diff -uar ktorrent-5.1.1.orig/plugins/infowidget/geoipmanager.cpp ktorrent-5.1.1/plugins/infowidget/geoipmanager.cpp
--- ktorrent-5.1.1.orig/plugins/infowidget/geoipmanager.cpp	2018-08-31 01:37:04.000000000 +0200
+++ ktorrent-5.1.1/plugins/infowidget/geoipmanager.cpp	2019-05-11 14:32:39.599297006 +0200
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #ifdef USE_SYSTEM_GEOIP
         geo_ip = GeoIP_open_type(GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION, GEOIP_STANDARD);
 #else
-        geoip_data_file = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation, QStringLiteral("geoip.dat"));
+        geoip_data_file = QStringLiteral("/usr/share/apps/ktorrent/GeoIP/geoip.dat");
         if (geoip_data_file.isEmpty())
             geoip_data_file = QStandardPaths::locate(QStandardPaths::AppDataLocation, QStringLiteral("GeoIP.dat"));
 
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@
             {
                 QFileInfo fi(geoip_data_file);
                 QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
-                if (fi.lastModified().daysTo(now) >= 30)
-                {
-                    // if the last time the geoip file was modified, was more then
-                    // 30 days ago, redownload it
-                    downloadDataBase();
-                }
             }
         }
 #endif
@@ -107,12 +101,6 @@
 
     void GeoIPManager::downloadDataBase()
     {
-#ifndef USE_SYSTEM_GEOIP
-        Out(SYS_INW | LOG_NOTICE) << "Downloading GeoIP database: " << geoip_url << endl;
-        download_destination = kt::DataDir(CreateIfNotExists) + geoip_url.fileName();
-        KIO::CopyJob* job = KIO::copy(geoip_url, QUrl::fromLocalFile(download_destination), KIO::Overwrite | KIO::HideProgressInfo);
-        connect(job, &KIO::CopyJob::result, this, &GeoIPManager::databaseDownloadFinished);
-#endif
     }
 
     void GeoIPManager::databaseDownloadFinished(KJob* job)