diff --git a/Modules/Panels/Changelog/ChangelogPanel.qml b/Modules/Panels/Changelog/ChangelogPanel.qml
index 93281e61..6da216ec 100644
--- a/Modules/Panels/Changelog/ChangelogPanel.qml
+++ b/Modules/Panels/Changelog/ChangelogPanel.qml
@@ -222,9 +222,6 @@ SmartPanel {
   }
 
   onClosed: {
-    if (UpdateService && UpdateService.clearReleaseCache) {
-      UpdateService.clearReleaseCache();
-    }
     if (UpdateService && UpdateService.changelogCurrentVersion) {
       UpdateService.markChangelogSeen(UpdateService.changelogCurrentVersion);
     }
diff --git a/Services/Noctalia/UpdateService.qml b/Services/Noctalia/UpdateService.qml
index 64dc2a9c..105ec1a2 100644
--- a/Services/Noctalia/UpdateService.qml
+++ b/Services/Noctalia/UpdateService.qml
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ Singleton {
   // Changelog fetching
   property string changelogBaseUrl: Quickshell.env("NOCTALIA_CHANGELOG_URL") || "https://noctalia.dev:7777/changelogs"
   property string upgradeLogBaseUrl: Quickshell.env("NOCTALIA_UPGRADELOG_URL") || "https://noctalia.dev:7777/upgradelog"
-  property int changelogFetchLimit: 25
-  property int changelogUpdateFrequency: 60 * 60 // 1 hour in seconds
-  property bool isFetchingChangelogs: false
-  property string releaseNotes: ""
-  property var releases: []
-  property string changelogDataFile: Quickshell.env("NOCTALIA_CHANGELOG_FILE") || (Settings.cacheDir + "changelogs.json")
 
   // Fix for FileView race condition
   property bool saveInProgress: false
@@ -69,36 +63,6 @@ Singleton {
     Logger.i("UpdateService", "Version:", root.currentVersion);
   }
 
-  // Changelog data cache
-  FileView {
-    id: changelogDataFileView
-    path: root.changelogDataFile
-    watchChanges: true
-    onFileChanged: reload()
-    onAdapterUpdated: writeAdapter()
-    Component.onCompleted: {
-      reload();
-    }
-    onLoaded: {
-      loadChangelogCache();
-    }
-    onLoadFailed: function (error) {
-      if (error.toString().includes("No such file") || error === 2) {
-        Qt.callLater(() => {
-                       fetchChangelogs();
-                     });
-      }
-    }
-
-    JsonAdapter {
-      id: changelogAdapter
-
-      property string releaseNotes: ""
-      property var releases: []
-      property real timestamp: 0
-    }
-  }
-
   FileView {
     id: changelogStateFileView
     path: root.changelogStateFile
@@ -450,201 +414,5 @@ Singleton {
     debouncedSaveChangelogState();
   }
 
