--- praw/__init__.py	2014-11-04 07:36:21.000000000 +0100

+++ praw/__init__.py.new	2014-11-05 14:39:40.257590896 +0100

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@

 from requests import Request

 from six.moves import html_entities, http_cookiejar

 from six.moves.urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse, urlunparse

-from update_checker import update_check

+#from update_checker import update_check

 from warnings import warn_explicit

@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@

     update_checked = False

     def __init__(self, user_agent, site_name=None, handler=None,

-                 disable_update_check=False, **kwargs):

+                 disable_update_check=True, **kwargs):

         """Initialize our connection with a reddit server.

         The user_agent is how your application identifies itself. Read the

@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@

         # Check for updates if permitted and this is the first Reddit instance

         if not disable_update_check and not self.update_checked \

                 and self.config.check_for_updates:

-            update_check(__name__, __version__)

+            #update_check(__name__, __version__)

             self.update_checked = True

     def _request(self, url, params=None, data=None, files=None, auth=None,