diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_linux.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_linux.cpp
index 660fdc7cca..233b102f86 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_linux.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_linux.cpp
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	bool writeprotected = false;
 	bool tosettings = false;
 	bool startintray = false;
-	bool externalupdater = false;
 	bool customWorkingDir = false;
 
 	char *key = 0;
@@ -398,8 +397,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			debug = _debug = true;
 		} else if (equal(argv[i], "-startintray")) {
 			startintray = true;
-		} else if (equal(argv[i], "-externalupdater")) {
-			externalupdater = true;
 		} else if (equal(argv[i], "-tosettings")) {
 			tosettings = true;
 		} else if (equal(argv[i], "-workdir_custom")) {
@@ -500,7 +497,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if (autostart) push("-autostart");
 	if (debug) push("-debug");
 	if (startintray) push("-startintray");
-	if (externalupdater) push("-externalupdater");
 	if (tosettings) push("-tosettings");
 	if (key) {
 		push("-key");
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m
index 72358ce81f..5f28125c51 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
 
 	openLog();
 	pid_t procId = 0;
-	BOOL update = YES, toSettings = NO, autoStart = NO, startInTray = NO, freeType = NO, externalUpdater = NO;
+	BOOL update = YES, toSettings = NO, autoStart = NO, startInTray = NO, freeType = NO;
 	BOOL customWorkingDir = NO;
 	NSString *key = nil;
 	for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
 			startInTray = YES;
 		} else if ([@"-freetype" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
 			freeType = YES;
-		} else if ([@"-externalupdater" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
-			externalUpdater = YES;
 		} else if ([@"-workdir_custom" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
 			customWorkingDir = YES;
 		} else if ([@"-key" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
@@ -255,7 +253,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
 	if (_debug) [args addObject:@"-debug"];
 	if (startInTray) [args addObject:@"-startintray"];
 	if (freeType) [args addObject:@"-freetype"];
-	if (externalUpdater) [args addObject:@"-externalupdater"];
 	if (autoStart) [args addObject:@"-autostart"];
 	if (key) {
 		[args addObject:@"-key"];
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp
index bbb495a5fc..d380fc4c67 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPWSTR cmdPara
 	LPWSTR *args;
 	int argsCount;
 
-	bool needupdate = false, autostart = false, debug = false, writeprotected = false, startintray = false, freetype = false, externalupdater = false;
+	bool needupdate = false, autostart = false, debug = false, writeprotected = false, startintray = false, freetype = false;
 	args = CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLine(), &argsCount);
 	if (args) {
 		for (int i = 1; i < argsCount; ++i) {
@@ -359,8 +359,6 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPWSTR cmdPara
 				startintray = true;
 			} else if (equal(args[i], L"-freetype")) {
 				freetype = true;
-			} else if (equal(args[i], L"-externalupdater")) {
-				externalupdater = true;
 			} else if (equal(args[i], L"-writeprotected") && ++i < argsCount) {
 				writeLog(std::wstring(L"Argument: ") + args[i]);
 				writeprotected = true;
@@ -431,7 +429,6 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPWSTR cmdPara
 	if (debug) targs += L" -debug";
 	if (startintray) targs += L" -startintray";
 	if (freetype) targs += L" -freetype";
-	if (externalupdater) targs += L" -externalupdater";
 	if (!customWorkingDir.empty()) {
 		targs += L" -workdir \"" + customWorkingDir + L"\"";
 	}
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp
index 32b9c691d8..60dd4f1305 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp
@@ -454,7 +454,6 @@ void Launcher::processArguments() {
 		{ "-fixprevious"    , KeyFormat::NoValues },
 		{ "-cleanup"        , KeyFormat::NoValues },
 		{ "-noupdate"       , KeyFormat::NoValues },
-		{ "-externalupdater", KeyFormat::NoValues },
 		{ "-tosettings"     , KeyFormat::NoValues },
 		{ "-startintray"    , KeyFormat::NoValues },
 		{ "-sendpath"       , KeyFormat::AllLeftValues },
@@ -485,9 +484,6 @@ void Launcher::processArguments() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (parseResult.contains("-externalupdater")) {
-		SetUpdaterDisabledAtStartup();
-	}
 	gUseFreeType = parseResult.contains("-freetype");
 	gDebugMode = parseResult.contains("-debug");
 	gManyInstance = parseResult.contains("-many");
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/launcher_linux.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/launcher_linux.cpp
index 47316905d2..f7cbc261d4 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/launcher_linux.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/linux/launcher_linux.cpp
@@ -124,11 +124,6 @@ bool Launcher::launchUpdater(UpdaterLaunch action) {
 	if (cStartInTray()) {
 		argumentsList.push("-startintray");
 	}
-#ifndef TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE
-	if (Core::UpdaterDisabled()) {
-		argumentsList.push("-externalupdater");
-	}
-#endif // !TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE
 	if (cDataFile() != qsl("data")) {
 		argumentsList.push("-key");
 		argumentsList.push(QFile::encodeName(cDataFile()));
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm
index d41c957a28..2f298ec4d6 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ bool Launcher::launchUpdater(UpdaterLaunch action) {
 		if (Logs::DebugEnabled()) [args addObject:@"-debug"];
 		if (cStartInTray()) [args addObject:@"-startintray"];
 		if (cUseFreeType()) [args addObject:@"-freetype"];
-#ifndef TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE
-		if (Core::UpdaterDisabled()) [args addObject:@"-externalupdater"];
-#endif // !TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE
 		if (cDataFile() != qsl("data")) {
 			[args addObject:@"-key"];
 			[args addObject:Q2NSString(cDataFile())];
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp
index a53de34a86..ea9f1b2378 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp
@@ -70,11 +70,6 @@ bool Launcher::launchUpdater(UpdaterLaunch action) {
 	if (cUseFreeType()) {
 		pushArgument(qsl("-freetype"));
 	}
-#ifndef TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE
-	if (Core::UpdaterDisabled()) {
-		pushArgument(qsl("-externalupdater"));
-	}
-#endif // !TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE
 	if (customWorkingDir()) {
 		pushArgument(qsl("-workdir"));
 		pushArgument('"' + cWorkingDir() + '"');