diff --git a/contrib/make_download b/contrib/make_download
index 737d0b139..a97bf8311 100755
--- a/contrib/make_download
+++ b/contrib/make_download
@@ -29,37 +29,6 @@ string = string.replace("##VERSION_MAC##", version_mac)
 string = string.replace("##VERSION_ANDROID##", version_android)
 string = string.replace("##VERSION_APK##", APK_VERSION)
 
-files = {
-    'tgz': "Electrum-%s.tar.gz" % version,
-    'appimage': "electrum-%s-x86_64.AppImage" % version,
-    'zip': "Electrum-%s.zip" % version,
-    'mac': "electrum-%s.dmg" % version_mac,
-    'win': "electrum-%s.exe" % version_win,
-    'win_setup': "electrum-%s-setup.exe" % version_win,
-    'win_portable': "electrum-%s-portable.exe" % version_win,
-}
-
-for k, n in files.items():
-    path = "dist/%s"%n
-    link = "https://download.electrum.org/%s/%s"%(version,n)
-    if not os.path.exists(path):
-        os.system("wget -q %s -O %s" % (link, path))
-    if not os.path.getsize(path):
-        os.unlink(path)
-        string = re.sub("<div id=\"%s\">(.*?)</div>"%k, '', string, flags=re.DOTALL + re.MULTILINE)
-        continue
-    sigpath = path + '.ThomasV.asc'
-    siglink = link + '.ThomasV.asc'
-    if not os.path.exists(sigpath):
-        os.system("wget -q %s -O %s" % (siglink, sigpath))
-    if not os.path.getsize(sigpath):
-        os.unlink(sigpath)
-        string = re.sub("<div id=\"%s\">(.*?)</div>"%k, '', string, flags=re.DOTALL + re.MULTILINE)
-        continue
-    if os.system("gpg --verify %s"%sigpath) != 0:
-        raise Exception(sigpath)
-    string = string.replace("##link_%s##"%k, link)
-
 
 with open(download_page,'w') as f:
     f.write(string)