diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2c29b9f01b..1ce86b5d3d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ if [ "$os" == 'Linux' ]; then
 		echo "Eluant.dll.config has been created successfully."
 	fi
 elif [ "$os" == 'Darwin' ]; then
-	cp thirdparty/osx/* .
-	echo "Copied Lua 5.1 and SDL2 libraries successfully."
+	echo "Downloading pre-compiled lua and SDL2 libraries"
+	curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/master/dependencies/Eluant.dll.config
+	curl -O https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/raw/master/dependencies/liblua.5.1.dylib
+	curl -O https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/raw/master/dependencies/libSDL2.dylib
+	echo "Downloaded Lua 5.1 and SDL2 libraries successfully."
 fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/osx/Eluant.dll.config b/thirdparty/osx/Eluant.dll.config
deleted file mode 100644
index 43be429756..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/osx/Eluant.dll.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<configuration>
-  <dllmap os="osx" dll="lua51.dll" target="liblua.5.1.dylib" />
-</configuration>
diff --git a/thirdparty/osx/libSDL2.dylib b/thirdparty/osx/libSDL2.dylib
deleted file mode 100644
index f2b4615d74..0000000000
Binary files a/thirdparty/osx/libSDL2.dylib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/thirdparty/osx/liblua.5.1.dylib b/thirdparty/osx/liblua.5.1.dylib
deleted file mode 100644
index e213cc5cea..0000000000
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