diff --git a/desktop-app/src/main/main.ts b/desktop-app/src/main/main.ts
index 494fa57f..e4f8084b 100644
--- a/desktop-app/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/desktop-app/src/main/main.ts
@@ -263,10 +263,6 @@ const createWindow = async () => {
   ipcMain.on('stop-watcher', async () => {
     await stopWatchFiles();
   });
-
-  ipcMain.handle('get-app-version', () => {
-    return app.getVersion();
-  });
 };
 
 app.on('open-url', async (event, url) => {
diff --git a/desktop-app/src/renderer/components/Previewer/Device/Toolbar.tsx b/desktop-app/src/renderer/components/Previewer/Device/Toolbar.tsx
index 1b4a5664..b793a342 100644
--- a/desktop-app/src/renderer/components/Previewer/Device/Toolbar.tsx
+++ b/desktop-app/src/renderer/components/Previewer/Device/Toolbar.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import Button from 'renderer/components/Button';
 import useSound from 'use-sound';
 import { ScreenshotArgs, ScreenshotResult } from 'main/screenshot';
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import WebPage from 'main/screenshot/webpage';
 
 import screenshotSfx from 'renderer/assets/sfx/screenshot.mp3';
 import { updateWebViewHeightAndScale } from 'common/webViewUtils';
-import useCheckVersion from 'renderer/components/useCheckVersion/useCheckVersion';
-import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
-import { setNotifications } from 'renderer/store/features/renderer';
 import { ColorBlindnessTools } from './ColorBlindnessTools';
 
 interface Props {
@@ -48,16 +45,6 @@ const Toolbar = ({
     useState<boolean>(false);
   const [rotated, setRotated] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
-
-  const { isNewVersionAvailable } = useCheckVersion();
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (isNewVersionAvailable) {
-      dispatch(setNotifications(newVersionText));
-    }
-  }, [dispatch, isNewVersionAvailable]);
-
   const refreshView = () => {
     if (webview) {
       webview.reload();
diff --git a/desktop-app/src/renderer/components/useCheckVersion/useCheckVersion.tsx b/desktop-app/src/renderer/components/useCheckVersion/useCheckVersion.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index d864cf5e..00000000
--- a/desktop-app/src/renderer/components/useCheckVersion/useCheckVersion.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { gt } from 'semver';
-import useLocalStorage from '../useLocalStorage/useLocalStorage';
-
-const fetchAssets = async () => {
-  try {
-    const response = await fetch(
-      'https://api.github.com/repos/responsively-org/responsively-app-releases/releases/latest'
-    );
-    const data = await response.json();
-    return data.tag_name;
-  } catch (err) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error('Error getting assets', err);
-    return '';
-  }
-};
-
-const getAppVersion = async () => {
-  try {
-    const version = await window.electron.ipcRenderer.invoke('get-app-version');
-    return `v${version}`;
-  } catch (err) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error('Error getting app version', err);
-    return '';
-  }
-};
-
-const useCheckVersion = () => {
-  const [isNewVersionAvailable, setIsNewVersionAvailable] = useState<
-    null | boolean
-  >(null);
-  const [latestVersion, setLatestVersion] = useLocalStorage<undefined | string>(
-    'latestVersion'
-  );
-  const [currentVersion, setCurrentVersion] = useState('');
-  const [lastCheck, setLastCheck] = useLocalStorage<number | undefined>(
-    'lastCheck'
-  );
-  const biWeeklyCheckInMs = 1209600000;
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const checkVersion = async () => {
-      const currentVersionResult = await getAppVersion();
-
-      setCurrentVersion(currentVersionResult);
-
-      const now = Date.now();
-      if (!latestVersion || !lastCheck || now - lastCheck > biWeeklyCheckInMs) {
-        const latestVersionResult = await fetchAssets();
-        if (latestVersionResult) {
-          setLatestVersion(latestVersionResult);
-          setLastCheck(now);
-        }
-      }
-      const isNewVersion =
-        currentVersionResult &&
-        latestVersion &&
-        gt(latestVersion, currentVersionResult);
-
-      setIsNewVersionAvailable(Boolean(isNewVersion));
-    };
-
-    if (isNewVersionAvailable === null) {
-      checkVersion();
-    }
-  }, [
-    isNewVersionAvailable,
-    lastCheck,
-    latestVersion,
-    setLastCheck,
-    setLatestVersion,
-  ]);
-
-  return {
-    isNewVersionAvailable,
-    currentVersion,
-    latestVersion,
-  };
-};
-
-export default useCheckVersion;