diff --git a/src/splash/index.js b/src/splash/index.js
index 0d6db82..9d7cef7 100644
--- a/src/splash/index.js
+++ b/src/splash/index.js
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ const initModuleUpdater = () => { // "Old" (not v2 / new, win32 only)
     if (!succeeded) {
       handleFail();
     } else if (updateCount === 0) {
-      moduleUpdater.setInBackground();
       launchMainWindow();
     }
   });
diff --git a/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js b/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
index 034223d..e019d49 100644
--- a/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
+++ b/src/updater/moduleUpdater.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ let settings,
   basePath, manifestPath, downloadPath, bootstrapPath,
   hostUpdater,
   baseUrl, baseQuery,
-  inBackground,
   checking, hostAvail, lastUpdate;
 
 const resetTracking = () => {
@@ -360,8 +359,6 @@ exports.checkForUpdates = () => {
   }
 };
 
-exports.setInBackground = () => inBackground = true;
-
 exports.quitAndInstallUpdates = () => {
   log('Modules', 'Relaunching');