diff --git a/app/llama.cpp b/app/llama.cpp
index 30b09f9ef..c4578ea53 100644
--- a/app/llama.cpp
+++ b/app/llama.cpp
@@ -20,16 +20,21 @@ int llama_fit_params(int argc, char ** argv);
 int llama_quantize(int argc, char ** argv);
 int llama_perplexity(int argc, char ** argv);
 
-// hands the update over to the install script, which downloads and swaps the binary
+// Self-update is only supported for binaries built with llama-install.sh
 static int llama_update(int argc, char ** argv) {
     (void) argc;
     (void) argv;
 
+#ifdef LLAMA_INSTALL_BUILD
 #if defined(_WIN32)
     return system("powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command \"irm https://llama.app/install.ps1 | iex\"");
 #else
     return system("curl -fsSL https://llama.app/install.sh | sh");
 #endif
+#else
+    printf("Updates are available only when installed from https://llama.app\n");
+    return 1;
+#endif
 }
 
 static const char * progname;
@@ -46,21 +51,29 @@ struct command {
     int (*func)(int, char **);
 };
 
+#ifdef LLAMA_INSTALL_BUILD
+#define UPDATE_HIDDEN false
+#else
+#define UPDATE_HIDDEN true
+#endif
+
 static const command cmds[] = {
-    {"serve",         "HTTP API server",                                    {"server"},   false, llama_server       },
-    {"cli",           "Command-line interactive interface",                 {"client"},   false, llama_cli          },
-    {"update",        "Update llama to the latest release",                 {},           false, llama_update       },
-    {"completion",    "Text completion",                                    {"complete"}, true,  llama_completion   },
-    {"bench",         "Benchmark prompt processing and text generation",    {},           true,  llama_bench        },
-    {"batched-bench", "Benchmark batched decoding performance",             {},           true,  llama_batched_bench},
-    {"fit-params",    "Compute parameters to fit a model in device memory", {},           true,  llama_fit_params   },
-    {"quantize",      "Quantize a model",                                   {},           true,  llama_quantize     },
-    {"perplexity",    "Compute model perplexity and KL divergence",         {},           true,  llama_perplexity   },
-    {"version",       "Show version",                                       {},           false, version            },
-    {"licenses",      "Show third-party licenses",                          {"credits"},  false, licenses           },
-    {"help",          "Show available commands",                            {},           false, help               },
+    {"serve",         "HTTP API server",                                    {"server"},   false,         llama_server       },
+    {"cli",           "Command-line interactive interface",                 {"client"},   false,         llama_cli          },
+    {"update",        "Update llama to the latest release",                 {},           UPDATE_HIDDEN, llama_update       },
+    {"completion",    "Text completion",                                    {"complete"}, true,          llama_completion   },
+    {"bench",         "Benchmark prompt processing and text generation",    {},           true,          llama_bench        },
+    {"batched-bench", "Benchmark batched decoding performance",             {},           true,          llama_batched_bench},
+    {"fit-params",    "Compute parameters to fit a model in device memory", {},           true,          llama_fit_params   },
+    {"quantize",      "Quantize a model",                                   {},           true,          llama_quantize     },
+    {"perplexity",    "Compute model perplexity and KL divergence",         {},           true,          llama_perplexity   },
+    {"version",       "Show version",                                       {},           false,         version            },
+    {"licenses",      "Show third-party licenses",                          {"credits"},  false,         licenses           },
+    {"help",          "Show available commands",                            {},           false,         help               },
 };
 
+#undef UPDATE_HIDDEN
+
 static int version(int argc, char ** argv) {
     printf("%s\n", llama_build_info());
     return 0;