diff --git a/_test/conf/local.php b/_test/conf/local.php
index ff1299393..6efb987fa 100644
--- a/_test/conf/local.php
+++ b/_test/conf/local.php
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ $conf['useacl']      = 1;                 //Use Access Control Lists to restrict
 $conf['superuser']   = 'testuser';        //password: testpass
 
 $conf['dnslookups']  = 0;                 //speedup tests
+$conf['updatecheck']  = 0;                //speedup tests