diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6640891100..b518f8db77 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ env:
 # call OpenRA to check for YAML errors
 # Run the NUnit tests
 script:
- - travis_retry make all-dependencies
  - make all
  - test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" && make check || echo "Skipping check"
  - test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" && make check-scripts || echo "Skipping scripts check"
  - test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" && make test || echo "Skipping tests"
- - test "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" && make nunit || echo "Skipping nunit tests"
+ - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
+     mono ~/.nuget/packages/nunit.consolerunner/3.11.1/tools/nunit3-console.exe --noresult OpenRA.Test.dll;
+   fi
 
 # Only watch the development branch and tagged release.
 branches:
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index ba85c8e5cf..bb494f8a0e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -8,15 +8,9 @@ Windows
 
 Compiling OpenRA requires the following dependencies:
 * [Windows PowerShell >= 4.0](http://microsoft.com/powershell) (included by default in recent Windows 10 versions)
-* [.NET Framework 4.6.1 (Developer Pack)](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net461) (or via Visual Studio 2017)
+* [.NET Framework 4.7.2 (Developer Pack)](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net472) (or via Visual Studio 2017)
 * [.NET Core 2.2 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/2.2) (or via Visual Studio 2017)
 
-Type `make dependencies` in a command terminal to download pre-compiled native libraries for:
-* [SDL 2](http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php)
-* [FreeType](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm)
-* [zlib](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zlib.htm)
-* [OpenAL](http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html)
-* [liblua 5.1](http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/download.html)
 
 To compile OpenRA, open the `OpenRA.sln` solution in the main folder, build it from the command-line with MSBuild or use the Makefile analogue command `make all` scripted in PowerShell syntax.
 
@@ -25,11 +19,17 @@ Run the game with `launch-game.cmd`. It can be handed arguments that specify the
 Linux
 =====
 
-Mono, version 5.4 or later, is required to compile OpenRA. You can add the [upstream mono repository](https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin) for your distro to obtain the latest version if your system packages are not sufficient.
+Mono, version 5.18 or later, is required to compile OpenRA. You can add the [upstream mono repository](https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-lin) for your distro to obtain the latest version if your system packages are not sufficient.
 
-Use `make dependencies` to map the native libraries to your system and fetch the remaining CLI dependencies to place them at the appropriate places.
+To compile OpenRA, run `make` from the command line. After this one can run the game with `./launch-game.sh`. It is also possible to specify the mod you wish to run from the command line, e.g. with `./launch-game.sh Game.Mod=ts` if you wish to try the experimental Tiberian Sun mod. 
 
-To compile OpenRA, run `make all` from the command line. After this one can run the game with `./launch-game.sh`. It is also possible to specify the mod you wish to run from the command line, e.g. with `./launch-game.sh Game.Mod=ts` if you wish to try the experimental Tiberian Sun mod. 
+The default behaviour on the x86_64 architecture is to download several pre-compiled native libraries using the Nuget packaging manager. If you prefer to use system libraries, compile instead using `make TARGETPLATFORM=unix-generic`.
+
+If you choose to use system libraries, or your system is not x86_64, you will need to install the following using your system package manager:
+* [SDL 2](http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php)
+* [FreeType](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm)
+* [OpenAL](http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html)
+* [liblua 5.1](http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/download.html)
 
 Type `sudo make install` for system-wide installation. Run `sudo make install-linux-shortcuts` to get startup scripts, icons and desktop files. You can then run the Red Alert by executing the `openra-ra` command, the Dune 2000 mod by running the `openra-d2k` command and Tiberian Dawn by the `openra-cnc` command. Alternatively, you can also run these mods by clicking on their desktop shortcuts if you ran `sudo make install-linux-shortcuts`. 
