diff --git a/spec/cordova/platform/check.spec.js b/spec/cordova/platform/check.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 631d6d7..0000000
--- a/spec/cordova/platform/check.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/**
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-*/
-
-var fs = require('fs-extra');
-var events = require('cordova-common').events;
-var superspawn = require('cordova-common').superspawn;
-var rewire = require('rewire');
-var platform_check = rewire('../../../src/cordova/platform/check');
-var platform = require('../../../src/cordova/platform');
-var cordova_util = require('../../../src/cordova/util');
-
-describe('cordova/platform/check', function () {
-    var projectRoot = '/some/path';
-    var hooks_mock;
-
-    beforeEach(function () {
-        spyOn(events, 'emit');
-        spyOn(superspawn, 'spawn').and.callThrough();
-        spyOn(fs, 'removeSync');
-        spyOn(cordova_util, 'listPlatforms').and.returnValue(['ios']);
-        spyOn(platform, 'add').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve());
-    });
-
-    it('If no platforms, platforms cannot be updated', function () {
-        cordova_util.listPlatforms.and.returnValue([]);
-        return platform_check(hooks_mock, projectRoot).then(function () {
-            expect(events.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('results', jasmine.stringMatching(/No platforms can be updated/));
-            expect(superspawn.spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('npm', ['--loglevel=silent', '--json', 'outdated', 'cordova-lib'], jasmine.any(Object));
-            expect(fs.removeSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.any(String));
-        });
-    });
-
-    it('Should warn if install failed', function () {
-        platform.add.and.returnValue(Promise.reject());
-        return platform_check(hooks_mock, projectRoot).then(function () {
-            expect(events.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('results', jasmine.stringMatching(/current did not install/));
-        });
-    });
-
-    it('Should warn if version-empty', function () {
-        superspawn.spawn.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve());
-        return platform_check(hooks_mock, projectRoot).then(function () {
-            expect(events.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('results', jasmine.stringMatching(/current version script failed to return a version/));
-        });
-    });
-
-    it('Should warn if version-failed', function () {
-        spyOn(superspawn, 'maybeSpawn').and.returnValue(Promise.resolve('version-failed'));
-        return platform_check(hooks_mock, projectRoot).then(function () {
-            expect(events.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('results', jasmine.stringMatching(/current version script failed, and/));
-        });
-    });
-});
diff --git a/spec/cordova/platform/index.spec.js b/spec/cordova/platform/index.spec.js
index 6c0c3a6..a2c664f 100644
--- a/spec/cordova/platform/index.spec.js
+++ b/spec/cordova/platform/index.spec.js
@@ -103,13 +103,6 @@
                         expect(platform.update).toHaveBeenCalled();
                     });
             });
-            it('should direct `check` commands to the `check` method/module', function () {
-                spyOn(platform, 'check').and.returnValue(true);
-                return platform('check', ['android'])
-                    .then(function () {
-                        expect(platform.check).toHaveBeenCalled();
-                    });
-            });
             it('should direct `list`, all other commands and no command at all to the `list` method/module', function () {
                 spyOn(platform, 'list').and.returnValue(true);
                 // test the `list` command directly
diff --git a/src/cordova/platform/check.js b/src/cordova/platform/check.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c01b61..0000000
--- a/src/cordova/platform/check.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-/**
-    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-    distributed with this work for additional information
-    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-    specific language governing permissions and limitations
-    under the License.
