yt_dlp/__init__.py: remove updater

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/yt_dlp/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
index 5c5fc33ab..b4dc12fac 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/__init__.py
@@ -962,19 +962,6 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
         if opts.rm_cachedir:
             ydl.cache.remove()
 
-        try:
-            updater = Updater(ydl, opts.update_self)
-            if opts.update_self and updater.update() and actual_use:
-                if updater.cmd:
-                    return updater.restart()
-                # This code is reachable only for zip variant in py < 3.10
-                # It makes sense to exit here, but the old behavior is to continue
-                ydl.report_warning('Restart yt-dlp to use the updated version')
-                # return 100, 'ERROR: The program must exit for the update to complete'
-        except Exception:
-            traceback.print_exc()
-            ydl._download_retcode = 100
-
         if not actual_use:
             if pre_process:
                 return ydl._download_retcode