 
@@ -95,18 +95,17 @@ The EPEL repository is required in order for the following command to run proper
 sudo yum install "pkgconfig(mono)" SDL2 freetype "lua = 5.1" openal-soft xdg-utils zenity
 ```
 
-OSX
+macOS
 =====
 
 Before compiling OpenRA you must install the following dependencies:
-* [Mono >= 5.4](https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-mac)
+* [Mono >= 5.18](https://www.mono-project.com/download/stable/#download-mac)
 
-Use `make dependencies` to download pre-compiled native libraries for:
-* [SDL 2](http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php)
-* [FreeType](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm)
-* [OpenAL](http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html)
-* [liblua 5.1](http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/download.html)
+To compile OpenRA, run `make` from the command line. Run with `./launch-game.sh`.
 
-To compile OpenRA, run `make` from the command line.
+The default behaviour is to download several pre-compiled native libraries using the Nuget packaging manager. If you prefer to use system libraries, compile instead using `make TARGETPLATFORM=unix-generic`. If you choose to use system libraries you will need to install:
+* [SDL 2](http://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php) (`brew install sdl2`)
+* [FreeType](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm) (`brew install freetype`)
+* [OpenAL](http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html) (`brew install openal-soft`)
+* [liblua 5.1](http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/download.html) (`brew install lua@5.1`)
 
-Run with `./launch-game.sh`.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df2bfd43bf..2933f3edfc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@
 # to compile, run:
 #   make [DEBUG=true]
 #
-# to check unit tests (requires NUnit version >= 2.6), run:
-#  make nunit [NUNIT_CONSOLE=<path-to/nunit[2]-console>] [NUNIT_LIBS_PATH=<path-to-libs-dir>] [NUNIT_LIBS=<nunit-libs>]
-#      Use NUNIT_CONSOLE if nunit[3|2]-console was not downloaded by `make dependencies` nor is it in bin search paths
-#      Use NUNIT_LIBS_PATH if NUnit libs are not in search paths. Include trailing /
-#      Use NUNIT_LIBS if NUnit libs have different names (such as including a prefix or suffix)
+# to compile using system libraries for native dependencies, run:
+#   make [DEBUG=true] TARGETPLATFORM=unix-generic
+#
 # to check the official mods for erroneous yaml files, run:
 #   make test
 #
-# to check the official mod dlls for StyleCop violations, run:
+# to check the engine and official mod dlls for code style violations, run:
 #   make check
 #
 # to install, run:
@@ -22,6 +20,7 @@
 #
 # to install the engine and common mod files (omitting the default mods):
 #   make install-engine
+#   make install-dependencies
 #   make install-common-mod-files
 #
 # to uninstall, run:
@@ -40,11 +39,11 @@
 WHITELISTED_OPENRA_ASSEMBLIES = OpenRA.Game.exe OpenRA.Utility.exe OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll OpenRA.Mods.Common.dll OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.dll OpenRA.Mods.D2k.dll OpenRA.Game.dll
 
 # These are explicitly shipped alongside our core files by the packaging script
-WHITELISTED_THIRDPARTY_ASSEMBLIES = ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll Eluant.dll rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll Open.Nat.dll SDL2-CS.dll OpenAL-CS.dll
+WHITELISTED_THIRDPARTY_ASSEMBLIES = ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll Eluant.dll BeaconLib.dll Open.Nat.dll SDL2-CS.dll OpenAL-CS.Core.dll 
 
 # These are shipped in our custom minimal mono runtime and also available in the full system-installed .NET/mono stack
 # This list *must* be kept in sync with the files packaged by the AppImageSupport and OpenRALauncherOSX repositories
-WHITELISTED_CORE_ASSEMBLIES = mscorlib.dll System.dll System.Configuration.dll System.Core.dll System.Numerics.dll System.Security.dll System.Xml.dll Mono.Security.dll
+WHITELISTED_CORE_ASSEMBLIES = mscorlib.dll System.dll System.Configuration.dll System.Core.dll System.Numerics.dll System.Security.dll System.Xml.dll Mono.Security.dll netstandard.dll
 
 NUNIT_LIBS_PATH :=
 NUNIT_LIBS  := $(NUNIT_LIBS_PATH)nunit.framework.dll
@@ -81,24 +80,31 @@ MSBUILD = msbuild -verbosity:m -nologo
 # Enable 32 bit builds while generating the windows installer
 WIN32 = false
 
+# dependencies
+ifndef TARGETPLATFORM
+UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+UNAME_M := $(shell uname -m)
+ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
+TARGETPLATFORM = osx-x64
+else
+ifeq ($(UNAME_M),x86_64)
+TARGETPLATFORM = linux-x64
+else
+TARGETPLATFORM = unix-generic
+endif
+endif
+endif
+
 # program targets
 VERSION     = $(shell git name-rev --name-only --tags --no-undefined HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo git-`git rev-parse --short HEAD`)
 
-# dependencies
-UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
-ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
-os-dependencies = osx-dependencies
-else
-os-dependencies = linux-dependencies
-endif
-
 check-scripts:
 	@echo
 	@echo "Checking for Lua syntax errors..."
