diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-setup b/scripts/cloudron-setup
index 7d1840f8f..5d2984832 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-setup
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-setup
@@ -48,14 +48,13 @@ edition=""
 requestedVersion=""
 apiServerOrigin="https://api.cloudron.io"
 webServerOrigin="https://cloudron.io"
-prerelease="false"
 sourceTarballUrl=""
 rebootServer="true"
 baseDataDir=""
 
 echo "Running cloudron-setup with args : $@" > "${LOG_FILE}"
 
-args=$(getopt -o "" -l "help,skip-baseimage-init,data-dir:,provider:,version:,env:,prerelease,edition:,skip-reboot" -n "$0" -- "$@")
+args=$(getopt -o "" -l "help,skip-baseimage-init,data-dir:,provider:,version:,env:,edition:,skip-reboot" -n "$0" -- "$@")
 eval set -- "${args}"
 
 while true; do
@@ -68,16 +67,13 @@ while true; do
         if [[ "$2" == "dev" ]]; then
             apiServerOrigin="https://api.dev.cloudron.io"
             webServerOrigin="https://dev.cloudron.io"
-            prerelease="true"
         elif [[ "$2" == "staging" ]]; then
             apiServerOrigin="https://api.staging.cloudron.io"
             webServerOrigin="https://staging.cloudron.io"
-            prerelease="true"
         fi
         shift 2;;
     --skip-baseimage-init) initBaseImage="false"; shift;;
     --skip-reboot) rebootServer="false"; shift;;
-    --prerelease) prerelease="true"; shift;;
     --data-dir) baseDataDir=$(realpath "$2"); shift 2;;
     --) break;;
     *) echo "Unknown option $1"; exit 1;;
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@ if [[ "${initBaseImage}" == "true" ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "=> Checking version"
-if ! releaseJson=$($curl -s "${apiServerOrigin}/api/v1/releases?prerelease=${prerelease}&boxVersion=${requestedVersion}"); then
+if ! releaseJson=$($curl -s "${apiServerOrigin}/api/v1/releases?boxVersion=${requestedVersion}"); then
     echo "Failed to get release information"
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index 1ece0fd86..a88186802 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ var gDefaults = (function () {
         retentionSecs: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60, // 2 days
         intervalSecs: 24 * 60 * 60 // ~1 day
     };
-    result[exports.UPDATE_CONFIG_KEY] = { prerelease: false };
+    result[exports.UPDATE_CONFIG_KEY] = {};
     result[exports.APPSTORE_CONFIG_KEY] = {};
     result[exports.CAAS_CONFIG_KEY] = {};
     result[exports.EMAIL_DIGEST] = true;
diff --git a/src/test/updatechecker-test.js b/src/test/updatechecker-test.js
index 70deeefa2..666d40082 100644
--- a/src/test/updatechecker-test.js
+++ b/src/test/updatechecker-test.js
@@ -128,29 +128,6 @@ describe('updatechecker - box - manual (email)', function () {
         });
     });
 
-    it('offers prerelease', function (done) {
-        nock.cleanAll();
-
-        var scope = nock('http://localhost:4444')
-            .get('/api/v1/users/uid/cloudrons/cid/boxupdate')
-            .query({ boxVersion: config.version(), accessToken: 'token' })
-            .reply(200, { version: '2.0.0-pre.0', changelog: [''], sourceTarballUrl: '2.0.0-pre.0.tar.gz' } );
-
-        var scope2 = nock('http://localhost:4444')
-            .get('/api/v1/users/uid/cloudrons/cid/subscription')
-            .query({ accessToken: 'token' })
-            .reply(200, { subscription: { plan: { id: 'pro' } } } );
-
-        updatechecker.checkBoxUpdates(function (error) {
-            expect(!error).to.be.ok();
-            expect(updatechecker.getUpdateInfo().box.version).to.be('2.0.0-pre.0');
-            expect(scope.isDone()).to.be.ok();
-            expect(scope2.isDone()).to.be.ok();
-
-            checkMails(1, done);
-        });
-    });
-
     it('bad response offers nothing', function (done) {
         nock.cleanAll();
 
diff --git a/src/updater.js b/src/updater.js
index c01e64afd..fd068c21b 100644
--- a/src/updater.js
+++ b/src/updater.js
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ function verifyUpdateInfo(versionsFile, updateInfo, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof updateInfo, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    // skip verification for prereleases because we remove it from release.json
-    if (semver.prerelease(config.version()) !== null) return callback();
-
     var releases = safe.JSON.parse(safe.fs.readFileSync(versionsFile, 'utf8')) || { };
     if (!releases[config.version()] || !releases[config.version()].next) return callback(new UpdaterError(UpdaterError.EXTERNAL_ERROR, 'No version info'));
     var nextVersion = releases[config.version()].next;