-  // Changelog fetching functions
-
-  function loadChangelogCache() {
-    const now = Time.timestamp;
-    var needsRefetch = false;
-    if (!changelogAdapter.timestamp || (now >= changelogAdapter.timestamp + changelogUpdateFrequency)) {
-      needsRefetch = true;
-      Logger.d("UpdateService", "Changelog cache expired or missing, scheduling fetch");
-    } else {
-      Logger.d("UpdateService", "Loading cached changelog data (age:", Math.round((now - changelogAdapter.timestamp) / 60), "minutes)");
-    }
-
-    if (changelogAdapter.releaseNotes) {
-      root.releaseNotes = changelogAdapter.releaseNotes;
-    }
-    if (changelogAdapter.releases && changelogAdapter.releases.length > 0) {
-      root.releases = changelogAdapter.releases;
-    } else {
-      Logger.d("UpdateService", "Cached releases missing, scheduling fetch");
-      needsRefetch = true;
-    }
-
-    if (needsRefetch) {
-      fetchChangelogs();
-    }
-  }
-
-  function fetchChangelogs() {
-    if (isFetchingChangelogs) {
-      Logger.w("UpdateService", "Changelog data is still fetching");
-      return;
-    }
-
-    isFetchingChangelogs = true;
-    fetchError = "";
-    fetchChangelogIndex();
-  }
-
-  function fetchChangelogIndex() {
-    const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    request.onreadystatechange = function () {
-      if (request.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
-        if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 300) {
-          const entries = parseChangelogIndex(request.responseText || "");
-          if (entries.length === 0) {
-            Logger.w("UpdateService", "No changelog entries found at", changelogBaseUrl);
-            fetchError = I18n.tr("changelog.error.fetch-failed");
-            finalizeChangelogFetch([]);
-          } else {
-            fetchChangelogFiles(entries, 0, []);
-          }
-        } else {
-          Logger.e("UpdateService", "Failed to fetch changelog index:", request.status, request.responseText);
-          fetchError = I18n.tr("changelog.error.fetch-failed");
-          finalizeChangelogFetch([]);
-        }
-      }
-    };
-    request.open("GET", changelogBaseUrl);
-    request.send();
-  }
-
-  function parseChangelogIndex(content) {
-    if (!content)
-      return [];
-
-    const lines = content.split(/\r?\n/);
-    var entries = [];
-    for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
-      const trimmed = lines[i].trim();
-      const match = trimmed.match(/CHANGELOG-(v[0-9A-Za-z.\-]+)\.txt/);
-      if (match && match.length >= 2) {
-        const version = match[1];
-        const fileName = match[0];
-        var modified = "";
-        for (var j = i + 1; j < Math.min(lines.length, i + 4); j++) {
-          const modLine = lines[j].trim();
-          const modMatch = modLine.match(/^Last modified:\s*(.+)$/i);
-          if (modMatch && modMatch.length >= 2) {
-            modified = modMatch[1].trim();
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-
-        entries.push({
-                       "version": version,
-                       "fileName": fileName,
-                       "url": `${changelogBaseUrl}/${fileName}`,
-                       "createdAt": modified
-                     });
-      }
-    }
-
-    entries.sort(function (a, b) {
-      return compareVersions(b.version, a.version);
-    });
-
-    if (entries.length > changelogFetchLimit) {
-      entries = entries.slice(0, changelogFetchLimit);
-    }
-
-    return entries;
-  }
-
-  function fetchChangelogFiles(entries, index, accumulator) {
-    if (!entries || entries.length === 0) {
-      finalizeChangelogFetch([]);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (index >= entries.length) {
-      finalizeChangelogFetch(accumulator);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const entry = entries[index];
-    const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    request.onreadystatechange = function () {
-      if (request.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
-        if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 300) {
-          accumulator.push({
-                             "version": entry.version,
-                             "createdAt": entry.createdAt || "",
-                             "body": request.responseText || ""
-                           });
-        } else {
-          Logger.e("UpdateService", "Failed to fetch changelog file:", entry.url, "status:", request.status);
-          if (!fetchError) {
-            fetchError = I18n.tr("changelog.error.fetch-failed");
-          }
-        }
-        fetchChangelogFiles(entries, index + 1, accumulator);
-      }
-    };
-    request.open("GET", entry.url);
-    request.send();
-  }
-
-  function finalizeChangelogFetch(releasesList) {
-    isFetchingChangelogs = false;
-
-    if (releasesList && releasesList.length > 0) {
-      releasesList.sort(function (a, b) {
-        return compareVersions(b.version, a.version);
-      });
-
-      changelogAdapter.releases = releasesList;
-      root.releases = releasesList;
-      const latest = releasesList[0];
-      if (latest) {
-        changelogAdapter.releaseNotes = latest.body || "";
-        root.releaseNotes = changelogAdapter.releaseNotes;
-      }
-
-      if (!fetchError) {
-        Logger.d("UpdateService", "Fetched changelog entries:", releasesList.length);
-      }
-    } else {
-      changelogAdapter.releases = [];
-      root.releases = [];
-      if (!fetchError) {
-        Logger.w("UpdateService", "No changelog entries fetched");
-        fetchError = I18n.tr("changelog.error.fetch-failed");
-      }
-    }
-
-    saveChangelogData();
-  }
-
-  function saveChangelogData() {
-    changelogAdapter.timestamp = Time.timestamp;
-    Logger.d("UpdateService", "Saving changelog data to cache file:", changelogDataFile);
-
-    // Ensure cache directory exists
-    Quickshell.execDetached(["mkdir", "-p", Settings.cacheDir]);
-
-    Qt.callLater(() => {
-                   changelogDataFileView.writeAdapter();
-                   Logger.d("UpdateService", "Changelog cache file written successfully");
-                 });
-  }
-
-  function resetChangelogCache() {
-    changelogAdapter.version = I18n.tr("system.unknown-version");
-    changelogAdapter.releaseNotes = "";
-    changelogAdapter.releases = [];
-    changelogAdapter.timestamp = 0;
-
-    fetchChangelogs();
-  }
-
-  function clearReleaseCache() {
-    Logger.d("UpdateService", "Clearing cached release data");
-    changelogAdapter.releases = [];
-    root.releases = [];
-    changelogDataFileView.writeAdapter();
-  }
+  // Changelog fetching functions (removed cache - only fetch on version change via fetchUpgradeLog)
 }