$method_split = explode(":", $method);
 
                if ($method == "ForceUpdate" && $feed > 0 && is_numeric($feed)) {
-                       // Update the feed if required with some basic flood control
-
-                       $any_needs_curl = false;
-
-                       if (ini_get("open_basedir")) {
-                               $pluginhost = PluginHost::getInstance();
-                               foreach ($pluginhost->get_plugins() as $plugin) {
-                                       $flags = $plugin->flags();
-
-                                       if (isset($flags["needs_curl"]) && $flags["needs_curl"]) {
-                                               $any_needs_curl = true;
-                                               break;
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       //if ($_REQUEST["debug"]) print "<!-- any_needs_curl: $any_needs_curl -->";
-
-                       if (!$any_needs_curl) {
-
-                               $sth = $this->pdo->prepare("SELECT cache_images," . SUBSTRING_FOR_DATE . "(last_updated,1,19) AS last_updated
-                                               FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE id = ?");
-                               $sth->execute([$feed]);
-
-                               if ($row = $sth->fetch()) {
-                                       $last_updated = strtotime($row["last_updated"]);
-                                       $cache_images = $row["cache_images"];
-
-                                       if (!$cache_images && time() - $last_updated > 120) {
-                                           try {
-                                                       RSSUtils::update_rss_feed($feed, true);
-                                               } catch (PDOException $e) {
-                                               user_error("PDO Exception while doing on-demand feed update for $feed: " . $e->getMessage(), E_USER_NOTICE);
-                        }
-                                       } else {
-                                               $sth = $this->pdo->prepare("UPDATE ttrss_feeds 
-                                SET last_updated = '1970-01-01', last_update_started = '1970-01-01'
-                                                               WHERE id = ?");
-                                               $sth->execute([$feed]);
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       } else {
-                               $sth = $this->pdo->prepare("UPDATE ttrss_feeds 
-                                SET last_updated = '1970-01-01', last_update_started = '1970-01-01'
-                                                               WHERE id = ?");
-                               $sth->execute([$feed]);
-                       }
+            $sth = $this->pdo->prepare("UPDATE ttrss_feeds 
+                            SET last_updated = '1970-01-01', last_update_started = '1970-01-01'
+                            WHERE id = ?");
+            $sth->execute([$feed]);
                }
 
                if ($method_split[0] == "MarkAllReadGR")  {