diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e5cca3568..5bb87d9fdb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SDK         ?=
 CSC         = mcs $(SDK)
 CSFLAGS     = -nologo -warn:4 -codepage:utf8 -unsafe -warnaserror
 DEFINE      = TRACE
-COMMON_LIBS = System.dll System.Core.dll System.Data.dll System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll System.Drawing.dll System.Xml.dll thirdparty/download/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll thirdparty/download/FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll thirdparty/download/MaxMind.Db.dll thirdparty/download/MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll thirdparty/download/Eluant.dll thirdparty/download/SmarIrc4net.dll
+COMMON_LIBS = System.dll System.Core.dll System.Data.dll System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll System.Drawing.dll System.Xml.dll thirdparty/download/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll thirdparty/download/FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll thirdparty/download/MaxMind.Db.dll thirdparty/download/Eluant.dll thirdparty/download/SmarIrc4net.dll
 NUNIT_LIBS_PATH :=
 NUNIT_LIBS  := $(NUNIT_LIBS_PATH)nunit.framework.dll
 
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ install-core: default
 	@$(CP) SharpFont.dll.config "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) Open.Nat.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) MaxMind.Db.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
-	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
-	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) Newtonsoft.Json.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) SmarIrc4net.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 
 ifneq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Network/GeoIP.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Network/GeoIP.cs
index bf4b99ed24..151360825d 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Network/GeoIP.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Network/GeoIP.cs
@@ -11,14 +11,45 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
 using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.GZip;
-using MaxMind.GeoIP2;
+using MaxMind.Db;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Network
 {
 	public class GeoIP
 	{
-		static DatabaseReader database;
+		public class GeoIP2Record
+		{
+			[MaxMind.Db.Constructor] public GeoIP2Record(GeoIP2Country country)
+			{
+				Country = country;
+			}
+
+			public GeoIP2Country Country { get; set; }
+		}
+
+		public class GeoIP2Country
+		{
+			[MaxMind.Db.Constructor] public GeoIP2Country(GeoIP2CountryNames names)
+			{
+				Names = names;
+			}
+
+			public GeoIP2CountryNames Names { get; set; }
+		}
+
+		public class GeoIP2CountryNames
+		{
+			[MaxMind.Db.Constructor] public GeoIP2CountryNames(string en)
+			{
+				English = en;
+			}
+
+			public string English { get; set; }
+		}
+
+		static Reader database;
 
 		public static void Initialize()
 		{
@@ -26,7 +57,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 			{
 				using (var fileStream = new FileStream("GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
 					using (var gzipStream = new GZipInputStream(fileStream))
-						database = new DatabaseReader(gzipStream);
+						database = new Reader(gzipStream);
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
@@ -40,7 +71,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Network
 
 			try
 			{
-				return database.Country(ip).Country.Name ?? Unknown;
+				var record = database.Find<GeoIP2Record>(IPAddress.Parse(ip));
+				if (record != null)
+					return record.Country.Names.English;
+				else
+					return Unknown;
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 96b0fe5cf7..0bf91e7d6f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@
       <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>False</Private>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="MaxMind.GeoIP2">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>False</Private>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="MaxMind.Db">
       <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\MaxMind.Db.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>False</Private>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index ef7508cd05..4d8ec85339 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@
     <Reference Include="StyleCop">
       <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\StyleCop.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="MaxMind.GeoIP2">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>False</Private>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib">
       <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>False</Private>
diff --git a/packaging/package-all.sh b/packaging/package-all.sh
index d7065ffe5b..5261da70e2 100755
--- a/packaging/package-all.sh
+++ b/packaging/package-all.sh
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ cp thirdparty/download/Eluant* packaging/built
 
 # GeoIP database access
 cp thirdparty/download/MaxMind.Db.dll packaging/built
-cp thirdparty/download/MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll packaging/built
-cp thirdparty/download/Newtonsoft.Json.dll packaging/built
 
 # global chat
 cp thirdparty/download/SmarIrc4net.dll packaging/built
diff --git a/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi b/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
index 0b58ed947d..90bfc48ff1 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
+++ b/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ Section "Game" GAME
 	File "${SRCDIR}\OpenAL-CS.dll"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\global mix database.dat"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\MaxMind.Db.dll"
-	File "${SRCDIR}\MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll"
-	File "${SRCDIR}\Newtonsoft.Json.dll"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\eluant.dll"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\SmarIrc4net.dll"
@@ -202,8 +200,6 @@ Function ${UN}Clean
 	Delete $INSTDIR\OpenRA.ico
 	Delete "$INSTDIR\global mix database.dat"
 	Delete $INSTDIR\MaxMind.Db.dll
-	Delete $INSTDIR\MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll
-	Delete $INSTDIR\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
 	Delete $INSTDIR\KopiLua.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\soft_oal.dll
@@ -215,15 +211,15 @@ Function ${UN}Clean
 	Delete $INSTDIR\OpenAL-CS.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\SmarIrc4net.dll
 	RMDir /r $INSTDIR\Support
-	
+
 	DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenRA"
 	DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Classes\.orarep"
 	DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Classes\OpenRA_replay"
 	DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Classes\openra"
-	
+
 	Delete $INSTDIR\uninstaller.exe
 	RMDir $INSTDIR
-	
+
 	!insertmacro MUI_STARTMENU_GETFOLDER Application $StartMenuFolder
 	RMDir /r "$SMPROGRAMS\$StartMenuFolder"
 	Delete $DESKTOP\OpenRA.lnk
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1 b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
index 73f4af0a42..dd2266e99d 100644
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
+++ b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
@@ -35,16 +35,12 @@ if (!(Test-Path "ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll"))
 	rmdir SharpZipLib -Recurse
 }
 
-if (!(Test-Path "MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll"))
+if (!(Test-Path "MaxMind.Db.dll"))
 {
-	echo "Fetching MaxMind.GeoIP2 from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install MaxMind.GeoIP2 -Version 2.6.0 -ExcludeVersion
+	echo "Fetching MaxMind.Db from NuGet."
+	./nuget.exe install MaxMind.Db -Version 2.0.0 -ExcludeVersion
 	cp MaxMind.Db/lib/net45/MaxMind.Db.* .
 	rmdir MaxMind.Db -Recurse
-	cp MaxMind.GeoIP2/lib/net45/MaxMind.GeoIP2* .
-	rmdir MaxMind.GeoIP2 -Recurse
-	cp Newtonsoft.Json/lib/net45/Newtonsoft.Json* .
-	rmdir Newtonsoft.Json -Recurse
 }
 
 if (!(Test-Path "SharpFont.dll"))
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
index ca4414b2d9..f9788d5806 100755
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
@@ -47,17 +47,11 @@ if [ ! -f ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll ]; then
 	rm -rf SharpZipLib
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f MaxMind.GeoIP2.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching MaxMind.GeoIP2 from NuGet"
-	get Newtonsoft.Json 8.0.3
-	get MaxMind.Db 2.0.0
-	get MaxMind.GeoIP2 2.6.0
+if [ ! -f MaxMind.Db.dll ]; then
+	echo "Fetching MaxMind.Db from NuGet"
+	get MaxMind.Db 2.0.0 -IgnoreDependencies
 	cp ./MaxMind.Db/lib/net45/MaxMind.Db.* .
 	rm -rf MaxMind.Db
-	cp ./MaxMind.GeoIP2/lib/net45/MaxMind.GeoIP2* .
-	rm -rf MaxMind.GeoIP2
-	cp ./Newtonsoft.Json/lib/net45/Newtonsoft.Json* .
-	rm -rf Newtonsoft.Json
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f SharpFont.dll ]; then