nipype-1.8.4-no_etelemetry.patch

diff --git a/nipype/__init__.py b/nipype/__init__.py
index 06084e823..2e42dcbce 100644
--- a/nipype/__init__.py
+++ b/nipype/__init__.py
@@ -73,23 +73,6 @@ from .interfaces import (
 )
 
 
-def check_latest_version(raise_exception=False):
-    """
-    Check for the latest version of the library.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    raise_exception: bool
-        Raise a RuntimeError if a bad version is being used
-    """
-    import etelemetry
-
-    logger = logging.getLogger("nipype.utils")
-    return etelemetry.check_available_version(
-        "nipy/nipype", __version__, logger, raise_exception
-    )
-
-
 # Run telemetry on import for interactive sessions, such as IPython, Jupyter notebooks, Python REPL
 if config.getboolean("execution", "check_version"):
     import __main__
@@ -98,4 +81,4 @@ if config.getboolean("execution", "check_version"):
         from .interfaces.base import BaseInterface
 
         if BaseInterface._etelemetry_version_data is None:
-            BaseInterface._etelemetry_version_data = check_latest_version() or "n/a"
+            BaseInterface._etelemetry_version_data = "n/a"
diff --git a/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py b/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py
index c8099be63..f7770dbfc 100644
--- a/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py
+++ b/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py
@@ -183,10 +183,9 @@ class BaseInterface(Interface):
             config.getboolean("execution", "check_version")
             and "NIPYPE_NO_ET" not in os.environ
         ):
-            from ... import check_latest_version
 
             if BaseInterface._etelemetry_version_data is None:
-                BaseInterface._etelemetry_version_data = check_latest_version() or "n/a"
+                BaseInterface._etelemetry_version_data = "n/a"
 
         if not self.input_spec:
             raise Exception("No input_spec in class: %s" % self.__class__.__name__)