diff --git a/IPA.Injector/Updates.cs b/IPA.Injector/Updates.cs
index d66efedd..1862f889 100644
--- a/IPA.Injector/Updates.cs
+++ b/IPA.Injector/Updates.cs
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ using Net3_Proxy;
 using Path = Net3_Proxy.Path;
 using File = Net3_Proxy.File;
 using Directory = Net3_Proxy.Directory;
+using Array = Net3_Proxy.Array;
 #endif
 
 namespace IPA.Injector
 {
     internal static class Updates
     {
-        private const string DeleteFileName = Updating.BeatMods.Updater.SpecialDeletionsFile;
+        private const string DeleteFileName = "$$delete";
 
         public static void InstallPendingUpdates()
         {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ namespace IPA.Injector
 
             if (ipaVersion > selfVersion)
             {
-                Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
+                _ = Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
                 {
                     FileName = path,
                     Arguments = $"\"-nw={Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id},s={string.Join(" ", Environment.GetCommandLineArgs().Skip(1).StrJP()).Replace("\\", "\\\\").Replace(",", "\\,")}\"",
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ namespace IPA.Injector
             // there are pending updates, install
             updater.Info("Installing pending updates");
 
-            var toDelete = new string[0];
+            var toDelete = Array.Empty<string>();
             var delFn = Path.Combine(pendingDir, DeleteFileName);
             if (File.Exists(delFn))
             {
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj b/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj
index 6621dee7..3cc88a4f 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj
+++ b/IPA.Loader/IPA.Loader.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
-  <Import Project="..\Common.props"/>
+  <Import Project="..\Common.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net461;net35</TargetFrameworks>
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="icon_white.png" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Loader\description.md" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  
+  <!-- disable the updater -->
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Remove="Updating\BeatMods\*.cs" />
+    <None Include="Updating\BeatMods\*.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="..\Common.targets"/>
+  <Import Project="..\Common.targets" />
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginComponent.cs b/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginComponent.cs
index d786b64f..362c7b53 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginComponent.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Loader/PluginComponent.cs
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ namespace IPA.Loader
                 ipaPlugins = new CompositeIPAPlugin(PluginManager.Plugins);
 #pragma warning restore 618
 
+                /*
 #if BeatSaber // TODO: remove this
                 gameObject.AddComponent<Updating.BeatMods.Updater>();
 #endif
+                */
 
                 bsPlugins.OnEnable();
                 ipaPlugins.OnApplicationStart();