 	@luac -p $(shell find mods/*/maps/* -iname '*.lua')
 	@luac -p $(shell find lua/* -iname '*.lua')
 
-check: dependencies
+check:
 	@echo
 	@echo "Compiling in debug mode..."
 	@$(MSBUILD) -t:build -p:Configuration=Debug
@@ -112,26 +118,6 @@ check: dependencies
 	@echo "Checking for incorrect conditional trait interface overrides..."
 	@mono --debug OpenRA.Utility.exe all --check-conditional-trait-interface-overrides
 
-
-NUNIT_CONSOLE := $(shell test -f thirdparty/download/nunit3-console.exe && echo mono thirdparty/download/nunit3-console.exe || \
-	which nunit3-console 2>/dev/null || which nunit2-console 2>/dev/null || which nunit-console 2>/dev/null)
-nunit: core
-	@echo
-	@echo "Checking unit tests..."
-	@if [ "$(NUNIT_CONSOLE)" = "" ] ; then \
-		echo 'nunit[3|2]-console not found!'; \
-		echo 'Was "make dependencies" called or is NUnit installed?'>&2; \
-		echo 'See "make help".'; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-	@if $(NUNIT_CONSOLE) --help | head -n 1 | grep -E "NUnit version (1|2\.[0-5])";then \
-		echo 'NUnit version >= 2.6 required'>&2; \
-		echo 'Try "make dependencies" first to use NUnit from NuGet.'>&2; \
-		echo 'See "make help".'; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-	@$(NUNIT_CONSOLE) --noresult OpenRA.Test.nunit
-
 test: core
 	@echo
 	@echo "Testing Tiberian Sun mod MiniYAML..."
@@ -148,52 +134,21 @@ test: core
 
 ########################## MAKE/INSTALL RULES ##########################
 #
-all: dependencies core
+all: core
 
 core:
-	@command -v $(firstword $(MSBUILD)) >/dev/null || (echo "OpenRA requires the '$(MSBUILD)' tool provided by Mono >= 5.4."; exit 1)
-ifeq ($(WIN32), $(filter $(WIN32),true yes y on 1))
-	@$(MSBUILD) -t:build -p:Configuration="Release-x86"
-else
-	@$(MSBUILD) -t:build -p:Configuration=Release
+	@command -v $(firstword $(MSBUILD)) >/dev/null || (echo "OpenRA requires the '$(MSBUILD)' tool provided by Mono >= 5.18."; exit 1)
+	@$(MSBUILD) -t:Build -restore -p:Configuration=Release -p:TargetPlatform=$(TARGETPLATFORM)
+ifeq ($(TARGETPLATFORM), unix-generic)
+	@./configure-system-libraries.sh
 endif
 	@./fetch-geoip.sh
 
 clean:
-	@ $(MSBUILD) -t:clean
 	@-$(RM_F) *.config IP2LOCATION-LITE-DB1.IPV6.BIN.ZIP
-	@-$(RM_F) *.exe *.dll *.dylib ./OpenRA*/*.dll *.pdb mods/**/*.dll mods/**/*.pdb *.resources
+	@-$(RM_F) *.exe *.dll *.dll.config *.so *.dylib ./OpenRA*/*.dll *.pdb mods/**/*.dll mods/**/*.pdb *.resources
 	@-$(RM_RF) ./*/bin ./*/obj
-	@-$(RM_RF) ./thirdparty/download
-
-distclean: clean
-
-cli-dependencies:
-	@./thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
-	@ $(CP_R) thirdparty/download/*.dll .
