"
 #include "aboutdialog.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "threadhandler.h"
-#include "networkinfo.h"
 #include "fileviewdialog.h"
 #include "projectfile.h"
 #include "projectfiledialog.h"
@@ -78,11 +76,6 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(TranslationHandler* th, QSettings* settings) :
     mThread->setDataDir(getDataDir(settings));
     mUI.mResults->initialize(mSettings, mApplications, mThread);
 
-    mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(false);
-    NetworkInfo *networkInfo = new NetworkInfo(this);
-    connect(networkInfo, SIGNAL(cppcheckVersion(QString)), this, SLOT(networkCppcheckVersion(QString)));
-    networkInfo->start();
-
     // Filter timer to delay filtering results slightly while typing
     mFilterTimer = new QTimer(this);
     mFilterTimer->setInterval(500);
@@ -1769,20 +1762,3 @@ void MainWindow::suppressIds(QStringList ids)
     mProjectFile->setSuppressions(suppressions);
     mProjectFile->write();
 }
-
-void MainWindow::networkCppcheckVersion(QString version)
-{
-    qDebug() << "MainWindow::networkCppcheckVersion:" << version;
-    if (!QRegExp("Cppcheck [0-9]\\.[0-9][0-9]").exactMatch(version)) {
-        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(false);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    version = version.mid(9,4);
-    if (version <= CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING)
-        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(false);
-    else {
-        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setVisible(true);
-        mUI.mLabelUpgradeCppcheck->setText(tr("Newer Cppcheck version is available: %1").arg(version));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.h b/gui/mainwindow.h
index d5bef5bb4..6812b17c8 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.h
@@ -225,9 +225,6 @@ protected slots:
     /** Suppress error ids */
     void suppressIds(QStringList ids);
 
-    /** Cppcheck version received from network */
-    void networkCppcheckVersion(QString version);
-
 private:
 
     /** Get filename for last results */
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.ui b/gui/mainwindow.ui
index 17c91e6d1..a34a3b4eb 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.ui
@@ -50,29 +50,10 @@
      <height>16777215</height>
     </size>
    </property>
-   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
     <item>
      <widget class="ResultsView" name="mResults" native="true"/>
     </item>
-    <item>
-     <widget class="QLabel" name="mLabelUpgradeCppcheck">
-      <property name="sizePolicy">
-       <sizepolicy hsizetype="Ignored" vsizetype="Fixed">
-        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-       </sizepolicy>
-      </property>
-      <property name="autoFillBackground">
-       <bool>false</bool>
-      </property>
-      <property name="styleSheet">
-       <string notr="true">QLabel { background-color : rgb(239, 242, 172); }</string>
-      </property>
-      <property name="text">
-       <string>This is not latest Cppcheck version. Latest Cppcheck version is 999.999</string>
-      </property>
-     </widget>
-    </item>
    </layout>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QMenuBar" name="mMenuBar">
diff --git a/gui/networkinfo.cpp b/gui/networkinfo.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 915524a6f..000000000
--- a/gui/networkinfo.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#include "networkinfo.h"
-#include <QNetworkReply>
-#include <QNetworkRequest>
-
-NetworkInfo::NetworkInfo(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
-{
-    mManager = new QNetworkAccessManager;
-    connect(mManager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)),
-            this, SLOT(managerFinished(QNetworkReply*)));
-}
-
-NetworkInfo::~NetworkInfo()
-{
-    delete mManager;
-}
-
-void NetworkInfo::start()
-{
-    //QNetworkRequest request;
-    request.setUrl(QUrl("http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/version.txt"));
-    mManager->get(request);
-}
-
-void NetworkInfo::managerFinished(QNetworkReply *reply) {
-    if (reply->error()) {
-        qDebug() << reply->errorString();
-        return;
-    }
-
-    emit cppcheckVersion(reply->readAll().trimmed());
-}
diff --git a/gui/networkinfo.h b/gui/networkinfo.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 8242f98c8..000000000
--- a/gui/networkinfo.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef NETWORKINFO_H
-#define NETWORKINFO_H
-
-#include <QObject>
-#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
-#include <QNetworkRequest>
-#include <QString>
-
-/// @addtogroup GUI
-/// @{
-
-
-/**
- * Network communications with cppcheck website to get current version etc
- */
-class NetworkInfo : public QObject
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    NetworkInfo(QObject *parent);
-    ~NetworkInfo();
-
-    void start();
-signals:
-    void cppcheckVersion(QString version);
-private slots:
-    void managerFinished(QNetworkReply *reply);
-private:
-    QNetworkAccessManager *mManager;
-    QNetworkRequest request;
-};
-/// @}
-#endif // NETWORKINFO_H