diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/auto-updater.linux.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/auto-updater.linux.ts
index a45561907e423d130c61285bc4b4bd4c10898699..92d6809148f1289bd8b73dde8099e029776adfa1 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/auto-updater.linux.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/auto-updater.linux.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class LinuxAutoUpdaterImpl extends events.EventEmitter {
 				if (!update || !update.url || !update.version) {
 					this.emit('update-not-available');
 				} else {
-					this.emit('update-available', env.product.downloadUrl);
+					this.emit('update-available', null, env.product.downloadUrl);
 				}
 			})
 			.then(null, e => {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/update-manager.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/update-manager.ts
index beeb38ecff9d7f4aacc89dfb509eff0c06d3bc95..967b06a39007b0bed1d85239ea584d25f7807594 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/update-manager.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/update-manager.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import events = require('events');
 
 import electron = require('electron');
 import platform = require('vs/base/common/platform');
-import { isString } from 'vs/base/common/types';
 import env = require('vs/workbench/electron-main/env');
 import settings = require('vs/workbench/electron-main/settings');
 import {Win32AutoUpdaterImpl} from 'vs/workbench/electron-main/auto-updater.win32';
@@ -88,12 +87,12 @@ export class UpdateManager extends events.EventEmitter {
 			this.setState(State.CheckingForUpdate);
 		});
 
-		this.raw.on('update-available', url => {
+		this.raw.on('update-available', (event, url: string) => {
 			this.emit('update-available', url);
 
 			let data: IUpdate = null;
 
-			if (isString(url)) {
+			if (url) {
 				data = {
 					releaseNotes: '',
 					version: '',