diff --git a/src/server/slavefuncs.c b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
--- a/src/server/slavefuncs.c
+++ b/src/server/slavefuncs.c
@@ -64,56 +64,6 @@ xmlNodePtr xml_quickxpath(xmlXPathContex
   return toreturn;
 }
 
-/** Ensures that rendering engines on the computer are up-to-date */
-int software_updatecheck(char *datadir){
-  char *pathtoserverVersion;
-  _distren_asprintf(&pathtoserverVersion, "%s/serverEngineVersion.info",datadir);
-
-  char *engineDownloadPath;
-  _distren_asprintf(&engineDownloadPath, "%s/engines/blender.tgz",datadir);
-
-  char *pathtolocalVersion;
-  _distren_asprintf(&pathtolocalVersion, "%s/envines/blender/version.info",datadir);
-
-  curlget("http://protofusion.org/distren/srv/version.info",  pathtoserverVersion);
-  struct stat buffer;
-  char serverVersion[5]; // Version numbers are nice and short
-  char localVersion[5]; // Version numbers are nice and short
-
-
-  // Read server version
-  {
-    FILE * serverVersionFile;
-    serverVersionFile = fopen(pathtoserverVersion, "r");
-    fscanf(serverVersionFile, "%s",serverVersion);
-    fclose(serverVersionFile);
-  }
-
-  // Read local version
-  {
-    FILE * localVersionFile;
-    localVersionFile = fopen(pathtolocalVersion, "r");
-    fscanf(localVersionFile, "%s",localVersion);
-    fclose(localVersionFile);
-  }
-
-
-  // If a rendering engine was never downloaded
-  if( stat(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender", &buffer) == -1){
-    fprintf(stderr,"You don't have the blender engine. Preparing to download...");
-    curlget("http://protofusion.org/distren/srv/blender-lin32-dist.tgz", engineDownloadPath); // Add calls for operating system info
-    // untar(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender.tgz");
-  }
-
-  // If a rendering engine is out-of-date
-  else if( serverVersion != localVersion){
-    fprintf(stderr,"You don't have the latest blender engine. Preparing to download...");
-    curlget("http://protofusion.org/distren/srv/blender-lin32-dist.tgz", engineDownloadPath); // Add calls for operating system info
-    // untar(SYSCONFDIR "/engines/blender.tgz");
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
 
 /** Stub for deleting job data from the disk. @TODO: unstubify me! */
 int delete_jobdata(int jobnum, char *datadir)