diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 014c325b9d8cfd53a3e78dc647996cb6be96857d..655077b6800f01942b2e759599aab3b51ccece20 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -522,25 +522,6 @@ variables:
     fi
   }
 
-  function get_latest_template_version() {
-    tag_json=$(wget -T 5 -q -O - "$CI_API_V4_URL/projects/to-be-continuous%2F$1/repository/tags?per_page=1" || echo "")
-    echo "$tag_json" | sed -rn 's/^.*"name":"([^"]*)".*$/\1/p'
-  }
-
-  function check_for_update() {
-    template="$1"
-    actual="$2"
-    latest=$(get_latest_template_version "$template")
-    if [[ -n "$latest" ]] && [[ "$latest" != "$actual" ]]
-    then
-      log_warn "\\e[1;93m=======================================================================================================\\e[0m"
-      log_warn "\\e[93mThe template \\e[32m$template\\e[93m:\\e[33m$actual\\e[93m you're using is not up-to-date: consider upgrading to version \\e[32m$latest\\e[0m"
-      log_warn "\\e[93m(set \$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED to disable this message)\\e[0m"
-      log_warn "\\e[1;93m=======================================================================================================\\e[0m"
-    fi
-  }
-
-  if [[ "$TEMPLATE_CHECK_UPDATE_DISABLED" != "true" ]]; then check_for_update python "4.0.1"; fi
   unscope_variables
 
   # ENDSCRIPT