diff --git a/versioncheck.php b/versioncheck.php
deleted file mode 100755
index 983ab03c9..000000000
--- a/versioncheck.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env php
-<?php
-
-include("includes/defaults.inc.php");
-include("config.php");
-include("includes/functions.php");
-
-$ports = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM ports"),0);
-$devices    = mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT count(*) FROM devices"),0);
-
-$dataHandle = fopen("http://www.observium.org/latest.php?i=$ports&d=$devices&v=".$config['version'], 'r');
-
-if ($dataHandle)
-{
-	while (!feof($dataHandle))
-        {
-  		$data.= fread($dataHandle, 4096);
-	}
-	if ($data)
-	{
- 		list($major, $minor, $release) = explode(".", $data);
-                list($cur, $tag) = explode("-", $config['version']);
-	        list($cur_major, $cur_minor, $cur_release) = explode(".", $cur);
-
-     	     if ($argv[1] == "--cron")
-     	     {
-               if (is_file('rrd')) { echo("ERROR: 'rrd' is not a directory!\n"); exit; }
-               if (is_dir('rrd') && !is_writable('rrd')) { echo("ERROR: I can not write in the 'rrd' directory!\n"); exit; }
-               if (!is_dir('rrd')) { mkdir('rrd'); }
-     	       $fd = fopen('rrd/version.txt','w');
-     	       fputs($fd, "$major.$minor.$release");
-     	       fclose($fd);
-             } else {
-                echo("Current Version $cur_major.$cur_minor.$cur_release \n");
-
-		if ($major > $cur_major) {
-	          echo("New major release : $major.$minor.$release");
-                } elseif ($major == $cur_major && $minor > $cur_minor) {
-	          echo("New minor release : $major.$minor.$release");
-                } elseif ($major == $cur_major && $minor == $cur_minor && $release > $cur_release) {
-                  echo("New trivial release : $major.$minor.$release");
-                } elseif ($major < $cur_major || ($major == $cur_major && $minor < $cur_minor) || ($major == $cur_major && $minor == $cur_minor && $release < $cur_release)) {
-		  echo("Your release is newer than the official version!\n");
-                } else {
-		  echo("Your release is up to date\n");
-                }
-                echo("\n");
-             }
-	}
-	fclose($dataHandle);
-}
-
-?>