diff --git a/osu.Desktop/OsuGameDesktop.cs b/osu.Desktop/OsuGameDesktop.cs
index cd3fb7eb61..be8159a7cc 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/OsuGameDesktop.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/OsuGameDesktop.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
             switch (RuntimeInfo.OS)
             {
                 case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Windows:
+                    Debug.Assert(OperatingSystem.IsWindows());
+
                     return new SquirrelUpdateManager();
 
                 default:
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs b/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs
index 7b60bc03e4..b307146b10 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Updater/SquirrelUpdateManager.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -16,10 +17,11 @@ using osu.Game.Overlays.Notifications;
 using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 using Squirrel;
-using LogLevel = Splat.LogLevel;
+using Squirrel.SimpleSplat;
 
 namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
 {
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
     public class SquirrelUpdateManager : osu.Game.Updater.UpdateManager
     {
         private UpdateManager updateManager;
@@ -34,12 +36,14 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
         /// </summary>
         private bool updatePending;
 
+        private readonly SquirrelLogger squirrelLogger = new SquirrelLogger();
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(NotificationOverlay notification)
         {
             notificationOverlay = notification;
 
-            Splat.Locator.CurrentMutable.Register(() => new SquirrelLogger(), typeof(Splat.ILogger));
+            SquirrelLocator.CurrentMutable.Register(() => squirrelLogger, typeof(ILogger));
         }
 
         protected override async Task<bool> PerformUpdateCheck() => await checkForUpdateAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -49,9 +53,11 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
             // should we schedule a retry on completion of this check?
             bool scheduleRecheck = true;
 
+            const string github_token = null; // TODO: populate.
+
             try
             {
-                updateManager ??= await UpdateManager.GitHubUpdateManager(@"https://github.com/ppy/osu", @"osulazer", null, null, true).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                updateManager ??= new GithubUpdateManager(@"https://github.com/ppy/osu", false, github_token, @"osulazer");
 
                 var info = await updateManager.CheckForUpdate(!useDeltaPatching).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -201,11 +207,11 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Updater
             }
         }
 
-        private class SquirrelLogger : Splat.ILogger, IDisposable
+        private class SquirrelLogger : ILogger, IDisposable
         {
-            public LogLevel Level { get; set; } = LogLevel.Info;
+            public Squirrel.SimpleSplat.LogLevel Level { get; set; } = Squirrel.SimpleSplat.LogLevel.Info;
 
-            public void Write(string message, LogLevel logLevel)
+            public void Write(string message, Squirrel.SimpleSplat.LogLevel logLevel)
             {
                 if (logLevel < Level)
                     return;