-	@ $(CP_R) thirdparty/download/*.dll.config .
-	@ test -f OpenRA.Game/obj/project.assets.json || $(MSBUILD) -t:restore
-
-linux-dependencies: cli-dependencies linux-native-dependencies
-
-linux-native-dependencies:
-	@./thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh
-
-windows-dependencies: cli-dependencies
-ifeq ($(WIN32), $(filter $(WIN32),true yes y on 1))
-	@./thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh x86
-else
-	@./thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh x64
-endif
-
-osx-dependencies: cli-dependencies
-	@./thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-osx.sh
-	@ $(CP_R) thirdparty/download/osx/*.dylib .
-	@ $(CP_R) thirdparty/download/osx/*.dll.config .
-
-dependencies: $(os-dependencies)
-
-all-dependencies: cli-dependencies windows-dependencies osx-dependencies
+	@ $(MSBUILD) -t:clean
 
 version: VERSION mods/ra/mod.yaml mods/cnc/mod.yaml mods/d2k/mod.yaml mods/ts/mod.yaml mods/modcontent/mod.yaml mods/all/mod.yaml
 	@echo "$(VERSION)" > VERSION
@@ -203,10 +158,33 @@ version: VERSION mods/ra/mod.yaml mods/cnc/mod.yaml mods/d2k/mod.yaml mods/ts/mo
 		rm $${i}.tmp; \
 	done
 
-install: dependencies core install-core
+install: core install-core
 
 install-linux-shortcuts: install-linux-scripts install-linux-icons install-linux-desktop
 
+install-dependencies:
+ifeq ($(TARGETPLATFORM), $(filter $(TARGETPLATFORM),win-x86 win-x64))
+	@-echo "Installing OpenRA dependencies to $(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) soft_oal.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) SDL2.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) freetype6.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lua51.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+endif
+ifeq ($(TARGETPLATFORM), linux-x64)
+	@-echo "Installing OpenRA dependencies to $(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) soft_oal.so "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) SDL2.so "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) freetype6.so "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lua51.so "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+endif
+ifeq ($(TARGETPLATFORM), osx-x64)
+	@-echo "Installing OpenRA dependencies to $(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) soft_oal.dylib "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) SDL2.dylib "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) freetype6.dylib "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lua51.dylib "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+endif
+
 install-engine:
 	@-echo "Installing OpenRA engine to $(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 	@$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
@@ -215,7 +193,9 @@ install-engine:
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) OpenRA.Utility.exe "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 
+ifneq ($(TARGETPLATFORM), $(filter $(TARGETPLATFORM),win-x86 win-x64))
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+endif
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) VERSION "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/VERSION"
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) AUTHORS "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/AUTHORS"
 	@$(INSTALL_DATA) COPYING "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)/COPYING"
@@ -229,7 +209,7 @@ install-engine:
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) Open.Nat.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
-	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) BeaconLib.dll "$(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
 
 install-common-mod-files:
 	@-echo "Installing OpenRA common mod files to $(DATA_INSTALL_DIR)"
@@ -354,23 +334,28 @@ uninstall:
 
 help:
 	@echo 'to compile, run:'
-	@echo '  make [DEBUG=false]'
+	@echo '  make [DEBUG=true]'
 	@echo
-	@echo 'to check unit tests (requires NUnit version >= 2.6), run:'
-	@echo '  make nunit [NUNIT_CONSOLE=<path-to/nunit[3|2]-console>] [NUNIT_LIBS_PATH=<path-to-libs-dir>] [NUNIT_LIBS=<nunit-libs>]'
-	@echo '     Use NUNIT_CONSOLE if nunit[3|2]-console was not downloaded by `make dependencies` nor is it in bin search paths'
-	@echo '     Use NUNIT_LIBS_PATH if NUnit libs are not in search paths. Include trailing /'
-	@echo '     Use NUNIT_LIBS if NUnit libs have different names (such as including a prefix or suffix)'
+	@echo 'to compile using system libraries for native dependencies, run:'
+	@echo '  make [DEBUG=true] TARGETPLATFORM=unix-generic'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'to check the official mods for erroneous yaml files, run:'
 	@echo '  make test'
 	@echo
+	@echo 'to check the engine and official mod dlls for code style violations, run:'
+	@echo '  make test'
+	@echo
 	@echo 'to install, run:'
 	@echo '  make [prefix=/foo] [bindir=/bar/bin] install'
 	@echo
 	@echo 'to install Linux startup scripts, desktop files and icons'
 	@echo '  make install-linux-shortcuts [DEBUG=false]'
 	@echo
+	@echo ' to install the engine and common mod files (omitting the default mods):'
+	@echo '   make install-engine'
+	@echo '   make install-dependencies'
+	@echo '   make install-common-mod-files'
