diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/timezone/timezone.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/timezone/timezone.inc
index 8939cd2cb5c..4860f00c8a8 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/timezone/timezone.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/timezone/timezone.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,5 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzcode${PV}.tar.gz
 
 S = "${UNPACKDIR}/tz"
 
-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "http://www.iana.org/time-zones"
-
 SRC_URI[tzcode.sha256sum] = "b1cffc3ace4c4c7cd0efba2f7add86ec3d0b79da48bcf03582671fd3c8feace8"
 SRC_URI[tzdata.sha256sum] = "e4a178a4477f3d0ea77cc31828ff72aa38feff8d61aa13e7e99e142e9d902be4"