diff --git a/modules/system/system.install b/modules/system/system.install
index 9a4be93..37490b0 100644
--- a/modules/system/system.install
+++ b/modules/system/system.install
@@ -292,21 +292,6 @@ function system_requirements($phase) {
   $requirements = array_merge($requirements, unicode_requirements());
 
   if ($phase == 'runtime') {
-    // Check for update status module.
-    if (!module_exists('update')) {
-      $requirements['update status'] = array(
-        'value' => $t('Not enabled'),
-        'severity' => REQUIREMENT_WARNING,
-        'description' => $t('Update notifications are not enabled. It is <strong>highly recommended</strong> that you enable the update status module from the <a href="@module">module administration page</a> in order to stay up-to-date on new releases. For more information please read the <a href="@update">Update status handbook page</a>.', array('@update' => 'http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/update', '@module' => url('admin/build/modules'))),
-      );
-    }
-    else {
-      $requirements['update status'] = array(
-        'value' => $t('Enabled'),
-      );
-    }
-    $requirements['update status']['title'] = $t('Update notifications');
-
     // Check that Drupal can issue HTTP requests.
     if (variable_get('drupal_http_request_fails', TRUE) && !system_check_http_request()) {
       $requirements['http requests'] = array(
@@ -414,8 +399,8 @@ function system_install() {
   db_query("INSERT INTO {role} (name) VALUES ('%s')", 'authenticated user');
   $rid_authenticated = db_last_insert_id('role', 'rid');
 
-  // Sanity check to ensure the anonymous and authenticated role IDs are the 
-  // same as the drupal defined constants. In certain situations, this will 
+  // Sanity check to ensure the anonymous and authenticated role IDs are the
+  // same as the drupal defined constants. In certain situations, this will
   // not be true
   if ($rid_anonymous != DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID) {
     db_query("UPDATE {role} SET rid = %d WHERE rid = %d", DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID, $rid_anonymous);
@@ -838,7 +823,7 @@ function system_schema() {
     'indexes' => array(
       'fit' => array('fit'),
       'tab_parent' => array('tab_parent'),
-      'tab_root_weight_title' => array(array('tab_root', 64), 'weight', 'title'),      
+      'tab_root_weight_title' => array(array('tab_root', 64), 'weight', 'title'),
       ),
     'primary key' => array('path'),
     );
@@ -1878,8 +1863,8 @@ function system_update_6021() {
       }
       if ($item['description']) {
         $item['options']['attributes']['title'] = $item['description'];
-      }      
-      
+      }
+
       // Save the link.
       menu_link_save($item);
       $_SESSION['menu_item_map'][$item['mid']] = array('mlid' => $item['mlid'], 'menu_name' => $item['menu_name']);
@@ -2749,4 +2734,3 @@ function system_update_6056() {
  * @} End of "defgroup updates-6.x-extra".
  * The next series of updates should start at 7000.
  */
-