Index: lib/googlecloudsdk/core/config.json
--- lib/googlecloudsdk/core/config.json.orig
+++ lib/googlecloudsdk/core/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "config_suffix": "",
-  "disable_updater": false,
+  "disable_updater": true,
   "disable_usage_reporting": true,
   "documentation_url": "https://cloud.google.com/sdk/",
   "release_channel": "rapid",