+	@echo
 	@echo 'to uninstall, run:'
 	@echo '  make uninstall'
 	@echo
@@ -383,4 +368,4 @@ help:
 
 .SUFFIXES:
 
-.PHONY: check-scripts check nunit test all core clean distclean cli-dependencies linux-dependencies linux-native-dependencies windows-dependencies osx-dependencies dependencies all-dependencies version install install-linux-shortcuts install-engine install-common-mod-files install-default-mods install-core install-linux-icons install-linux-desktop install-linux-mime install-linux-appdata install-man-page install-linux-scripts uninstall help
+.PHONY: check-scripts check test all core clean version install install-linux-shortcuts install-dependencies install-engine install-common-mod-files install-default-mods install-core install-linux-icons install-linux-desktop install-linux-mime install-linux-appdata install-man-page install-linux-scripts uninstall help
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 6e3e6c27d1..be505c8fa1 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@
     <ExternalConsole>false</ExternalConsole>
     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\OpenRA.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-    <Configurations>Release;Debug;Release-x86</Configurations>
+    <Configurations>Release;Debug</Configurations>
     <ManagedExeLauncher Condition="('$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT')">mono </ManagedExeLauncher>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOsPlatform('Windows'))">win-x64</TargetPlatform>
+    <TargetPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOsPlatform('Linux'))">linux-x64</TargetPlatform>
+    <TargetPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOsPlatform('OSX'))">osx-x64</TargetPlatform>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Work around an issue where Rider does not detect files in the project root using the default glob -->
     <Compile Include="**/*.cs" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes)" />
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release-x86'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' == 'win-x86'">
     <Prefer32bit>true</Prefer32bit>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RunConfiguration)' == 'Red Alert'">
@@ -47,22 +52,15 @@
     <StartArguments>Game.Mod=ts</StartArguments>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Open.Nat">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\Open.Nat.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="Eluant">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\Eluant.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>False</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>False</Private>
-    </Reference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.PostProcess\OpenRA.PostProcess.csproj">
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>false</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
     </ProjectReference>
     <None Include="App.config" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenRA-Eluant" Version="1.0.17" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenRA-Open.NAT" Version="1.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.2.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.1.118" /> 
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <AdditionalFiles Include="../stylecop.json" />
     <AdditionalFiles Include="Properties/launchSettings.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.csproj
index 297194f0bf..95ab290149 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc/OpenRA.Mods.Cnc.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <LangVersion>5</LangVersion>
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Eluant">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\Eluant.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>False</Private>
-    </Reference>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.Game\OpenRA.Game.csproj">
       <Private>False</Private>
     </ProjectReference>
@@ -32,6 +28,7 @@
       <Private>False</Private>
     </ProjectReference>
     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.1.118" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <AdditionalFiles Include="../stylecop.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Target Name="DisableAnalyzers" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index d065dd6109..ced131ea4e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <LangVersion>5</LangVersion>
@@ -20,29 +20,14 @@
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="FuzzyLogicLibrary">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll</HintPath>
-      <Private>False</Private>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="rix0rrr.BeaconLib">
-      <HintPath>..\thirdparty\download\rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll</HintPath>
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   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.Game\OpenRA.Game.csproj">
       <Private>False</Private>
     </ProjectReference>
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   <Target Name="DisableAnalyzers" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj
index f65a3ed7d6..d8578219ce 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
