diff --git a/news/3905.bugfix b/news/3905.bugfix
index 0c0c822192a8945f78bc843d7043702b81bf648c..a719866fc9aea08efb2898fdc0032e89e17f457e 100644
--- a/news/3905.bugfix
+++ b/news/3905.bugfix
@@ -1,8 +1 @@
-Changed rules on where pip version lock file selfcheck.json is stored.
-
-Previously, the lock file was either stored at ``USER_CACHE``/selfcheck.json,
-or for vitual enviorments it is stored at ``sys.prefix``\pip-selfcheck.json
-
-Now regardless of whether the user is in a virtual environment, the lock file
-is stored either in selfcheck.json in the path specified in cache-dir in
-pip.conf, or if none is specified it is stored at``USER_CACHE``/selfcheck.json 
+Adjust path to selfcheck.json - remove virtualenv specific path and honor cache-dir in pip.conf
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/utils/outdated.py b/src/pip/_internal/utils/outdated.py
index 1a1f70eec90925f84ef1e7d62ab919651c9c6f28..d7246da55d94e94080169190598f393812707643 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/utils/outdated.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/utils/outdated.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from pip._vendor.packaging import version as packaging_version
 
 from pip._internal.compat import WINDOWS
 from pip._internal.index import PackageFinder
-from pip._internal.locations import USER_CACHE_DIR, running_under_virtualenv
 from pip._internal.utils.filesystem import check_path_owner
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import ensure_dir, get_installed_version
 
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ SELFCHECK_DATE_FMT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class GlobalSelfCheckState(object):
+class SelfCheckState(object):
     def __init__(self, cache_dir):
         self.statefile_path = os.path.join(cache_dir, "selfcheck.json")
 
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ def pip_version_check(session, options):
     pypi_version = None
 
     try:
-        state = GlobalSelfCheckState(cache_dir=options.cache_dir)
+        state = SelfCheckState(cache_dir=options.cache_dir)
 
         current_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         # Determine if we need to refresh the state
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_unit_outdated.py b/tests/unit/test_unit_outdated.py
index cd765ef11c60ab0925a9ff8e25ace7f093d1bc7f..e1f45777b6b4e577ca1b50d40723570033ec261e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_unit_outdated.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_unit_outdated.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def test_pip_version_check(monkeypatch, stored_time, installed_ver, new_ver,
         save=pretend.call_recorder(lambda v, t: None),
     )
     monkeypatch.setattr(
-        outdated, 'GlobalSelfCheckState', lambda **kw: fake_state
+        outdated, 'SelfCheckState', lambda **kw: fake_state
     )
 
     with freezegun.freeze_time(
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def test_global_state(monkeypatch, tmpdir):
     monkeypatch.setattr(outdated, 'USER_CACHE_DIR', cache_dir)
     monkeypatch.setattr(sys, 'prefix', tmpdir / 'pip_prefix')
 
-    state = outdated.GlobalSelfCheckState(cache_dir=cache_dir)
+    state = outdated.SelfCheckState(cache_dir=cache_dir)
     state.save('2.0', datetime.datetime.utcnow())
 
     expected_path = cache_dir / 'selfcheck.json'