diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListing.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListing.java
index 2ff6f8850..1f2a8a17b 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListing.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionListing.java
@@ -35,19 +35,17 @@ import processing.data.StringDict;
 
 public class ContributionListing {
   // Stable URL that will redirect to wherever we're hosting the file
-  static final String LISTING_URL =
-    "http://download.processing.org/contribs";
-    //"http://download.processing.org/contribs.txt";
+  static final String LISTING_URL = "http://download.processing.org/contribs";
   static final String LOCAL_FILENAME = "contribs.txt";
 
   static volatile ContributionListing singleInstance;
 
   File listingFile;
-  ArrayList<ContributionChangeListener> listeners;
-  ArrayList<AvailableContribution> advertisedContributions;
+  List<ContributionChangeListener> listeners;
+  List<AvailableContribution> advertisedContributions;
   Map<String, List<Contribution>> librariesByCategory;
   public Map<String, Contribution> librariesByImportHeader;
-  ArrayList<Contribution> allContributions;
+  List<Contribution> allContributions;
   boolean hasDownloadedLatestList;
   boolean hasListDownloadFailed;
   ReentrantLock downloadingListingLock;
@@ -444,6 +442,7 @@ public class ContributionListing {
   }
 
 
+  /*
   boolean hasUpdates() {
     for (Contribution info : allContributions) {
       if (hasUpdates(info)) {
@@ -452,6 +451,32 @@ public class ContributionListing {
     }
     return false;
   }
+  */
+
+
+  /**
+   * @return The number of contributions that have available updates.
+   */
+  int countUpdates(Base base) {
+    int count = 0;
+    for (ModeContribution mc : base.getModeContribs()) {
+      if (hasUpdates(mc)) {
+        count++;
+      }
+    }
+    for (Library lib : base.getActiveEditor().getMode().contribLibraries) {
+      if (hasUpdates(lib)) {
+        count++;
+      }
+    }
+    for (ToolContribution tc : base.getActiveEditor().getToolContribs()) {
+      if (hasUpdates(tc)) {
+        count++;
+      }
+    }
+    return count;
+  }
+
 
   boolean hasUpdates(Base base) {
     for (ModeContribution mc : base.getModeContribs()) {
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
index 1a3ac1b77..02c55dbac 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
@@ -39,12 +39,8 @@ import processing.app.ui.Editor;
 import processing.app.ui.Toolkit;
 
 /**
- *
- * @author akarshit
- *
  * This class is the main Contribution Manager Dialog.
  * It contains all the contributions tab and the update tab.
- *
  */
 public class ContributionManagerDialog {
   static final String ANY_CATEGORY = Language.text("contrib.all");
@@ -78,12 +74,14 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
   }
 
 
+  /*
   public boolean hasUpdates() {
     return toolsContributionTab.hasUpdates()
       || librariesContributionTab.hasUpdates()
       || examplesContributionTab.hasUpdates()
       || modesContributionTab.hasUpdates();
   }
+  */
 
 
   public boolean hasUpdates(Base base) {
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
index 46c27a8d2..d7f59c65a 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ public class ContributionTab {
   }
 
 
+  /*
   public boolean hasUpdates() {
     return contribListing.hasUpdates();
   }
+  */
 
 
   public boolean hasUpdates(Base base) {
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 664333a6a..46ec4c8ed 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ X make PFont.size protected again
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3519
 X fix problem with JAR loading inside createInputRaw()
 o   https://github.com/processing/processing/pull/3514
-
-_ are we clear on sketchPath() for OS X?
-_   working dir (user.dir?) returns home dir, not app dir in Oracle Java
-_   could add -Dapp.root=$APP_ROOT and get via System.getProperty("app.root")
+X remove 'contrib updates available' dialog box for now
+X   new version coming soon in the UI
 
 opengl
 X Remove size() from setup() when copying to settings()
@@ -69,6 +67,7 @@ X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/2483
 X Device parsing on Linux is incorrect
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3532
 
+
 docs
 _ note that full screen and present are now different
 _   on Export to Application, this has an impact
@@ -88,6 +87,9 @@ _   use the BufferStrategy directly from the Frame object?
 _     might fix performance issues w/ Presentation mode
 _ sketch placement (window insets) not properly set on Linux
 _   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/2063
+_ are we clear on sketchPath() for OS X?
+_   working dir (user.dir?) returns home dir, not app dir in Oracle Java
+_   could add -Dapp.root=$APP_ROOT and get via System.getProperty("app.root")
 
 
 javafx