diff --git a/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix b/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix
index ca18ca194da1..4c06f9126a96 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/anki/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     phases = [ "unpackPhase" "patchPhase" "installPhase" ];
 
     patches = [
+      # Disable updated version check.
+      ./no-version-check.patch
+
       (substituteAll {
         src = ./fix-paths.patch;
         inherit lame mplayer qt4;
diff --git a/pkgs/games/anki/no-version-check.patch b/pkgs/games/anki/no-version-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce166b4b87d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/anki/no-version-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -Nurp anki-2.0.33.orig/aqt/main.py anki-2.0.33/aqt/main.py
+--- anki-2.0.33.orig/aqt/main.py	2016-01-05 21:37:53.904533750 +0100
++++ anki-2.0.33/aqt/main.py	2016-01-05 21:39:11.469175976 +0100
+@@ -820,6 +820,9 @@ title="%s">%s</button>''' % (
+     ##########################################################################
+ 
+     def setupAutoUpdate(self):
++        # Don't check for latest version since the versions are
++        # managed in Nixpkgs.
++        return
+         import aqt.update
+         self.autoUpdate = aqt.update.LatestVersionFinder(self)
+         self.connect(self.autoUpdate, SIGNAL("newVerAvail"), self.newVerAvail)