diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 84bd1d76..b41d9319 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 Fixed: TypeError: stat() argument 1 must be encoded string without null bytes,
 not str #100
 
-Added:
-- Checkng for the internet connection before downloading files
-
 3.2.9 - 24/09/2017
 Fixed:
 - Strange dependency problem #97
diff --git a/slpkg/downloader.py b/slpkg/downloader.py
index 611fd301..cf75c5b2 100644
--- a/slpkg/downloader.py
+++ b/slpkg/downloader.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 
 import os
-import urllib2
 import tarfile
 import subprocess
 
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ class Download(object):
         self.dir_prefix = ""
         self.downder = self.meta.downder
         self.downder_options = self.meta.downder_options
-        self._internet_check()
 
     def start(self):
         """Download files using wget or other downloader.
@@ -122,16 +120,3 @@ class Download(object):
             self.downder_options += certificate
             if not self.msg.answer() in ["y", "Y"]:
                 raise SystemExit()
-
-    def _internet_check(self):
-        """Check for internet connection
-        """
-        url = "".join(self.url)
-        try:
-            f = urllib2.urlopen(url)
-            return f.read()
-        except (urllib2.URLError, ValueError):
-            print("\n{0}slpkg: Error: unable to resolve the internet connection"
-                  "{1}\n".format(self.meta.color["RED"],
-                                 self.meta.color["ENDC"]))
-            raise SystemExit()