diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs b/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
index e99459c..bbd640a 100644
--- a/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
+++ b/MosswartMassacre/PluginCore.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
         private static Timer vitalsTimer;
         private static System.Windows.Forms.Timer commandTimer;
         private static Timer characterStatsTimer;
-        private static Timer _updateCheckTimer;
         private static readonly Queue<string> pendingCommands = new Queue<string>();
         private static RareTracker _staticRareTracker;
         public static bool RareMetaEnabled
@@ -199,12 +198,6 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
                     commandTimer.Dispose();
                     commandTimer = null;
                 }
-                if (_updateCheckTimer != null)
-                {
-                    _updateCheckTimer.Stop();
-                    _updateCheckTimer.Dispose();
-                    _updateCheckTimer = null;
-                }
 
                 // Initialize kill tracker (owns the 1-sec stats timer)
                 _killTracker = new KillTracker(
@@ -303,17 +296,6 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
                     }
                 }
 
-                // Auto-update: check for updates 30s after startup
-                _updateCheckTimer = new Timer(30000);
-                _updateCheckTimer.AutoReset = false;
-                _updateCheckTimer.Elapsed += (s, ev) =>
-                {
-                    Task.Run(() => UpdateManager.CheckAndInstallAsync());
-                    _updateCheckTimer?.Dispose();
-                    _updateCheckTimer = null;
-                };
-                _updateCheckTimer.Start();
-
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
@@ -379,13 +361,6 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
                     characterStatsTimer = null;
                 }
 
-                if (_updateCheckTimer != null)
-                {
-                    _updateCheckTimer.Stop();
-                    _updateCheckTimer.Dispose();
-                    _updateCheckTimer = null;
-                }
-
                 // Dispose quest manager
                 if (questManager != null)
                 {
diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/UpdateManager.cs b/MosswartMassacre/UpdateManager.cs
index 6eaa70c..7f85741 100644
--- a/MosswartMassacre/UpdateManager.cs
+++ b/MosswartMassacre/UpdateManager.cs
@@ -206,26 +206,6 @@ namespace MosswartMassacre
             }
         }
         
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Check for update and auto-install if available. Used by startup auto-update.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static async Task CheckAndInstallAsync()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                bool checkOk = await CheckForUpdateAsync();
-                if (checkOk && updateAvailable)
-                {
-                    PluginCore.WriteToChat("[Update] Auto-installing update...");
-                    await DownloadAndInstallUpdateAsync();
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                PluginCore.WriteToChat($"[Update] Auto-update failed: {ex.Message}");
-            }
-        }
-
         private static string GetLocalDllPath()
         {
             // Get the path to the current DLL
diff --git a/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll b/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll
index 57cb89b..5e74667 100644
Binary files a/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll and b/MosswartMassacre/bin/Release/MosswartMassacre.dll differ