diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/utils/updater.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/utils/updater.nix
index de950ab70b48..82cbb7a923ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/utils/updater.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/utils/updater.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
   nix-prefetch-git,
   nurl,
   python3Packages,
-  vimPluginsUpdater,
-  writeShellScript,
 
   # optional
   neovim-unwrapped,
@@ -51,10 +49,5 @@ buildPythonApplication {
     export PYTHONPATH=pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins:$PYTHONPATH
   '';
 
-  passthru.updateScript = writeShellScript "updateScript" ''
-    # don't saturate the update bot connection
-    ${lib.getExe vimPluginsUpdater} --proc 2 update
-  '';
-
   meta.mainProgram = "vim-plugins-updater";
 }