diff --git a/ytview/ytview b/ytview/ytview
index 4e43ace..b34696f 100755
--- a/ytview/ytview
+++ b/ytview/ytview
@@ -45,20 +45,6 @@ httpGet()
   esac
 }
 
-
-
-
-checkInternet()
-{
-  echo -e "GET http://google.com HTTP/1.0\n\n" | nc google.com 80 > /dev/null 2>&1 # query google with a get request
-  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then #check if the output is 0, if so no errors have occured and we have connected to google successfully
-    return 0
-  else
-    echo "Error: no active internet connection" >&2 #sent to stderr
-    return 1
-  fi
-}
-
 update()
 {
   # Author: Alexander Epstein https://github.com/alexanderepstein