diff --git a/server/routers/client/listUserDevices.ts b/server/routers/client/listUserDevices.ts
index 5a864f93b..e2a035929 100644
--- a/server/routers/client/listUserDevices.ts
+++ b/server/routers/client/listUserDevices.ts
@@ -420,31 +420,6 @@ export async function listUserDevices(
             }
         );
 
-        // REMOVING THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLIENTS NOW
-        // // Try to get the latest version, but don't block if it fails
-        // try {
-        //     const latestOlmVersion = await getLatestOlmVersion();
-
-        //     if (latestOlmVersion) {
-        //         olmsWithUpdates.forEach((client) => {
-        //             try {
-        //                 client.olmUpdateAvailable = semver.lt(
-        //                     client.olmVersion ? client.olmVersion : "",
-        //                     latestOlmVersion
-        //                 );
-        //             } catch (error) {
-        //                 client.olmUpdateAvailable = false;
-        //             }
-        //         });
-        //     }
-        // } catch (error) {
-        //     // Log the error but don't let it block the response
-        //     logger.warn(
-        //         "Failed to check for OLM updates, continuing without update info:",
-        //         error
-        //     );
-        // }
-
         return response<ListUserDevicesResponse>(res, {
             data: {
                 devices: olmsWithUpdates,
diff --git a/server/routers/site/listSites.ts b/server/routers/site/listSites.ts
index 6bb095030..c9635b346 100644
--- a/server/routers/site/listSites.ts
+++ b/server/routers/site/listSites.ts
@@ -29,97 +29,6 @@ import { fromError } from "zod-validation-error";
 import { isLicensedOrSubscribed } from "#dynamic/lib/isLicencedOrSubscribed";
 import { tierMatrix } from "@server/lib/billing/tierMatrix";
 
-// Stale-while-revalidate: keeps the last successfully fetched version so that
-// a transient network failure / timeout does not flip every site back to
-// newtUpdateAvailable: false.
-let staleNewtVersion: string | null = null;
-
-async function getLatestNewtVersion(): Promise<string | null> {
-    try {
-        const cachedVersion = await cache.get<string>(
-            "cache:latestNewtVersion"
-        );
-        if (cachedVersion) {
-            return cachedVersion;
-        }
-
-        const controller = new AbortController();
-        const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 1500);
-
-        const response = await fetch(
-            "https://api.github.com/repos/fosrl/newt/tags",
-            {
-                signal: controller.signal
-            }
-        );
-
-        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
-
-        if (!response.ok) {
-            logger.warn(
-                `Failed to fetch latest Newt version from GitHub: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`
-            );
-            return staleNewtVersion;
-        }
-
-        let tags = await response.json();
-        if (!Array.isArray(tags) || tags.length === 0) {
-            logger.warn("No tags found for Newt repository");
-            return staleNewtVersion;
-        }
-
-        // Remove release-candidates, then sort descending by semver so that
-        // duplicate tags (e.g. "1.10.3" and "v1.10.3") and any ordering quirks
-        // from the GitHub API do not cause an older tag to be selected.
-        tags = tags.filter((tag: any) => !tag.name.includes("rc"));
-        tags.sort((a: any, b: any) => {
-            const va = semver.coerce(a.name);
-            const vb = semver.coerce(b.name);
-            if (!va && !vb) return 0;
-            if (!va) return 1;
-            if (!vb) return -1;
-            return semver.rcompare(va, vb);
-        });
-
-        // Deduplicate: keep only the first (highest) entry per normalised version
-        const seen = new Set<string>();
-        tags = tags.filter((tag: any) => {
-            const normalised = semver.coerce(tag.name)?.version;
-            if (!normalised || seen.has(normalised)) return false;
-            seen.add(normalised);
-            return true;
-        });
-
-        if (tags.length === 0) {
-            logger.warn("No valid semver tags found for Newt repository");
-            return staleNewtVersion;
-        }
-
-        const latestVersion = tags[0].name;
-
-        staleNewtVersion = latestVersion;
-        await cache.set("cache:latestNewtVersion", latestVersion, 3600);
-
-        return latestVersion;
-    } catch (error: any) {
-        if (error.name === "AbortError") {
-            logger.warn(
-                "Request to fetch latest Newt version timed out (1.5s)"
-            );
-        } else if (error.cause?.code === "UND_ERR_CONNECT_TIMEOUT") {
-            logger.warn(
-                "Connection timeout while fetching latest Newt version"
-            );
-        } else {
-            logger.warn(
-                "Error fetching latest Newt version:",
-                error.message || error
-            );
-        }
-        return staleNewtVersion;
-    }
-}
-
 const listSitesParamsSchema = z.strictObject({
     orgId: z.string()
 });
@@ -447,11 +356,6 @@ export async function listSites(
             siteListQuery
         ]);
 
-        const totalCount = Number(countRows[0]?.count ?? 0);
-
-        // Get latest version asynchronously without blocking the response
-        const latestNewtVersionPromise = getLatestNewtVersion();
-
         const siteIds = rows.map((site) => site.siteId);
 
         let labelsForSites: Array<{
@@ -494,36 +398,6 @@ export async function listSites(
             return { ...siteWithUpdate, labels: labelsForSite };
         });
 
-        // Try to get the latest version, but don't block if it fails
-        try {
-            const latestNewtVersion = await latestNewtVersionPromise;
-
-            if (latestNewtVersion) {
-                sitesWithUpdates.forEach((site) => {
-                    if (
-                        site.type === "newt" &&
-                        site.newtVersion &&
-                        latestNewtVersion
-                    ) {
-                        try {
-                            site.newtUpdateAvailable = semver.lt(
-                                site.newtVersion,
-                                latestNewtVersion
-                            );
-                        } catch (error) {
-                            site.newtUpdateAvailable = false;
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-        } catch (error) {
-            // Log the error but don't let it block the response
-            logger.warn(
-                "Failed to check for Newt updates, continuing without update info:",
-                error
-            );
-        }
-
         const sitesPayload = sitesWithUpdates.map((site) =>
             site.type === "local" ? { ...site, online: undefined } : site
         );