diff --git a/.config/polybar/config b/.config/polybar/config
index 2d654a18..5319c8fd 100644
--- a/.config/polybar/config
+++ b/.config/polybar/config
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ label-warn-foreground = ${res/colors.alert}
 [module/update-arch]
 inherit = template/module
 type = custom/script
-exec = $HOME/.config/polybar/update-arch.sh
+exec = echo `checkupdates | wc -l`
 exec-if = wget -q --spider http://www.startpage.com/ && uname -r | grep -q "ARCH" && [ `checkupdates | wc -l` != 0 ]
 format-prefix = " "
 format-prefix-foreground = ${res/colors.alert-dark}
diff --git a/.config/polybar/update-arch.sh b/.config/polybar/update-arch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 51dfec94..00000000
--- a/.config/polybar/update-arch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-uname -r | grep -q "ARCH" || exit
-CHECKUPDATES_DB=/tmp/$(uuidgen)/
-numupdates=$(checkupdates | wc -l)
-echo $numupdates