diff -Nru azure-cli-core-2.16.0.orig/azure/cli/core/util.py azure-cli-core-2.16.0/azure/cli/core/util.py
--- azure-cli-core-2.16.0.orig/azure/cli/core/util.py	2020-12-04 13:30:56.000000000 +0100
+++ azure-cli-core-2.16.0/azure/cli/core/util.py	2020-12-16 16:30:56.721229524 +0100
@@ -419,39 +419,7 @@
 
 
 def show_updates_available(new_line_before=False, new_line_after=False):
-    from azure.cli.core._session import VERSIONS
-    import datetime
-
-    if VERSIONS[_VERSION_CHECK_TIME]:
-        version_check_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(VERSIONS[_VERSION_CHECK_TIME], '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')
-        if datetime.datetime.now() < version_check_time + datetime.timedelta(days=7):
-            return
-
-    _, updates_available_components = get_az_version_string(use_cache=True)
-    if updates_available_components:
-        if new_line_before:
-            logger.warning("")
-        show_updates(updates_available_components, only_show_when_updates_available=True)
-        if new_line_after:
-            logger.warning("")
-    VERSIONS[_VERSION_CHECK_TIME] = str(datetime.datetime.now())
-
-
-def show_updates(updates_available_components, only_show_when_updates_available=False):
-    if updates_available_components is None:
-        if not only_show_when_updates_available:
-            logger.warning('Unable to check if your CLI is up-to-date. Check your internet connection.')
-    elif updates_available_components:  # pylint: disable=too-many-nested-blocks
-        if in_cloud_console():
-            warning_msg = 'You have %i updates available. They will be updated with the next build of Cloud Shell.'
-        else:
-            warning_msg = "You have %i updates available."
-            if CLI_PACKAGE_NAME in updates_available_components:
-                warning_msg = "{} Consider updating your CLI installation with 'az upgrade'".format(warning_msg)
-        logger.warning(warning_msg, len(updates_available_components))
-    elif not only_show_when_updates_available:
-        print('Your CLI is up-to-date.')
-
+    return
 
 def get_json_object(json_string):
     """ Loads a JSON string as an object and converts all keys to snake case """