diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7b0e90e..837821b7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ release: distclean releasecheck dist-stamp sign_distfiles upload
 	$(MAKE) -C ~/public_html/linkchecker.sf.net update upload
 	@echo "Register at Python Package Index..."
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py register
-	wget -O - http://pypants.org/projects/linkchecker/update/ > /dev/null
 	freshmeat-submit < linkchecker.freshmeat
 
 .PHONY: chmod