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@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
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-      <Private>False</Private>
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       <Private>False</Private>
@@ -34,6 +28,7 @@
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     <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.1.118" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
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   </ItemGroup>
   <Target Name="DisableAnalyzers" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
diff --git a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.csproj b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.csproj
index fb7da2aed7..21860b456a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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-      <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+      <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
       <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
       <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\OpenRA.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
     </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOsPlatform('Windows'))">win-x64</TargetPlatform>
+    <TargetPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOsPlatform('Linux'))">linux-x64</TargetPlatform>
+    <TargetPlatform Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOsPlatform('OSX'))">osx-x64</TargetPlatform>
+  </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <!-- Work around an issue where Rider does not detect files in the project root using the default glob -->
       <Compile Include="**/*.cs" Exclude="$(DefaultItemExcludes)" />
@@ -20,20 +25,13 @@
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-    <Reference Include="SDL2-CS">
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-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.Game\OpenRA.Game.csproj" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenRA-Freetype6" Version="1.0.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenRA-OpenAL-CS" Version="1.0.16" />
+    <PackageReference Include="OpenRA-SDL2-CS" Version="1.0.26" />
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
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   <Target Name="DisableAnalyzers" BeforeTargets="CoreCompile" Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
@@ -43,8 +41,8 @@
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   </Target>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config">
+    <Content Include="OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config" Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' != 'win-x64' And '$(TargetPlatform)' != 'win-x86'">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
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+</Project>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config
index 7f03455a06..b4c8ab1fd8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config
+++ b/OpenRA.Platforms.Default/OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <configuration>
-	<dllmap dll="freetype6" os="!windows" target="libfreetype.so.6" />
-	<dllmap dll="freetype6" os="openbsd" target="libfreetype.so" />
-	<dllmap dll="freetype6" os="osx" target="libfreetype.6.dylib" />
+	<dllmap dll="freetype6" os="!windows" target="freetype6.so" />
+	<dllmap dll="freetype6" os="osx" target="freetype6.dylib" />
 </configuration>
diff --git a/OpenRA.PostProcess/OpenRA.PostProcess.csproj b/OpenRA.PostProcess/OpenRA.PostProcess.csproj
index 188b2a8ac3..13d35a51f1 100644
--- a/OpenRA.PostProcess/OpenRA.PostProcess.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.PostProcess/OpenRA.PostProcess.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <UseVSHostingProcess>false</UseVSHostingProcess>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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     <EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
     <CodeAnalysisRuleSet>..\OpenRA.ruleset</CodeAnalysisRuleSet>
-    <Configurations>Debug;Release;Release-x86</Configurations>
+    <Configurations>Debug;Release</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Work around an issue where Rider does not detect files in the project root using the default glob -->
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release-x86'">
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' == 'win-x86'">
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+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NETFramework.ReferenceAssemblies" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
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diff --git a/OpenRA.Server/OpenRA.Server.csproj b/OpenRA.Server/OpenRA.Server.csproj
index e442644989..91e9aa6aa6 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Server/OpenRA.Server.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Server/OpenRA.Server.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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-    <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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-    <Configurations>Release;Debug;Release-x86</Configurations>
