diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/speedtest.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/speedtest.py
index 51ff05a9954..8898259754a 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sensor/speedtest.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/speedtest.py
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ import sys
 from datetime import timedelta
 from subprocess import check_output
 
-import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
-from homeassistant.components.sensor import DOMAIN
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
-from homeassistant.helpers.event import track_time_change
 from homeassistant.util import Throttle
 
 REQUIREMENTS = ['speedtest-cli==0.3.4']
@@ -34,12 +31,12 @@ SENSOR_TYPES = {
 }
 
 # Return cached results if last scan was less then this time ago
-MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES = timedelta(minutes=1)
+MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES = timedelta(minutes=15)
 
 
 def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
     """Setup the Speedtest sensor."""
-    data = SpeedtestData(hass, config)
+    data = SpeedtestData()
     dev = []
     for sensor in config[CONF_MONITORED_CONDITIONS]:
         if sensor not in SENSOR_TYPES:
@@ -49,14 +46,6 @@ def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
 
     add_devices(dev)
 
-    def update(call=None):
-        """Update service for manual updates."""
-        data.update(dt_util.now())
-        for sensor in dev:
-            sensor.update()
-
-    hass.services.register(DOMAIN, 'update_speedtest', update)
-
 
 # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 class SpeedtestSensor(Entity):
@@ -87,36 +76,35 @@ class SpeedtestSensor(Entity):
 
     def update(self):
         """Get the latest data and update the states."""
+        self.speedtest_client.update()
         data = self.speedtest_client.data
-        if data is not None:
-            if self.type == 'ping':
-                self._state = data['ping']
-            elif self.type == 'download':
-                self._state = data['download']
-            elif self.type == 'upload':
-                self._state = data['upload']
+        if data is None:
+            return
+
+        elif self.type == 'ping':
+            self._state = data['ping']
+        elif self.type == 'download':
+            self._state = data['download']
+        elif self.type == 'upload':
+            self._state = data['upload']
 
 
 class SpeedtestData(object):
     """Get the latest data from speedtest.net."""
 
-    def __init__(self, hass, config):
+    def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the data object."""
         self.data = None
-        self.hass = hass
-        self.path = hass.config.path
-        track_time_change(self.hass, self.update,
-                          minute=config.get(CONF_MINUTE, 0),
-                          hour=config.get(CONF_HOUR, None),
-                          day=config.get(CONF_DAY, None))
 
     @Throttle(MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES)
-    def update(self, now):
+    def update(self):
         """Get the latest data from speedtest.net."""
+        import speedtest_cli
+
         _LOGGER.info('Executing speedtest')
         re_output = _SPEEDTEST_REGEX.split(
-            check_output([sys.executable, self.path(
-                'lib', 'speedtest_cli.py'), '--simple']).decode("utf-8"))
+            check_output([sys.executable, speedtest_cli.__file__,
+                          '--simple']).decode("utf-8"))
         self.data = {'ping': round(float(re_output[1]), 2),
                      'download': round(float(re_output[2]), 2),
                      'upload': round(float(re_output[3]), 2)}