diff --git a/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide.WelcomePage/DefaultWelcomePage.cs b/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide.WelcomePage/DefaultWelcomePage.cs
index e4c5d0712bd..a7a5cd41712 100644
--- a/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide.WelcomePage/DefaultWelcomePage.cs
+++ b/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide.WelcomePage/DefaultWelcomePage.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ protected override void BuildContent (Container parent)
 				new WelcomePageRecentProjectsList (GettextCatalog.GetString ("Solutions"))
 				),
 				new WelcomePageColumn (
-					new WelcomePageNewsFeed (GettextCatalog.GetString ("Xamarin News"), "http://software.xamarin.com/Service/News", "NewsLinks")
+					//needs to be replaced by something new news feed from dotdevelop
+					//new WelcomePageNewsFeed (GettextCatalog.GetString ("Xamarin News"), "http://software.xamarin.com/Service/News", "NewsLinks")
 				),
 				new WelcomePageColumn (
 					new WelcomePageTipOfTheDaySection ()