diff --git a/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt
index 73e8433d3..592600c18 100644
--- a/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/ruby/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,10 @@
-OPTION(DL_RUBY "download libruby from the internet" OFF)
 IF (NOT APPLE)
 	IF (UNIX)
-		IF (DL_RUBY)
-			FILE(DOWNLOAD http://cloud.github.com/downloads/jjyg/dfhack/libruby187.tar.gz ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libruby187.tar.gz
-				EXPECTED_MD5 eb2adea59911f68e6066966c1352f291)
-		ENDIF(DL_RUBY)
 		EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libruby187.tar.gz
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 		FILE(RENAME ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libruby1.8.so.1.8.7 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libruby.so)
 		SET(RUBYLIB ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libruby.so)
 	ELSE (UNIX)
-		IF (DL_RUBY)
-			FILE(DOWNLOAD http://cloud.github.com/downloads/jjyg/dfhack/msvcrtruby187.tar.gz ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/msvcrtruby187.tar.gz
-				EXPECTED_MD5 9f4a1659ac3a5308f32d3a1937bbeeae)
-		ENDIF(DL_RUBY)
 		EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/msvcrtruby187.tar.gz
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 		FILE(RENAME ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/msvcrt-ruby18.dll ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libruby.dll)