-*/
-
-var fs = require('fs-extra');
-var path = require('path');
-var os = require('os');
-var semver = require('semver');
-var events = require('cordova-common').events;
-var superspawn = require('cordova-common').superspawn;
-var cordova_util = require('../util');
-var HooksRunner = require('../../hooks/HooksRunner');
-
-module.exports = check;
-
-function check (hooksRunner, projectRoot) {
-    return Promise.all([
-        getCordovaUpdateMessage(), getPlatformUpdateMessages(projectRoot)
-    ]).then(messages => {
-        events.emit('results', messages.join('\n'));
-    });
-}
-
-function getCordovaUpdateMessage () {
-    return superspawn.spawn('npm',
-        ['--loglevel=silent', '--json', 'outdated', 'cordova-lib'],
-        { cwd: path.dirname(require.main.filename) }
-    ).then(function (output) {
-        var vers;
-        try {
-            var json = JSON.parse(output)['cordova-lib'];
-            vers = [json.latest, json.current];
-        } catch (e) {
-            vers = ('' || output).match(/cordova-lib@(\S+)\s+\S+\s+current=(\S+)/);
-        }
-        if (vers) {
-            return [vers[1], vers[2]];
-        }
-    }).catch(function () {
-        /* oh well */
-    }).then(function (versions) {
-        var message = '';
-        if (versions && semver.gt(versions[0], versions[1])) {
-            message = 'An update of cordova is available: ' + versions[0];
-        }
-        return message;
-    });
-}
-
-function getPlatformUpdateMessages (projectRoot) {
-    var installedPlatforms = cordova_util.listPlatforms(projectRoot);
-    var scratch = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'cordova-platform-check-' + Date.now());
-    var listeners = events._events;
-    events._events = {};
-    function cleanup () {
-        events._events = listeners;
-        fs.removeSync(scratch);
-    }
-
-    // Acquire the version number of each platform we have installed, and output that too.
-    return require('../cordova').create(scratch)
-        .then(function () {
-            var h = new HooksRunner(scratch);
-            return Promise.all(installedPlatforms.map(p =>
-                getPlatformUpdateMessage(p, h, projectRoot, scratch)
-            ));
-        })
-        .then(platformsText => {
-            var platformResults = '';
-
-            if (platformsText) {
-                platformResults = platformsText.filter(p => p).sort().join('\n');
-            }
-            if (!platformResults) {
-                platformResults = 'No platforms can be updated at this time.';
-            }
-            return platformResults;
-        })
-        // .finally(cleanup)
-        .then(
-            res => { cleanup(); return res; },
-            err => { cleanup(); throw err; }
-        );
-}
-
-function getPlatformUpdateMessage (platform, h, projectRoot, scratch) {
-    const availableVersionPromise = require('.').add(h, scratch, [platform], { spawnoutput: { stdio: 'ignore' } })
-        .then(function () {
-            return getPlatformVersion(scratch, platform).then(
-                avail => avail || 'version-empty',
-                _ => 'version-failed'
-            );
-        }, function () {
-            /* If a platform doesn't install, then we can't realistically suggest updating */
-            return 'install-failed';
-        });
-
-    const currentVersionPromise = getPlatformVersion(projectRoot, platform)
-        .then(
-            v => v || '',
-            _ => 'broken'
-        );
-
-    return Promise.all([availableVersionPromise, currentVersionPromise])
-        .then(([avail, v]) => {
-            var prefix = platform + ' @ ' + (v || 'unknown');
-            switch (avail) {
-            case 'install-failed':
-                return prefix + '; current did not install, and thus its version cannot be determined';
-            case 'version-failed':
-                return prefix + '; current version script failed, and thus its version cannot be determined';
-            case 'version-empty':
-                return prefix + '; current version script failed to return a version, and thus its version cannot be determined';
-            default:
-                if (!v || v === 'broken' || semver.gt(avail, v)) {
-                    return prefix + ' could be updated to: ' + avail;
-                }
-            }
-        })
-        .catch(function () {});
-}
-
-function getPlatformVersion (projectRoot, platform) {
-    const bin = path.join(projectRoot, 'platforms', platform, 'cordova/version');
-    return superspawn.maybeSpawn(bin, [], { chmod: true });
-}
diff --git a/src/cordova/platform/index.js b/src/cordova/platform/index.js
index 2aa86c3..2b47543 100644
--- a/src/cordova/platform/index.js
+++ b/src/cordova/platform/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     return addHelper('update', hooksRunner, projectRoot, targets, opts);
 };
 module.exports.remove = require('./remove');
-module.exports.check = require('./check');
 module.exports.list = require('./list');
 module.exports.getPlatformDetailsFromDir = require('./getPlatformDetailsFromDir');
 
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@
         case 'update':
         case 'up':
             return module.exports.update(hooksRunner, projectRoot, targets, opts);
-        case 'check':
-            return module.exports.check(hooksRunner, projectRoot);
         default:
             return module.exports.list(hooksRunner, projectRoot, opts);
         }