diff --git a/bin/checkupdates.sh b/bin/checkupdates.sh
index 02def94..4301cf7 100755
--- a/bin/checkupdates.sh
+++ b/bin/checkupdates.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ count_pkgs(){
 REPO=$(wc -l $UPDATES_LIST | awk '{print $1}')
 AUR=$(wc -l $AUR_UPDATES_LIST | awk '{print $1}')
 PKGS=$((REPO + AUR))
-mb-setvar updates=${PKGS}
+#mb-setvar updates=${PKGS}
 }
 
 case "$LANG" in