This patch is taken from Debian and modified slightly

Description: Phoning-home version checks should be disabled in Debian packages
Author: Sandro Knauß <bugs@ssandroknauss.de>
Origin: debian
Bug-debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721341
Forwarded: not-needed
Last-Update: 2014-02-17
---
This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
--- a/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
@@ -522,11 +522,14 @@ bool ConfigFile::skipUpdateCheck(const Q
     if (connection.isEmpty())
         con = defaultConnection();
 
-    QVariant fallback = getValue(skipUpdateCheckC(), con, false);
+    QVariant fallback = getValue(skipUpdateCheckC(), con, true);
     fallback = getValue(skipUpdateCheckC(), QString(), fallback);
 
     QVariant value = getPolicySetting(skipUpdateCheckC(), fallback);
-    return value.toBool();
+    if ( !value.toBool() )
+        qDebug() << "Guix has disabled the UpdateCheck mechanism.";
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 void ConfigFile::setSkipUpdateCheck(bool skip, const QString &connection)
--- a/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ void GeneralSettings::loadMiscSettings()
 
 void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateInfo()
 {
+    /* Guix doesn't want an autoupdater
     if (ConfigFile().skipUpdateCheck() || !Updater::instance()) {
         // updater disabled on compile
         _ui->updaterWidget->setVisible(false);
@@ -174,6 +178,9 @@ void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateInfo()
     _ui->updateChannel->setCurrentIndex(ConfigFile().updateChannel() == "beta" ? 1 : 0);
     connect(_ui->updateChannel, static_cast<void (QComboBox::*)(int)>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged),
         this, &GeneralSettings::slotUpdateChannelChanged, Qt::UniqueConnection);
+    */
+    //hide the update group box for Guix.
+    _ui->updaterWidget->setVisible(false);
 }
 
 void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateChannelChanged(int index)
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