diff --git a/Cura/util/version.py b/Cura/util/version.py
index 6113772..add5eb0 100644
--- a/Cura/util/version.py
+++ b/Cura/util/version.py
@@ -17,70 +17,12 @@ except:
 from Cura.util import resources
 
 def getVersion(getGitVersion = True):
-	gitPath = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], "../.."))
-	if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
-		versionFile = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(resources.resourceBasePath, "version"))
-	else:
-		versionFile = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], "../version"))
-
-	if getGitVersion:
-		try:
-			gitProcess = subprocess.Popen(args = "git show -s --pretty=format:%H", shell = True, cwd = gitPath, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)
-			(stdoutdata, stderrdata) = gitProcess.communicate()
-
-			if gitProcess.returncode == 0:
-				return stdoutdata
-		except:
-			pass
-
-	gitHeadFile = gitPath + "/.git/refs/heads/master"
-	if os.path.isfile(gitHeadFile):
-		if not getGitVersion:
-			return "dev"
-		f = open(gitHeadFile, "r")
-		version = f.readline()
-		f.close()
-		return version.strip()
-	if os.path.exists(versionFile):
-		f = open(versionFile, "r")
-		version = f.readline()
-		f.close()
-		return version.strip()
-	versionFile = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], "../../version"))
-	if os.path.exists(versionFile):
-		f = open(versionFile, "r")
-		version = f.readline()
-		f.close()
-		return version.strip()
-	return "UNKNOWN" #No idea what the version is. TODO:Tell the user.
+	return "REPLACE_THIS_IN_SPEC"
 
 def isDevVersion():
-	gitPath = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], "../../.git"))
-	hgPath  = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.abspath(__file__))[0], "../../.hg"))
-	return os.path.exists(gitPath) or os.path.exists(hgPath)
+	return False
 
 def checkForNewerVersion():
-	if isDevVersion():
-		return None
-	try:
-		updateBaseURL = ''
-		localVersion = map(int, getVersion(False).split('.'))
-		while len(localVersion) < 3:
-			localVersion += [1]
-		latestFile = urllib2.urlopen("%s/latest.xml" % (updateBaseURL))
-		latestXml = latestFile.read()
-		latestFile.close()
-		xmlTree = ElementTree.fromstring(latestXml)
-		for release in xmlTree.iter('release'):
-			os = str(release.attrib['os'])
-			version = [int(release.attrib['major']), int(release.attrib['minor']), int(release.attrib['revision'])]
-			filename = release.find("filename").text
-			if platform.system() == os:
-				if version > localVersion:
-					return "%s/current/%s" % (updateBaseURL, filename)
-	except:
-		#print sys.exc_info()
-		return None
 	return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':