Index: platform/gsutil/gslib/commands/config.py
--- platform/gsutil/gslib/commands/config.py.orig
+++ platform/gsutil/gslib/commands/config.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ CONFIG_INPUTLESS_GSUTIL_SECTION_CONTENT = """
 # available. 'software_update_check_period' specifies the number of days
 # between such checks. The default is 30. Setting the value to 0 disables
 # periodic software update checks.
-#software_update_check_period = 30
+software_update_check_period = 0
 
 # 'tab_completion_timeout' controls the timeout (in seconds) for tab
 # completions that involve remote requests (such as bucket or object names).
