diff --git c/auto_cpufreq/bin/auto_cpufreq.py i/auto_cpufreq/bin/auto_cpufreq.py
index 7192366..0bf087e 100755
--- c/auto_cpufreq/bin/auto_cpufreq.py
+++ i/auto_cpufreq/bin/auto_cpufreq.py
@@ -149,41 +149,7 @@ def main(monitor, live, daemon, install, update, remove, force, config, stats, g
                 deploy_daemon()
             deploy_complete_msg()
         elif update:
-            root_check()
-            custom_dir = "/opt/auto-cpufreq/source"
-            for arg in sys.argv:
-                if arg.startswith("--update="):
-                    custom_dir = arg.split("=")[1]
-                    sys.argv.remove(arg)
-                    
-            if "--update" in sys.argv:
-                update = True
-                sys.argv.remove("--update")
-                if len(sys.argv) == 2: custom_dir = sys.argv[1] 
-                    
-            if IS_INSTALLED_WITH_SNAP:
-                print("Detected auto-cpufreq was installed using snap")
-                # refresh snap directly using this command
-                # path wont work in this case
-
-                print("Please update using snap package manager, i.e: `sudo snap refresh auto-cpufreq`.")
-                #check for AUR 
-            elif IS_INSTALLED_WITH_AUR: print("Arch-based distribution with AUR support detected. Please refresh auto-cpufreq using your AUR helper.")
-            else:
-                is_new_update = check_for_update()
-                if not is_new_update: return
-                ans = input("Do you want to update auto-cpufreq to the latest release? [Y/n]: ").strip().lower()
-                if not os.path.exists(custom_dir): os.makedirs(custom_dir)
-                if os.path.exists(os.path.join(custom_dir, "auto-cpufreq")): rmtree(os.path.join(custom_dir, "auto-cpufreq"))
-                if ans in ['', 'y', 'yes']:
-                    remove_daemon()
-                    remove_complete_msg()
-                    new_update(custom_dir)
-                    print("enabling daemon")
-                    run(["auto-cpufreq", "--install"])
-                    print("auto-cpufreq is installed with the latest version")
-                    run(["auto-cpufreq", "--version"])
-                else: print("Aborted")
+            print("update is disabled in the nix package")
         elif remove:
             root_check()
             if IS_INSTALLED_WITH_SNAP:
diff --git c/auto_cpufreq/core.py i/auto_cpufreq/core.py
index b51d55d..99eeed8 100755
--- c/auto_cpufreq/core.py
+++ i/auto_cpufreq/core.py
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ from math import isclose
 from pathlib import Path
 from pickle import dump, load
 from re import search
-from requests import get, exceptions
 from shutil import copy
-from subprocess import call, check_output, DEVNULL, getoutput, run
+from subprocess import call, DEVNULL, getoutput, run
 from time import sleep
 from warnings import filterwarnings
 
@@ -105,49 +104,7 @@ def app_version():
         except Exception as e: print(repr(e))
 
 def check_for_update():
-    # returns True if a new release is available from the GitHub repo
-
-    # Specify the repository and package name
-    # IT IS IMPORTANT TO  THAT IF THE REPOSITORY STRUCTURE IS CHANGED, THE FOLLOWING FUNCTION NEEDS TO BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY
-    # Fetch the latest release information from GitHub API
-    latest_release_url = GITHUB.replace("github.com", "api.github.com/repos") + "/releases/latest"
-    try:
-        response = get(latest_release_url)
-        if response.status_code == 200: latest_release = response.json()
-        else:
-            message = response.json().get("message")
-            print("Error fetching recent release!")
-            if message is not None and message.startswith("API rate limit exceeded"):
-                print("GitHub Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later within 1 hour or use different network/VPN.")
-            else: print("Unexpected status code:", response.status_code)
-            return False
-    except (exceptions.ConnectionError, exceptions.Timeout,
-            exceptions.RequestException, exceptions.HTTPError):
-        print("Error Connecting to server!")
-        return False
-
-    latest_version = latest_release.get("tag_name")
-
-    if latest_version is not None:
-        # Get the current version of auto-cpufreq
-        # Extract version number from the output string
-        output = check_output(['auto-cpufreq', '--version']).decode('utf-8')
-        try: version_line = next((search(r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+', line).group() for line in output.split('\n') if line.startswith('auto-cpufreq version')), None)
-        except AttributeError:
-            print("Error Retrieving Current Version!")
-            exit(1)
-        installed_version = "v" + version_line
-        #Check whether the same is installed or not
-        # Compare the latest version with the installed version and perform update if necessary
-        if latest_version == installed_version:
-            print("auto-cpufreq is up to date")
-            return False
-        else:
-            print(f"Updates are available,\nCurrent version: {installed_version}\nLatest version: {latest_version}")
-            print("Note that your previous custom settings might be erased with the following update")
-            return True
-    # Handle the case where "tag_name" key doesn't exist
-    else: print("Malformed Released data!\nReinstall manually or Open an issue on GitHub for help!")
+    pass
 
 def new_update(custom_dir):
     os.chdir(custom_dir)