diff --git a/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp b/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp
index a8c27ac8..303450c2 100644
--- a/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/cmdevents.cpp
@@ -2389,26 +2389,6 @@ EVT_HANDLER(Translate, "Translations")
     wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(wxT("http://www.transifex.com/projects/p/vba-m"));
 }
 
-EVT_HANDLER(UpdateRDB, "Update ROM database")
-{
-    int ret = wxMessageBox(_("This will download and update three GBA No-Intro DAT files.  Do you want to continue?"),
-        _("Confirm Update"), wxYES_NO | wxICON_EXCLAMATION);
-
-    if (ret == wxYES) {
-        DownloadFile(_T("sourceforge.net"), _T("/p/vbam/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/data/Nintendo%20-%20Game%20Boy%20Advance.zip?format=raw"));
-        DownloadFile(_T("sourceforge.net"), _T("/p/vbam/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/data/Nintendo%20-%20Game%20Boy%20Advance%20%28Scene%29.zip?format=raw"));
-        DownloadFile(_T("sourceforge.net"), _T("/p/vbam/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/data/Official%20No-Intro%20Nintendo%20Gameboy%20Advance%20Number%20%28Date%29.zip?format=raw"));
-    }
-}
-
-EVT_HANDLER(UpdateEmu, "Check for updates")
-{
-    if (!CheckForUpdates()) {
-        wxMessageBox(_("There are no new updates at this time."),
-            _("Check for updates"), wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION);
-    }
-}
-
 // was About
 EVT_HANDLER(wxID_ABOUT, "About...")
 {
@@ -2431,7 +2411,7 @@ EVT_HANDLER(wxID_ABOUT, "About...")
     ai.SetWebSite(wxT("http://www.vba-m.com/"));
     ai.SetIcon(GetIcon());
     ai.SetDescription(_("Nintendo GameBoy (+Color+Advance) emulator."));
-    ai.SetCopyright(_("Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Forgotten\nCopyright (C) 2004-2006 VBA development team\nCopyright (C) 2007-2015 VBA-M development team"));
+    ai.SetCopyright(_("Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Forgotten\nCopyright (C) 2004-2006 VBA development team\nCopyright (C) 2007-2017 VBA-M development team"));
     ai.SetLicense(_("This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify\n"
                     "it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by\n"
                     "the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or\n"
@@ -2468,8 +2448,9 @@ EVT_HANDLER(wxID_ABOUT, "About...")
     ai.AddDeveloper(wxT("xKiv"));
     ai.AddDeveloper(wxT("skidau"));
     ai.AddDeveloper(wxT("TheCanadianBacon"));
-    ai.AddDeveloper(wxT("Caelum"));
+    ai.AddDeveloper(wxT("rkitover"));
     ai.AddDeveloper(wxT("Orig. VBA team"));
+    ai.AddDeveloper(wxT("... many contributors who send us patches/PRs"));
     wxAboutBox(ai);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wx/panel.cpp b/src/wx/panel.cpp
index 757524fc..cb796d9a 100644
--- a/src/wx/panel.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/panel.cpp
@@ -975,15 +975,6 @@ void GameArea::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event)
         }
     }
 
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
-
-    // Check for online updates
-    if (gopts.onlineupdates > 0 && !emusys) {
-        wxGetApp().frame->CheckForUpdates();
-    }
-
-#endif
-
     if (!emusys)
         return;
 
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp b/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
index 25d696ae..2f854437 100644
--- a/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam.cpp
@@ -642,174 +642,6 @@ void MainFrame::OnMenu(wxContextMenuEvent& event)
     }
 }
 
