diff --git a/bucket/gow.json b/bucket/gow.json
index 631e3d7964..aa527b455f 100644
--- a/bucket/gow.json
+++ b/bucket/gow.json
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@
     "pre_install": "\"@cscript //NoLogo \"\"$dir\\bin\\gow.vbs\"\" %1\" | Set-Content -force \"$dir\\bin\\gow.bat\"",
     "post_install": [
         "# create etc directory (required by bash), if needed",
-        "if (! (test-path \"$dir\\etc\")) { new-item -itemtype directory \"$dir\\etc\" }"
+        "if (! (test-path \"$dir\\etc\")) { new-item -itemtype directory \"$dir\\etc\" | Out-Null }"
     ],
-    "checkver": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/releases",
-        "regex": "<a.*?>Gow ([\\d.]+)</a>"
-    },
     "bin": [
         "bin\\awk.exe",
         "bin\\basename.exe",