diff --git a/bucket/rethinkdb.json b/bucket/rethinkdb.json
index fa543518d7..b4f007dc9d 100644
--- a/bucket/rethinkdb.json
+++ b/bucket/rethinkdb.json
@@ -10,9 +10,5 @@
         }
     },
     "extract_dir": "rethinkdb-2.3.6",
-    "bin": "rethinkdb.exe",
-    "checkver": {
-        "url": "https://rethinkdb.com/docs/install/windows/",
-        "regex": "/windows/rethinkdb-([\\d.]+)\\.zip\">"
-    }
+    "bin": "rethinkdb.exe"
 }