diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index ae3ed8a3..c91a21e1 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     lockvar! g:syntastic_start
 endif
 
-let g:syntastic_version = '3.4.0-106'
+let g:syntastic_version = '3.4.0-107'
 lockvar g:syntastic_version
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic/loclist.vim b/plugin/syntastic/loclist.vim
index 6ab2132e..e7c05bf7 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic/loclist.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic/loclist.vim
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ endfunction " }}}2
 function! g:SyntasticLoclist.isNewerThan(stamp) " {{{2
     if !exists("self._stamp")
         let self._stamp = []
+        return 0
     endif
     return syntastic#util#compareLexi(self._stamp, a:stamp) > 0
 endfunction " }}}2
diff --git a/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim b/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim
index fb551528..47d83106 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic/registry.vim
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ let s:defaultCheckers = {
         \ 'dart':        ['dartanalyzer'],
         \ 'docbk':       ['xmllint'],
         \ 'dustjs':      ['swiffer'],
-        \ 'elixir':      ['elixir'],
+        \ 'elixir':      [],
         \ 'erlang':      ['escript'],
         \ 'eruby':       ['ruby'],
         \ 'fortran':     ['gfortran'],
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/elixir/elixir.vim b/syntax_checkers/elixir/elixir.vim
index 566131d5..3914fa9b 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/elixir/elixir.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/elixir/elixir.vim
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_elixir_elixir_IsAvailable() dict
 endfunction
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_elixir_elixir_GetLocList() dict
+    if !exists('g:syntastic_enable_elixir_checker') || !g:syntastic_enable_elixir_checker
+        call syntastic#log#error('checker elixir/elixir: checks disabled for security reasons; ' .
+            \ 'set g:syntastic_enable_elixir_checker to 1 to override')
+        return []
+    endif
 
     let make_options = {}
     let compile_command = 'elixir'