-void MainFrame::DownloadFile(wxString host, wxString url)
-{
-    wxHTTP get;
-    get.SetHeader(_T("Content-type"), _T("text/html; charset=utf-8"));
-    get.SetTimeout(10);
-
-    while (!get.Connect(host))
-        wxSleep(5);
-
-    wxApp::IsMainLoopRunning();
-    wxInputStream* httpStream = get.GetInputStream(url);
-
-    if (get.GetError() == wxPROTO_NOERR) {
-        if (httpStream != NULL) {
-            wxZipInputStream zip(httpStream);
-            wxZipEntry* entry;
-
-            while (entry = zip.GetNextEntry()) {
-                wxFileName name(wxGetApp().data_path, entry->GetName(), wxEmptyString);
-
-                if (!entry->IsDir()) {
-                    zip.OpenEntry(*entry);
-
-                    if (zip.CanRead()) {
-                        wxFileOutputStream file(name.GetFullPath());
-
-                        if (file.IsOk()) {
-                            zip.Read(file);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    get.Close();
-}
-
-void MainFrame::UpdateFile(wxString host, wxString url)
-{
-    wxProgressDialog progress(_T("Downloading..."), _T("Please wait while the VisualBoyAdvance-M update is downloading."));
-    wxHTTP get;
-    get.SetHeader(_T("Content-type"), _T("text/html; charset=utf-8"));
-    get.SetTimeout(10);
-
-    while (!get.Connect(host))
-        wxSleep(5);
-
-    wxInputStream* httpStream = get.GetInputStream(url);
-
-    if (get.GetError() == wxPROTO_NOERR) {
-        if (httpStream != NULL) {
-            size_t size = httpStream->GetSize();
-            char* data = new char[size];
-            wxFileName name(wxStandardPaths::Get().GetPluginsDir(), url.AfterLast('/'), wxEmptyString);
-
-            if (httpStream) {
-                size_t chunks = 100;
-                size_t chunkSize = httpStream->GetSize() / chunks;
-                char* fileContent = new char[chunkSize];
-#if (wxMAJOR_VERSION >= 3)
-                progress.SetRange(chunks);
-#endif
-                wxFFile file(name.GetFullPath(), _T("wb"));
-
-                for (size_t i = 0; i <= chunks; i++) {
-                    progress.Update(i);
-                    httpStream->Read(fileContent, chunkSize);
-                    file.Write(fileContent, httpStream->LastRead());
-                }
-
-                file.Flush();
-                wxDELETE(fileContent);
-            }
-
-            if (name.FileExists() && name.GetFullName().Lower().Contains(wxT(".7z"))) {
-                utilExtract(name.GetPathWithSep().mb_str(wxConvUTF8), name.GetFullName().mb_str(wxConvUTF8));
-            }
-
-            delete[] data;
-            delete httpStream;
-        }
-    }
-
-    get.Close();
-}
-
-wxString MainFrame::CheckForUpdates(wxString host, wxString url)
-{
-    wxString update_url = wxT("");
-    wxHTTP get;
-    get.SetHeader(_T("Content-type"), _T("text/html; charset=utf-8"));
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
-    get.SetHeader(wxT("User-Agent"), wxT("Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0"));
-#endif
-    get.SetTimeout(10);
-
-    while (!get.Connect(host))
-        wxSleep(5);
-
-    wxInputStream* httpStream = get.GetInputStream(url);
-
-    if (get.GetError() == wxPROTO_NOERR) {
-        if (httpStream != NULL) {
-            size_t size = httpStream->GetSize();
-
-            if (httpStream) {
-                wxTextInputStream text(*httpStream, wxT("\x09"), wxConvUTF8);
-
-                while (httpStream->IsOk() && !httpStream->Eof() && update_url.IsEmpty()) {
-                    wxString line = text.ReadLine();
-
-                    if (line.Contains(wxT("direct-download"))) {
-                        wxURL redirect_url(line.SubString(line.Find(wxT("http://")), line.Find(wxT("\" "))).BeforeLast('\"'));
-                        update_url = CheckForUpdates(redirect_url.GetServer(), redirect_url.GetPath() + wxT("?") + redirect_url.GetQuery());
-                    }
-
-                    if (line.Contains(wxT(" redirected "))) {
-                        update_url = line.SubString(line.Find(wxT("http://")), line.Find(wxT(";"))).BeforeLast(';');
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            delete httpStream;
-        }
-    }
-
-    get.Close();
-    return update_url;
-}
-
-bool MainFrame::CheckForUpdates()
-{
-#ifndef __WXMSW__
-    int ret = wxMessageBox(_("Online updates are available on Windows only. Please browse this site for updates.\n\nhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/vbam/files/latest/download"),
-        _("Online Update"), wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION);
-    return true;
-#endif
-    bool new_update_available = false;
-    wxString update_url = CheckForUpdates(_T("sourceforge.net"), _T("/projects/vbam/files/latest/download"));
-
-    if (!update_url.IsEmpty()) {
-        wxFileConfig* cfg = wxGetApp().cfg;
-        wxString update_filename = update_url.AfterLast('/');
-
-        if (gopts.last_updated_filename != update_filename) {
-            new_update_available = true;
-            int ret = wxMessageBox(_("A new update is available. To update, VisualBoyAdvance-M must be Run as administrator. Would you like to download and update VisualBoyAdvance-M?\n\nhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/vbam/files/latest/download"),
-                _("New Update Available"), wxYES_NO | wxICON_QUESTION);
-
-            if (ret == wxYES) {
-                wxURL url(update_url);
-                UpdateFile(url.GetServer(), url.GetPath());
-                ret = wxMessageBox(_("The update has been downloaded and installed.  Please restart VisualBoyAdvance-M."),
-                    _("Update Downloaded"), wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION);
-                gopts.last_updated_filename = update_filename;
-                cfg->Write(wxT("General/LastUpdatedFileName"), gopts.last_updated_filename);
-            }
-        }
-
-        gopts.last_update = wxDateTime::Now().GetTicks();
-        cfg->Write(wxT("General/LastUpdated"), gopts.last_update);
-        cfg->Flush();
-    }
-
-    return new_update_available;
-}
-
 wxString MainFrame::GetGamePath(wxString path)
 {
     wxString game_path = path;
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam.h b/src/wx/wxvbam.h
index 330969a1..d2cf5712 100644
--- a/src/wx/wxvbam.h
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam.h
@@ -297,9 +297,6 @@ public:
     // call this to update the viewers once a frame:
     void UpdateViewers();
 
-    // Check for online updates to the emulator
-    bool CheckForUpdates();
-
     virtual bool MenusOpened() { return menus_opened != 0; }
 
     virtual void SetMenusOpened(bool state);
@@ -354,10 +351,6 @@ private:
     // Load a named wxDialog from the XRC file
     wxDialog* LoadXRCropertySheetDialog(const char* name);
 
-    void DownloadFile(wxString host, wxString url);
-    void UpdateFile(wxString host, wxString url);
-    wxString CheckForUpdates(wxString host, wxString url);
-
 #include "cmdhandlers.h"
 };
 
diff --git a/src/wx/xrc/MainMenu.xrc b/src/wx/xrc/MainMenu.xrc
index 53130575..e02a4925 100644
--- a/src/wx/xrc/MainMenu.xrc
+++ b/src/wx/xrc/MainMenu.xrc
@@ -626,12 +626,14 @@
       <object class="wxMenuItem" name="Translate">
         <label>Translations</label>
       </object>
+      <!-- FIXME: turn this back on when Sparkle is implemented
       <object class="wxMenuItem" name="UpdateRDB">
         <label>Update ROM database</label>
       </object>
       <object class="wxMenuItem" name="UpdateEmu">
         <label>Check for updates</label>
       </object>
+      -->
       <object class="separator"/>
       <object class="wxMenuItem" name="wxID_ABOUT"/>
     </object>