diff --git a/src/cli/version.rs b/src/cli/version.rs
index b2946d7f5c..e4a2eff928 100644
--- a/src/cli/version.rs
+++ b/src/cli/version.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ async fn get_latest_version_call() -> Option<String> {
 async fn get_latest_version_call() -> Option<String> {
     let url = "https://mise.en.dev/VERSION";
     debug!("checking mise version from {}", url);
-    match crate::http::HTTP_VERSION_CHECK.get_text(url).await {
+    match crate::http::HTTP.get_text(url).await {
         Ok(text) => {
             debug!("got version {text}");
             Some(text.trim().to_string())
diff --git a/src/http.rs b/src/http.rs
index 0c62390b3c..74c58e727e 100644
--- a/src/http.rs
+++ b/src/http.rs
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ use crate::ui::progress_report::SingleReport;
 use crate::ui::time::format_duration;
 use crate::{env, file};
 
-#[cfg(not(test))]
-pub static HTTP_VERSION_CHECK: Lazy<Client> =
-    Lazy::new(|| Client::new(Duration::from_secs(3), ClientKind::VersionCheck).unwrap());
-
 pub static HTTP: Lazy<Client> =
     Lazy::new(|| Client::new(Settings::get().http_timeout(), ClientKind::Http).unwrap());
 
@@ -57,8 +53,6 @@ pub struct Client {
 enum ClientKind {
     Http,
     Fetch,
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    VersionCheck,
 }
 
 impl Client {
@@ -457,23 +451,14 @@ impl Client {
                             "fetch_remote_versions_timeout",
                             "MISE_FETCH_REMOTE_VERSIONS_TIMEOUT",
                         ),
-                        ClientKind::VersionCheck => ("version_check_timeout", ""),
-                    };
-                    let hint = if env_var.is_empty() {
-                        format!(
-                            "HTTP timed out after {} for {}.",
-                            format_duration(self.timeout),
-                            url
-                        )
-                    } else {
-                        format!(
-                            "HTTP timed out after {} for {} (change with `{}` or env `{}`).",
-                            format_duration(self.timeout),
-                            url,
-                            setting,
-                            env_var
-                        )
                     };
+                    let hint = format!(
+                        "HTTP timed out after {} for {} (change with `{}` or env `{}`).",
+                        format_duration(self.timeout),
+                        url,
+                        setting,
+                        env_var
+                    );
                     // wrap_err preserves the underlying reqwest::Error in the chain so
                     // is_transient() can still classify this as a retryable timeout.
                     return Err(Report::new(err).wrap_err(hint));