         (spacemacs-powerline-new-version
          (spacemacs/get-new-version-lighter-face
           spacemacs-version spacemacs-new-version))
-        :when (and spacemacs-new-version
-                   spacemacs-mode-line-new-version-lighterp))
+        :when spacemacs-new-version)
 
       (spaceline-spacemacs-theme '(new-version :when active))
       (spaceline-helm-mode t)

                               (format (concat "Do you want to update to the newest "
                                               "version %s ?") spacemacs-new-version))
                              (progn
                                (spacemacs/switch-to-version spacemacs-new-version)
                                (setq spacemacs-mode-line-new-version-lighterp nil))
                            (message "Update aborted."))))
                      map)))


        (setq spaceline-window-numbers-unicode unicodep)
        (setq spaceline-workspace-numbers-unicode unicodep))

      (defpowerline spacemacs-powerline-new-version
        (propertize
         spacemacs-version-check-lighter
