diff --git a/src/extensions/extension-loader/extension-loader.ts b/src/extensions/extension-loader/extension-loader.ts
index fe5317a969..f2bbb8c89d 100644
--- a/src/extensions/extension-loader/extension-loader.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/extension-loader/extension-loader.ts
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export class ExtensionLoader {
   loadOnMain() {
     this.autoInitExtensions(async (extension: LensMainExtension) => {
       // Check for update for the extension on main process that does not have renderer script
-      if (!extension.manifest.renderer) {
+      if (extension.isBundled || !extension.manifest.renderer) {
         this.checkForExtensionUpdate(extension);
       }
 
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ export class ExtensionLoader {
         }
       });
 
-      this.checkForExtensionUpdate(extension);
+      if (!extension.isBundled) {
+        this.checkForExtensionUpdate(extension);
+      }
 
       return removeItems;
     });
diff --git a/src/extensions/npmjs-latest-version-checker.ts b/src/extensions/npmjs-latest-version-checker.ts
index 164cac2737..e24fc8f87d 100644
--- a/src/extensions/npmjs-latest-version-checker.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/npmjs-latest-version-checker.ts
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ export class NpmJsVersionChecker implements LensExtensionLatestVersionChecker {
     this.downloadJson = downloadJsonOverride || downloadJson;
   }
 
-  public async getLatestVersion(manifest: LensExtensionManifest, isBundled: boolean) {
-    if (!isBundled) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
+  public async getLatestVersion(manifest: LensExtensionManifest) {
     const { name } = manifest;
     const registryUrl = new URLParse("https://registry.npmjs.com").set("pathname", name).toString();
     const json = await this.getJson(registryUrl);