diff --git a/.config/polybar/custom.ini b/.config/polybar/custom.ini
index e065d6c..9a09861 100644
--- a/.config/polybar/custom.ini
+++ b/.config/polybar/custom.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 [module/check-arch-updates]
     type = custom/script
-    exec = cat $HOME/.cache/archlinux-updates.txt
+    exec = cat $HOME/.cache/archlinux-updates.txt | wc -l | sed 's/^0$//'
     interval = 30
 
     format-prefix = " "
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
     format-underline = #1794D1
     format = <label>
 
-    click-left = alacritty -e sh -c "$HOME/.local/bin/archlinux-update; $HOME/.local/bin/archlinux-check-updates > $HOME/.cache/archlinux-updates.txt; read" &
+    click-left = alacritty -e sh -c "$HOME/.local/bin/archlinux-update; checkupdates > $HOME/.cache/archlinux-updates.txt; read" &
 
     label = %output%
diff --git a/.local/bin/archlinux-check-updates b/.local/bin/archlinux-check-updates
deleted file mode 100755
index 01109c4..0000000
--- a/.local/bin/archlinux-check-updates
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-pkg_updates_count=$(checkupdates 2> /dev/null | wc -l)
-if [ $((pkg_updates_count)) -gt 0 ]
-then
-    echo $pkg_updates_count
-else
-    echo ""
-fi