diff --git a/cmd/notices.go b/cmd/notices.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 26cd4000..00000000
--- a/cmd/notices.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-)
-
-type Notice struct {
-	Level   string `json:"level"`
-	Message string `json:"message"`
-}
-
-func displayNotices(input *Input) {
-	// Avoid causing trouble parsing the json
-	if input.listOptions {
-		return
-	}
-	select {
-	case notices := <-noticesLoaded:
-		if len(notices) > 0 {
-			noticeLogger := log.New()
-			if input.jsonLogger {
-				noticeLogger.SetFormatter(&log.JSONFormatter{})
-			} else {
-				noticeLogger.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{
-					DisableQuote:     true,
-					DisableTimestamp: true,
-					PadLevelText:     true,
-				})
-			}
-
-			fmt.Printf("\n")
-			for _, notice := range notices {
-				level, err := log.ParseLevel(notice.Level)
-				if err != nil {
-					level = log.InfoLevel
-				}
-				noticeLogger.Log(level, notice.Message)
-			}
-		}
-	case <-time.After(time.Second * 1):
-		log.Debugf("Timeout waiting for notices")
-	}
-}
-
-var noticesLoaded = make(chan []Notice)
-
-func loadVersionNotices(version string) {
-	go func() {
-		noticesLoaded <- getVersionNotices(version)
-	}()
-}
-
-const NoticeURL = "https://api.nektosact.com/notices"
-
-func getVersionNotices(version string) []Notice {
-	if os.Getenv("ACT_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK") == "1" {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	noticeURL, err := url.Parse(NoticeURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err)
-		return nil
-	}
-	query := noticeURL.Query()
-	query.Add("os", runtime.GOOS)
-	query.Add("arch", runtime.GOARCH)
-	query.Add("version", version)
-
-	noticeURL.RawQuery = query.Encode()
-
-	client := &http.Client{}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", noticeURL.String(), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debug(err)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	etag := loadNoticesEtag()
-	if etag != "" {
-		log.Debugf("Conditional GET for notices etag=%s", etag)
-		req.Header.Set("If-None-Match", etag)
-	}
-
-	resp, err := client.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debug(err)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	newEtag := resp.Header.Get("Etag")
-	if newEtag != "" {
-		log.Debugf("Saving notices etag=%s", newEtag)
-		saveNoticesEtag(newEtag)
-	}
-
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	notices := []Notice{}
-	if resp.StatusCode == 304 {
-		log.Debug("No new notices")
-		return nil
-	}
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&notices); err != nil {
-		log.Debug(err)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return notices
-}
-
-func loadNoticesEtag() string {
-	p := etagPath()
-	content, err := os.ReadFile(p)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("Unable to load etag from %s: %e", p, err)
-	}
-	return strings.TrimSuffix(string(content), "\n")
-}
-
-func saveNoticesEtag(etag string) {
-	p := etagPath()
-	err := os.WriteFile(p, []byte(strings.TrimSuffix(etag, "\n")), 0o600)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("Unable to save etag to %s: %e", p, err)
-	}
-}
-
-func etagPath() string {
-	dir := filepath.Join(CacheHomeDir, "act")
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o777); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return filepath.Join(dir, ".notices.etag")
-}
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index e6c01a49..da7d345f 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -55,14 +55,13 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, version string) {
 
 func createRootCommand(ctx context.Context, input *Input, version string) *cobra.Command {
 	rootCmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:               "act [event name to run] [flags]\n\nIf no event name passed, will default to \"on: push\"\nIf actions handles only one event it will be used as default instead of \"on: push\"",
-		Short:             "Run GitHub actions locally by specifying the event name (e.g. `push`) or an action name directly.",
-		Args:              cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
-		RunE:              newRunCommand(ctx, input),
-		PersistentPreRun:  setup(input),
-		PersistentPostRun: cleanup(input),
-		Version:           version,
-		SilenceUsage:      true,
+		Use:              "act [event name to run] [flags]\n\nIf no event name passed, will default to \"on: push\"\nIf actions handles only one event it will be used as default instead of \"on: push\"",
+		Short:            "Run GitHub actions locally by specifying the event name (e.g. `push`) or an action name directly.",
+		Args:             cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		RunE:             newRunCommand(ctx, input),
+		PersistentPreRun: setup(input),
+		Version:          version,
+		SilenceUsage:     true,
 	}
 
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolP("watch", "w", false, "watch the contents of the local repo and run when files change")
@@ -303,13 +302,6 @@ func setup(_ *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []string) {
 		if verbose {
 			log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 		}
-		loadVersionNotices(cmd.Version)
-	}
-}
-
-func cleanup(inputs *Input) func(*cobra.Command, []string) {
-	return func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-		displayNotices(inputs)
 	}
 }