diff --git a/src/core/updates.cpp b/src/core/updates.cpp
index cb9ca39..4dc5dfb 100644
--- a/src/core/updates.cpp
+++ b/src/core/updates.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 #endif
 
 const InstalledVersionsInfo InstalledVersionsInfo::Default {
-	/* retroArchVersion */ RetroArchVersion{ Version{ 0, 0, 0 }, false },
-	/* parallelVersion */ Version{ 0, 0, 0 },
+	/* retroArchVersion */ RetroArchVersion{ Version{ @retroArchVersion@ }, true },
+	/* parallelVersion */ Version{ @parallelN64CoreVersion@ },
 	/* lastUpdateCheck */ 0
 };
 
@@ -41,15 +41,7 @@ template<> void JsonSerializer::serialize<RetroArchVersion>( JsonWriter &jw, con
 }
 
 template<> RetroArchVersion JsonSerializer::parse<RetroArchVersion>( const Json &json ) {
-	Version version = Version{ 0, 0, 0 };
-	if( json[P_VERSION].exists() ) {
-		version = parse<Version>( json[P_VERSION] );
-	}
-
-	return RetroArchVersion {
-		version,
-		json[P_LOCK].getOrDefault<bool>( false )
-	};
+	return InstalledVersionsInfo::Default.retroArchVersion;
 }
 
 static constexpr char P_RETROARCH[] = "retroarch";
@@ -67,44 +59,15 @@ template<> void JsonSerializer::serialize<InstalledVersionsInfo>( JsonWriter &jw
 }
 
 template<> InstalledVersionsInfo JsonSerializer::parse<InstalledVersionsInfo>( const Json &json ) {
-	Version parallelVersion;
-	try {
-		parallelVersion = parse<Version>( json[P_PARALLEL] );
-	} catch( ... ) {
-		parallelVersion = { 0, 0, 0 };
-	}
-
-	RetroArchVersion retroVersion;
-	try {
-		retroVersion = parse<RetroArchVersion>( json[P_RETROARCH] );
-	} catch( ... ) {
-		retroVersion = RetroArchVersion{ Version{ 0, 0, 0 }, false };
-	}
-
-	return InstalledVersionsInfo {
-		retroVersion,
-		parallelVersion,
-		json[P_LAST_CHECKED].get<int64>()
-	};
+	return InstalledVersionsInfo::Default;
 }
 
 template<> ParallelCoreVersion JsonSerializer::parse<ParallelCoreVersion>( const Json &json ) {
-#if defined(__linux__)
-	const Json &vjson = json["linux_x64"];
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-	const Json &vjson = json["windows_x64"];
-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
-	const Json &vjson = AppleUtil::shouldUseArmCore() ? json["macos_arm64"] : json["macos_x64"];
-#else
-	const Json &vjson = json;
-	static_assert( false );
-#endif
-
 	return ParallelCoreVersion{
-		JsonSerializer::parse<Version>( vjson["version"] ),
-		vjson["sha1"].get<string>(),
-		vjson["zipSignature"].get<string>(),
-		vjson["url"].get<string>()
+		InstalledVersionsInfo::Default.parallelVersion,
+		"",
+		"",
+		""
 	};
 }
 
@@ -169,6 +132,7 @@ void RetroUpdater::checkForUpdates(
 	bool waitForCoreUpdates,
 	bool forceUpdate
 ) {
+	return;
 	InstalledVersionsInfo installedVersions = FileController::loadInstalledVersions();
 
 	if( forceUpdate || checkSchedule( installedVersions ) ) {