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/packaging/osx/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/osx/buildpackage.sh
index a21a70fb2a..98ac5ef34d 100755
--- a/packaging/osx/buildpackage.sh
+++ b/packaging/osx/buildpackage.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # OpenRA packaging script for Mac OSX
 
-if [ $# -ne "4" ]; then
-	echo "Usage: `basename $0` tag files-dir platform-files-dir outputdir"
+LAUNCHER_TAG="osx-launcher-20150412"
+
+if [ $# -ne "3" ]; then
+	echo "Usage: `basename $0` tag files-dir outputdir"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -12,9 +14,12 @@ if [ -e "OpenRA.app" ]; then
     exit 2
 fi
 
+wget https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/releases/download/${LAUNCHER_TAG}/launcher.zip || exit 3
+unzip launcher.zip
+rm launcher.zip
+
 # Copy the template to build the game package
-cp -rv template.app OpenRA.app
-cp -rv $2/* $3/* "OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/" || exit 3
+cp -rv $2/* "OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/" || exit 3
 
 # Remove unused icon
 rm OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.ico
@@ -23,14 +28,14 @@ rm OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.ico
 rm OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.exe
 rm OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.Editor.exe
 
-# Set version string
-sed "s/{DEV_VERSION}/${1}/" OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist.template > OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist
-rm OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist.template
+# Remove linux cruft
+rm Eluant.dll.config.in
 
-# Add a symlink to libgdiplus.dylib to work around an issue in mono 3.8
-ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/lib/libgdiplus.dylib OpenRA.app/Contents/Resources/libgdiplus.dylib
+# Set version string
+sed "s/{DEV_VERSION}/${1}/" OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist > OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist.tmp
+mv OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist.tmp OpenRA.app/Contents/Info.plist
 
 # Package app bundle into a zip and clean up
 zip OpenRA-$1 -r -9 OpenRA.app --quiet --symlinks
-mv OpenRA-$1.zip $4
+mv OpenRA-$1.zip $3
 rm -rf OpenRA.app
diff --git a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Info.plist.template b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Info.plist.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b7682304e..0000000000
--- a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Info.plist.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-<dict>
-	<key>CFBundleDevelopmentRegion</key>
-	<string>English</string>
-	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
-	<string>OpenRA</string>
-	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
-	<string>OpenRA</string>
-	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
-	<string>OpenRA.icns</string>
-	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
-	<string>net.openra.launcher</string>
-	<key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
-	<string>6.0</string>
-	<key>CFBundleName</key>
-	<string>OpenRA</string>
-	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
-	<string>APPL</string>
-	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>{DEV_VERSION}</string>
-	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
-	<string>????</string>
-	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>{DEV_VERSION}</string>
-	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
-	<string>10.5</string>
-	<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
-	<string>MainMenu</string>
-	<key>NSPrincipalClass</key>
-	<string>NSApplication</string>
-</dict>
-</plist>
diff --git a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
deleted file mode 100755
index 672199b3bd..0000000000
--- a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRA
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# OpenRA OSX launcher script
-# Checks for a sufficiently recent mono version, then launches the game from the resources directory.
-# Based on code from the monodevelop project
-
-REQUIRED_MAJOR=3
-REQUIRED_MINOR=2
-
-# Require a framework build of mono.
-# The game files assume that mono-installed libraries are present in /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Libraries
-MONO_BIN="/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Commands/mono"
-
-TITLE="Cannot launch OpenRA"
-MESSAGE="OpenRA requires Mono $REQUIRED_MAJOR.$REQUIRED_MINOR or later. Please install the Mono MRE package and try again."
-MONO_URL="http://www.mono-project.com/download/"
-
-CRASH_TITLE="Fatal Error"
-CRASH_MESSAGE="OpenRA has encountered a fatal error.\nRefer to the crash logs and FAQ for more information."
-FAQ_URL="http://wiki.openra.net/FAQ"
-
-DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)
-RESOURCES="$DIR/../Resources"
-
-MONO_VERSION="$($MONO_BIN --version | grep 'Mono JIT compiler version ' |  cut -f5 -d\ )"
-MONO_VERSION_MAJOR="$(echo $MONO_VERSION | cut -f1 -d.)"
-MONO_VERSION_MINOR="$(echo $MONO_VERSION | cut -f2 -d.)"
-
-if [ -z "$MONO_VERSION" ] \
-	|| [ $MONO_VERSION_MAJOR -lt $REQUIRED_MAJOR ] \
-	|| [ $MONO_VERSION_MAJOR -eq $REQUIRED_MAJOR -a $MONO_VERSION_MINOR -lt $REQUIRED_MINOR ]
-then
-	osascript \
-	-e "tell application \"Finder\"" \
-	-e "	set question to display dialog \"$MESSAGE\" with title \"$TITLE\" with icon alias (POSIX file \"$RESOURCES/OpenRA.icns\") buttons {\"Quit\", \"Download Mono\"} default button 2" \
-	-e "	if button returned of question is equal to \"Download Mono\" then open location \"$MONO_URL\"" \
-	-e "	activate" \
-	-e "end tell"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-# Override fontconfig with our own dummy config that prevents long cache delays
-cd "$RESOURCES" && FONTCONFIG_PATH="." $MONO_BIN --debug OpenRA.Game.exe Graphics.Renderer=Sdl2
-
-# Display an error dialog on game crash
-if [ $? != 0 -a $? != 1 ]
-then
-	osascript \
-	-e "set logsPath to ((path to application support folder from user domain) as text) & \"OpenRA:Logs:\"" \
-	-e "log logsPath" \
-	-e "tell application \"Finder\"" \
-	-e "	repeat" \
-	-e "		set question to display dialog \"$CRASH_MESSAGE\" with title \"$CRASH_TITLE\" with icon alias (POSIX file \"$RESOURCES/OpenRA.icns\") buttons {\"View Logs\", \"View FAQ\", \"Quit\"} default button 3" \
-	-e "		if button returned of question is equal to \"View Logs\" then open logsPath" \
-	-e "		if button returned of question is equal to \"View FAQ\" then open location \"$FAQ_URL\"" \
-	-e "		if button returned of question is equal to \"Quit\" then exit repeat" \
-	-e "		if button returned of question is equal to \"Download Mono\" then open location \"$MONO_URL\"" \
-	-e "		activate" \
-	-e "	end repeat" \
-	-e "end tell"
-	exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/PkgInfo b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/PkgInfo
deleted file mode 100644
index bd04210fb4..0000000000
--- a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/PkgInfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-APPL????
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.icns b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Resources/OpenRA.icns
deleted file mode 100755
index 6485059707..0000000000
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diff --git a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Resources/fonts.conf b/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Resources/fonts.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 97797bde3f..0000000000
--- a/packaging/osx/template.app/Contents/Resources/fonts.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
-<!-- dummy fonts.conf file that removed unwanted system overhead -->
-<fontconfig/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/package-all.sh b/packaging/package-all.sh
index db7e5fe185..2c245a6e54 100755
--- a/packaging/package-all.sh
+++ b/packaging/package-all.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fi
 
 pushd osx
 echo "Zipping OS X package"
-bash buildpackage.sh "$TAG" "$BUILTDIR" "${SRCDIR}/thirdparty/osx" "$OUTPUTDIR"
+bash buildpackage.sh "$TAG" "$BUILTDIR" "$OUTPUTDIR"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "OS X package build failed."
 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
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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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