diff --git a/api/client/commands.go b/api/client/commands.go
index 502c1be69e..647516da6b 100644
--- a/api/client/commands.go
+++ b/api/client/commands.go
@@ -385,16 +385,8 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdVersion(args ...string) error {
 	if apiVersion := remoteVersion.Get("ApiVersion"); apiVersion != "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(cli.out, "Server API version: %s\n", apiVersion)
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(cli.out, "Git commit (server): %s\n", remoteVersion.Get("GitCommit"))
 	fmt.Fprintf(cli.out, "Go version (server): %s\n", remoteVersion.Get("GoVersion"))
-	release := utils.GetReleaseVersion()
-	if release != "" {
-		fmt.Fprintf(cli.out, "Last stable version: %s", release)
-		if (dockerversion.VERSION != "" || remoteVersion.Exists("Version")) && (strings.Trim(dockerversion.VERSION, "-dev") != release || strings.Trim(remoteVersion.Get("Version"), "-dev") != release) {
-			fmt.Fprintf(cli.out, ", please update docker")
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(cli.out, "\n")
-	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(cli.out, "Git commit (server): %s\n", remoteVersion.Get("GitCommit"))
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_version_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_version_test.go
index f18d5bede6..7f1838e5d9 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_version_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_version_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ func TestVersionEnsureSucceeds(t *testing.T) {
 		"Git commit (client):",
 		"Server version:",
 		"Server API version:",
-		"Git commit (server):",
 		"Go version (server):",
-		"Last stable version:",
+		"Git commit (server):",
 	}
 
 	for _, linePrefix := range stringsToCheck {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 191c85206e..6e3a3c1b60 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -821,22 +821,6 @@ func ParseHost(defaultHost string, defaultUnix, addr string) (string, error) {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%d", proto, host, port), nil
 }
 
-func GetReleaseVersion() string {
-	resp, err := http.Get("https://get.docker.io/latest")
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	if resp.ContentLength > 24 || resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		return ""
-	}
-	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	return strings.TrimSpace(string(body))
-}
-
 // Get a repos name and returns the right reposName + tag
 // The tag can be confusing because of a port in a repository name.
 //     Ex: localhost.localdomain:5000/samalba/hipache:latest