diff --git a/ghost/update-check-service/lib/update-check-service.js b/ghost/update-check-service/lib/update-check-service.js
index 9e277a31ac..d803bfa569 100644
--- a/ghost/update-check-service/lib/update-check-service.js
+++ b/ghost/update-check-service/lib/update-check-service.js
@@ -38,14 +38,12 @@ class UpdateCheckService {
      * @param {string[]} [options.config.notificationGroups] - example values ["migration", "something"]
      * @param {string} options.config.siteUrl - Ghost instance URL
      * @param {boolean} [options.config.forceUpdate]
-     * @param {Function} urlFor - function creating a URL for a certain context
     */
-    constructor({api, config, i18n, logging, urlFor, request, ghostVersion, ghostMailer}) {
+    constructor({api, config, i18n, logging, request, ghostVersion, ghostMailer}) {
         this.api = api;
         this.config = config;
         this.i18n = i18n;
         this.logging = logging;
-        this.urlFor = urlFor;
         this.request = request;
         this.ghostVersion = ghostVersion;
         this.ghostMailer = ghostMailer;
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ class UpdateCheckService {
             const users = await this.api.users.browse(internal);
             const npm = await Promise.promisify(exec)('npm -v');
 
-            const blogUrl = this.urlFor('home', true);
+            const blogUrl = this.config.siteUrl;
             const parsedBlogUrl = url.parse(blogUrl);
             const blogId = parsedBlogUrl.hostname + parsedBlogUrl.pathname.replace(/\//, '') + hash.value;
 
diff --git a/ghost/update-check-service/test/update-check-service.test.js b/ghost/update-check-service/test/update-check-service.test.js
index 3bdc825609..24fe48eefb 100644
--- a/ghost/update-check-service/test/update-check-service.test.js
+++ b/ghost/update-check-service/test/update-check-service.test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
     let i18nStub;
     let loggingStub;
     let requestStub;
-    let urlForStub;
 
     beforeEach(function () {
         settingsStub = sinon.stub().resolves({
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
                 },
                 i18n: i18nStub,
                 logging: loggingStub,
-                urlFor: urlForStub,
                 request: requestStub,
                 ghostVersion,
                 ghostMailer: {
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
                 },
                 i18n: i18nStub,
                 logging: loggingStub,
-                urlFor: urlForStub,
                 request: requestStub,
                 ghostVersion,
                 ghostMailer: {
@@ -181,7 +178,6 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
                 },
                 i18n: i18nStub,
                 logging: loggingStub,
-                urlFor: urlForStub,
                 request: requestStub,
                 ghostVersion,
                 ghostMailer: {
@@ -252,7 +248,6 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
                 config: {},
                 i18n: i18nStub,
                 logging: loggingStub,
-                urlFor: urlForStub,
                 request: sinon.stub().resolves({
                     body: {
                         notifications: [notification]
@@ -323,7 +318,6 @@ describe('Update Check', function () {
                 },
                 i18n: i18nStub,
                 logging: loggingStub,
-                urlFor: urlForStub,
                 request: sinon.stub().resolves({
                     body: [notification]
                 }),