diff --git a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
index 10253d888..57e966081 100644
--- a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
+++ b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
@@ -288,22 +288,13 @@ namespace cryptonote
     std::vector<std::string> records;
 
     // All four MoneroPulse domains have DNSSEC on and valid
-    static const std::vector<std::string> dns_urls = { "checkpoints.moneropulse.se"
-						     , "checkpoints.moneropulse.org"
-						     , "checkpoints.moneropulse.net"
-						     , "checkpoints.moneropulse.co"
+    static const std::vector<std::string> dns_urls = {
     };
 
-    static const std::vector<std::string> testnet_dns_urls = { "testpoints.moneropulse.se"
-							     , "testpoints.moneropulse.org"
-							     , "testpoints.moneropulse.net"
-							     , "testpoints.moneropulse.co"
+    static const std::vector<std::string> testnet_dns_urls = {
     };
 
-    static const std::vector<std::string> stagenet_dns_urls = { "stagenetpoints.moneropulse.se"
-                   , "stagenetpoints.moneropulse.org"
-                   , "stagenetpoints.moneropulse.net"
-                   , "stagenetpoints.moneropulse.co"
+    static const std::vector<std::string> stagenet_dns_urls = {
     };
 
     if (!tools::dns_utils::load_txt_records_from_dns(records, nettype == TESTNET ? testnet_dns_urls : nettype == STAGENET ? stagenet_dns_urls : dns_urls))
diff --git a/src/common/dns_utils.cpp b/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
index ba2a26965..27268299a 100644
--- a/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dns_utils.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ DNSResolver::DNSResolver() : m_data(new DNSResolverData())
     // should be a valid DNSSEC record, and switch to known good
     // DNSSEC resolvers if verification fails
     bool available, valid;
-    static const char *probe_hostname = "updates.moneropulse.org";
+    static const char *probe_hostname = "";
     auto records = get_txt_record(probe_hostname, available, valid);
     if (!valid)
     {
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ bool load_txt_records_from_dns(std::vector<std::string> &good_records, const std
 
   if (num_valid_records < 2)
   {
-    LOG_PRINT_L0("WARNING: no two valid DNS TXT records were received");
+    LOG_PRINT_L2("WARNING: no two valid DNS TXT records were received");
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/common/updates.cpp b/src/common/updates.cpp
index db6eb776c..9e2f3ebc1 100644
--- a/src/common/updates.cpp
+++ b/src/common/updates.cpp
@@ -46,13 +46,6 @@ namespace tools
 
     // All four MoneroPulse domains have DNSSEC on and valid
     static const std::vector<std::string> dns_urls = {
-        "updates.moneropulse.org",
-        "updates.moneropulse.net",
-        "updates.moneropulse.fr",
-        "updates.moneropulse.de",
-        "updates.moneropulse.no",
-        "updates.moneropulse.ch",
-        "updates.moneropulse.se"
     };
 
     if (!tools::dns_utils::load_txt_records_from_dns(records, dns_urls))
@@ -102,7 +95,7 @@ namespace tools
 
   std::string get_update_url(const std::string &software, const std::string &subdir, const std::string &buildtag, const std::string &version, bool user)
   {
-    const char *base = user ? "https://downloads.getmonero.org/" : "https://updates.getmonero.org/";
+    const char *base = user ? "" : "";
 #ifdef _WIN32
     static const char *extension = strncmp(buildtag.c_str(), "source", 6) ? (strncmp(buildtag.c_str(), "install-", 8) ? ".zip" : ".exe") : ".tar.bz2";
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
diff --git a/src/debug_utilities/dns_checks.cpp b/src/debug_utilities/dns_checks.cpp
index 2efc94ee1..bfa6d727f 100644
--- a/src/debug_utilities/dns_checks.cpp
+++ b/src/debug_utilities/dns_checks.cpp
@@ -129,20 +129,20 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
   mlog_configure("", true);
   mlog_set_categories("+" MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY ":INFO");
 
-  lookup(LOOKUP_A, {"seeds.moneroseeds.se", "seeds.moneroseeds.ae.org", "seeds.moneroseeds.ch", "seeds.moneroseeds.li"});
+  lookup(LOOKUP_A, {""});
 
-  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {"updates.moneropulse.org", "updates.moneropulse.net", "updates.moneropulse.co", "updates.moneropulse.se", "updates.moneropulse.fr", "updates.moneropulse.de", "updates.moneropulse.no", "updates.moneropulse.ch"});
+  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {""});
 
-  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {"checkpoints.moneropulse.org", "checkpoints.moneropulse.net", "checkpoints.moneropulse.co", "checkpoints.moneropulse.se"});
+  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {""});
 
   // those are in the code, but don't seem to actually exist
 #if 0
-  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {"testpoints.moneropulse.org", "testpoints.moneropulse.net", "testpoints.moneropulse.co", "testpoints.moneropulse.se");
+  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {"");
 
-  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {"stagenetpoints.moneropulse.org", "stagenetpoints.moneropulse.net", "stagenetpoints.moneropulse.co", "stagenetpoints.moneropulse.se"});
+  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {""});
 #endif
 
-  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {"segheights.moneropulse.org", "segheights.moneropulse.net", "segheights.moneropulse.co", "segheights.moneropulse.se"});
+  lookup(LOOKUP_TXT, {""});
 
   return 0;
   CATCH_ENTRY_L0("main", 1);
diff --git a/src/p2p/net_node.inl b/src/p2p/net_node.inl
index ee6bd8b19..78afa1db7 100644
--- a/src/p2p/net_node.inl
+++ b/src/p2p/net_node.inl
@@ -2013,13 +2013,6 @@ namespace nodetool
       return true;
 
     static const std::vector<std::string> dns_urls = {
-      "blocklist.moneropulse.se"
-    , "blocklist.moneropulse.org"
-    , "blocklist.moneropulse.net"
-    , "blocklist.moneropulse.no"
-    , "blocklist.moneropulse.fr"
-    , "blocklist.moneropulse.de"
-    , "blocklist.moneropulse.ch"
     };
 
     std::vector<std::string> records;