diff -ur praw-3.5.0.orig/praw/__init__.py praw-3.5.0/praw/__init__.py
--- praw-3.5.0.orig/praw/__init__.py	2016-08-24 15:06:20.476419685 +0100
+++ praw-3.5.0/praw/__init__.py	2016-08-24 15:10:01.473127226 +0100
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 from six.moves import html_entities, http_cookiejar
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse, urlunparse
 # pylint: enable=F0401
-from update_checker import update_check
 from warnings import warn_explicit
 
 
@@ -371,7 +370,6 @@
         # Check for updates if permitted and this is the first Reddit instance
         if not disable_update_check and not BaseReddit.update_checked \
                 and self.config.check_for_updates:
-            update_check(__name__, __version__)
             BaseReddit.update_checked = True
 
         # Initial values
diff -ur praw-3.5.0.orig/setup.py praw-3.5.0/setup.py
--- praw-3.5.0.orig/setup.py	2016-08-24 15:06:20.475419709 +0100
+++ praw-3.5.0/setup.py	2016-08-24 15:07:36.015610663 +0100
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
           'praw-multiprocess = praw.multiprocess:run']},
       install_requires=['decorator >=4.0.9, <4.1',
                         'requests >=2.3.0',
-                        'six ==1.10',
-                        'update_checker ==0.11'],
+                        'six ==1.10'],
       keywords='reddit api wrapper',
       license='GPLv3',
       long_description=README,