diff --git a/src/Views/OperatingSystemView.vala b/src/Views/OperatingSystemView.vala
index 281ff89b..e7153836 100644
--- a/src/Views/OperatingSystemView.vala
+++ b/src/Views/OperatingSystemView.vala
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ public class About.OperatingSystemView : Gtk.Box {
 
     private File? logo_file;
     private Adw.Avatar? logo;
-    private Gtk.StringList packages;
     private SystemUpdate? update_proxy = null;
     private SystemUpdate.CurrentState? current_state = null;
     private Gtk.Grid software_grid;
@@ -174,8 +173,6 @@ public class About.OperatingSystemView : Gtk.Box {
         kernel_version_label.add_css_class (Granite.CssClass.SMALL);
         kernel_version_label.add_css_class (Granite.CssClass.DIM);
 
-        packages = new Gtk.StringList (null);
-
         updates_image = new Gtk.Image () {
             icon_size = LARGE
         };
@@ -522,7 +519,7 @@ public class About.OperatingSystemView : Gtk.Box {
         }
 
         update_progress_revealer.reveal_child = false;
-        details_button_revealer.reveal_child = current_state.state == AVAILABLE || current_state.state == ERROR;
+        details_button_revealer.reveal_child = current_state.state == ERROR;
 
         switch (current_state.state) {
             case UP_TO_DATE:
@@ -556,18 +553,11 @@ public class About.OperatingSystemView : Gtk.Box {
 
                 try {
                     var details = yield update_proxy.get_update_details ();
-                    updates_description.label = dngettext (
-                        GETTEXT_PACKAGE,
-                        "%i update available (%s)",
-                        "%i updates available (%s)",
-                        details.packages.length
-                    ).printf (details.packages.length, GLib.format_size (details.size));
+                    updates_description.label = GLib.format_size (details.size);
 
                     if (Pk.Info.SECURITY in details.info) {
                         updates_image.icon_name = "software-update-urgent";
                     }
-
-                    packages.splice (0, packages.get_n_items (), details.packages);
                 } catch (Error e) {
                     updates_description.label = _("Unable to determine number of updates");
                     warning ("Failed to get updates list from backend: %s", e.message);
@@ -622,27 +612,19 @@ public class About.OperatingSystemView : Gtk.Box {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (current_state.state == ERROR) {
-            var message_dialog = new Granite.MessageDialog (
-                _("Failed to download updates"),
-                _("This may have been caused by sideloaded or manually compiled software, a third-party software source, or a package manager error. Manually refreshing updates may resolve the issue."),
-                new ThemedIcon ("dialog-error")
-            ) {
-                transient_for = (Gtk.Window) get_root (),
-                modal = true
-            };
-
-            message_dialog.show_error_details (current_state.message);
+        var message_dialog = new Granite.MessageDialog (
+            _("Failed to download updates"),
+            _("This may have been caused by sideloaded or manually compiled software, a third-party software source, or a package manager error. Manually refreshing updates may resolve the issue."),
+            new ThemedIcon ("dialog-error")
+        ) {
+            transient_for = (Gtk.Window) get_root (),
+            modal = true
+        };
 
-            message_dialog.response.connect (message_dialog.destroy);
-            message_dialog.present ();
-            return;
-        }
+        message_dialog.show_error_details (current_state.message);
 
-        var details_dialog = new UpdateDetailsDialog (packages) {
-            transient_for = (Gtk.Window) get_root ()
-        };
-        details_dialog.present ();
+        message_dialog.response.connect (message_dialog.destroy);
+        message_dialog.present ();
     }
 
     private async void refresh_clicked () {
diff --git a/src/Widgets/UpdateDetailsDialog.vala b/src/Widgets/UpdateDetailsDialog.vala
deleted file mode 100644
index d72abce4..00000000
--- a/src/Widgets/UpdateDetailsDialog.vala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
- */
-
-public class About.UpdateDetailsDialog : Granite.Dialog {
-    public Gtk.StringList packages { get; construct; }
-
-    public UpdateDetailsDialog (Gtk.StringList packages ) {
-        Object (packages: packages);
-    }
-
-    construct {
-        title = _("What's New");
-        modal = true;
-
-        var title_label = new Gtk.Label (
-            dngettext (
-                GETTEXT_PACKAGE,
-                "%u package will be upgraded",
-                "%u packages will be upgraded",
-                packages.get_n_items ()
-            ).printf (packages.get_n_items ())
-        ) {
-            halign = START
-        };
-        title_label.add_css_class (Granite.STYLE_CLASS_TITLE_LABEL);
-
-        var packages_listbox = new Gtk.ListBox () {
-            vexpand = true,
-            selection_mode = NONE
-        };
-        packages_listbox.add_css_class (Granite.STYLE_CLASS_RICH_LIST);
-        packages_listbox.bind_model (packages, (obj) => {
-            var str = ((Gtk.StringObject) obj).string;
-
-            var image = new Gtk.Image.from_icon_name ("package-x-generic") {
-                icon_size = LARGE
-            };
-
-            var label = new Gtk.Label (str);
-
-            var box = new Gtk.Box (HORIZONTAL, 6);
-            box.append (image);
-            box.append (label);
-
-            return box;
-        });
-
-        var scrolled = new Gtk.ScrolledWindow () {
-            child = packages_listbox,
-            hscrollbar_policy = NEVER,
-            max_content_height = 400,
-            propagate_natural_height = true
-        };
-
-        var frame = new Gtk.Frame (null) {
-            child = scrolled
-        };
-
-        var box = new Gtk.Box (VERTICAL, 12);
-        box.append (title_label);
-        box.append (frame);
-
-        get_content_area ().append (box);
-
-        add_button (_("Close"), Gtk.ResponseType.CLOSE);
-
-        response.connect (() => {
-            close ();
-        });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 8570d597..abe1f7a7 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ plug_files = files(
     'Views/HardwareView.vala',
     'Views/OperatingSystemView.vala',
     'Widgets/FirmwareUpdateRow.vala',
-    'Widgets' / 'DriverRow.vala',
-    'Widgets' / 'UpdateDetailsDialog.vala'
+    'Widgets' / 'DriverRow.vala'
 )
 
 switchboard_dep = dependency('switchboard-3')