diff -Naur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' 10.3-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp 10.3-2/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp
--- 10.3-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp	2018-08-07 05:03:34.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.3-2/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/main_dlg.cpp	2018-08-08 18:50:50.455078387 -0400
@@ -5004,7 +5004,7 @@
         globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck = 0; //reset to GlobalSettings.xml default value!
 
     m_menuItemCheckVersionAuto->Check(updateCheckActive(globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck));
-
+    /*
     if (shouldRunAutomaticUpdateCheck(globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck))
     {
         flashStatusInformation(_("Searching for program updates..."));
@@ -5012,6 +5012,7 @@
         automaticUpdateCheckEval(this, globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck, globalCfg_.gui.lastOnlineVersion,
                                  automaticUpdateCheckRunAsync(automaticUpdateCheckPrepare().get()).get());
     }
+    */
 }
 
 
@@ -5019,7 +5020,7 @@
 {
     //execute just once per startup!
     Disconnect(wxEVT_IDLE, wxIdleEventHandler(MainDialog::OnRegularUpdateCheck), nullptr, this);
-
+    /*
     if (shouldRunAutomaticUpdateCheck(globalCfg_.gui.lastUpdateCheck))
     {
         flashStatusInformation(_("Searching for program updates..."));
@@ -5033,6 +5034,7 @@
                                      resultAsync.get()); //run on main thread:
         });
     }
+    */
 }
 
 
diff -Naur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' 10.3-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h 10.3-2/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h
--- 10.3-0/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h	2018-08-07 05:03:34.000000000 -0400
+++ 10.3-2/FreeFileSync/Source/ui/version_check_impl.h	2018-08-08 18:50:50.458078415 -0400
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 namespace fff
 {
-inline
+
 time_t getVersionCheckInactiveId()
 {
     //use current version to calculate a changing number for the inactive state near UTC begin, in order to always check for updates after installing a new version
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 }
 
 
-inline
 time_t getVersionCheckCurrentTime()
 {
     return std::time(nullptr);