diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec30714..aac871b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ PAMMODULE	:= pam_$(MODULENAME)
 
 $(PAMMODULE): $(PAMMODULE).c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(SHARE) -c $(PAMMODULE).c -o $(PAMMODULE).o
-	$(LD_D)  -o $(PAMMODULE).so $(PAMMODULE).o  -lc -lpam -liniparser
+	$(LD_D)  -o $(PAMMODULE).so $(PAMMODULE).o  -lc -lpam
 
 clean: $(PAMMODULE).so $(PAMMODULE).o
 	$(RM) $(PAMMODULE).o
diff --git a/pam_update.c b/pam_update.c
index bdf347d..1abc580 100644
--- a/pam_update.c
+++ b/pam_update.c
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <iniparser.h>
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PATHS_H
@@ -31,74 +31,16 @@
 #include <security/pam_modutil.h>
 #include <security/pam_ext.h>
 
-#define INI_ENV "/etc/calculate/ini.env"
-#define PROTECT_DIR "/etc"
+#define UPDATES_MARK "/var/lib/calculate/calculate-update/updates.available"
 
 #define HAVE_NO_UPDATE            0x0
 #define HAVE_NEW_CONFIG           0x1
 #define HAVE_NEW_PACKAGES         0x2
 
-static
-int has_cfg_files(char *pdir) {
-    DIR *dfd;
-    struct dirent *dp;
-    char filename[NAME_MAX];
-    int ret=0;
-
-    dfd = opendir(pdir);
-    if(!dfd) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    while( (dp=readdir(dfd)) != NULL) {
-        // skip internal name
-        if(strcmp(dp->d_name,".") == 0 ||
-           strcmp(dp->d_name,"..") == 0)
-           continue;
-        // found ._cfg files for dispatch-conf
-        if(strncmp(dp->d_name,"._cfg", 5) == 0) {
-            ret = 1;
-            break;
-        }
-        // recursive search in directories
-        if(dp->d_type == DT_DIR) {
-            if(strlen(pdir) + strlen(dp->d_name) + 1 < NAME_MAX) {
-                strcpy(filename,pdir);
-                strcat(filename,"/");
-                strcat(filename,dp->d_name);
-                if(has_cfg_files(filename)) {
-                    ret = 1;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    closedir(dfd);
-    return ret;
-}
 
 static
 int has_new_packages() {
-    dictionary *ini;
-    char *value;
-    int ret = 0;
-
-    ini = iniparser_load(INI_ENV);
-    if(ini==NULL) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "wrong file: %s\n", INI_ENV);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    value = iniparser_getstring(ini, "update:updates", NULL);
-    if(value && strcmp(value,"on") == 0) {
-        ret = 1;
-    }
-    else if(!value) {
-        value = iniparser_getstring(ini, "update:packages", NULL);
-        if(value && strcmp(value,"on") == 0) {
-            ret = 1;
-        }
-    }
-    iniparser_freedict(ini);
-    return ret;
+    return (faccessat(0, UPDATES_MARK, F_OK, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 static int