diff --git a/bin/install.ps1 b/bin/install.ps1
index a78d53412..f114f6304 100644
--- a/bin/install.ps1
+++ b/bin/install.ps1
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ cp "$dir\_scoop_extract\scoop-master\*" $dir -r -force
 rm "$dir\_scoop_extract" -r -force
 rm $zipfile
 
-$null > "$dir\last_updated" # save install timestamp
-
 echo 'creating shim...'
 shim "$dir\bin\scoop.ps1" $false
 
diff --git a/libexec/scoop-status.ps1 b/libexec/scoop-status.ps1
index 38c90a817..49de57ea8 100644
--- a/libexec/scoop-status.ps1
+++ b/libexec/scoop-status.ps1
@@ -8,15 +8,6 @@
 . "$psscriptroot\..\lib\depends.ps1"
 . "$psscriptroot\..\lib\config.ps1"
 
-function timeago($when) {
-	$diff = [datetime]::now - $last_update
-
-	if($diff.totaldays -gt 2) { return "$([int]$diff.totaldays) days ago" }
-	if($diff.totalhours -gt 2) { return "$([int]$diff.totalhours) hours ago" }
-	if($diff.totalminutes -gt 2) { return "$([int]$diff.totalminutes) minutes ago" }
-	return "$([int]$diff.totalseconds) seconds ago"
-}
-
 # check if scoop needs updating
 $currentdir = fullpath $(versiondir 'scoop' 'current')
 $needs_update = $false