+    <Configurations>Release;Debug</Configurations>
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' == 'win-x86'">
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@@ -46,4 +47,4 @@
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diff --git a/OpenRA.Test.nunit b/OpenRA.Test.nunit
deleted file mode 100644
index b5e0fa8c9d..0000000000
--- a/OpenRA.Test.nunit
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/OpenRA.Test/OpenRA.Test.csproj b/OpenRA.Test/OpenRA.Test.csproj
index 5dfb2a3aae..86f9239482 100644
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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index e442644989..91e9aa6aa6 100644
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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+    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
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@@ -46,4 +47,4 @@
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diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c2af614331..a458c98158 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -9,43 +9,8 @@ environment:
 
 install:
 
-cache:
-  - thirdparty\download -> thirdparty\fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
-
-before_build:
-- make dependencies
-
-build:
-  project: OpenRA.sln
-  verbosity: minimal
-
-after_build:
-- ps: |
-    if ($env:APPVEYOR_SCHEDULED_BUILD -eq "True")
-    {
-        cov-build.exe --dir cov-int make all
-        nuget.exe install PublishCoverity -ExcludeVersion
-        PublishCoverity\tools\PublishCoverity.exe compress -o coverity.zip -i cov-int
-        $version = Get-Date -format s
-        PublishCoverity\tools\PublishCoverity.exe publish `
-          -t "$env:CoverityProjectToken" `
-          -e "$env:CoverityNotificationEmail" `
-          -r "$env:APPVEYOR_REPO_NAME" `
-          -z coverity.zip `
-          -d "AppVeyor scheduled build ($env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION)." `
-          --codeVersion "$version"
-    }
-
-before_test:
-- ps: |
-    if ($env:APPVEYOR_SCHEDULED_BUILD -eq "True")
-    {
-         choco install resharper-clt -y
-         dupFinder /output=dupReport.xml /show-text OpenRA.sln
-         choco install xmlstarlet -y
-         xml transform dupFinder.xslt dupReport.xml > dupReport.html
-         choco install pandoc -y
-    }
+build_script:
+  - make all
 
 test_script:
   - nunit3-console OpenRA.Test.dll --result=myresults.xml;format=AppVeyor
@@ -67,7 +32,7 @@ after_test:
   - ps: cp packaging\windows\Dune2000.ico .
   - if defined APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME set VERSION=%APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME%
   - if not defined APPVEYOR_REPO_TAG_NAME set VERSION=%APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMIT:~0,7%
-  - '"C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\makensis.exe" /DSRCDIR="%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%" /DDEPSDIR="%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\thirdparty\download\windows" /DTAG="git-%VERSION%" /DSUFFIX=" (dev)" /V3 packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi'
+  - '"C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\makensis.exe" /DSRCDIR="%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%" /DTAG="git-%VERSION%" /DSUFFIX=" (dev)" /V3 packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi'
   - move /Y %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\packaging\windows\OpenRA.Setup.exe %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\OpenRA-%VERSION%.exe
 
 artifacts:
diff --git a/configure-system-libraries.sh b/configure-system-libraries.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b101372ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure-system-libraries.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Patch *.dll.config files to use system libraries, working around issues with directories and naming schemes
+
+####
+# This file must stay /bin/sh and POSIX compliant for macOS and BSD portability.
+# Copy-paste the entire script into http://shellcheck.net to check.
+####
+
+patch_config()
+{
+	LABEL=$1
+	SEARCHDIRS=$2
+	CONFIG=$3
+	REPLACE=$4
+	SEARCH=$5
+
+	# Exit early if the file has already been patched
+	grep -q "target=\"${REPLACE}\"" "${CONFIG}" || return 0
+
+	printf "Searching for %s... " "${LABEL}"
+	for DIR in ${SEARCHDIRS} ; do
+		for LIB in ${SEARCH}; do
+			if [ -f "${DIR}/${LIB}" ]; then
+				echo "${LIB}"
+				sed "s|target=\"${REPLACE}\"|target=\"${DIR}/${LIB}\"|" "${CONFIG}" > "${CONFIG}.temp"
+				mv "${CONFIG}.temp" "${CONFIG}"
+				return 0
+			fi
+		done
+	done
+
+	echo "FAILED"
+
+	echo "OpenRA expects to find a file matching \"${SEARCH}\" in one of the following locations:"
+	echo "${SEARCHDIRS}"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+	SEARCHDIRS="/usr/local/lib /usr/local/opt/openal-soft/lib"
+	patch_config "Lua 5.1" "${SEARCHDIRS}" Eluant.dll.config lua51.dylib liblua5.1.dylib
+	patch_config SDL2 "${SEARCHDIRS}" SDL2-CS.dll.config SDL2.dylib libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib
+	patch_config OpenAL "${SEARCHDIRS}" OpenAL-CS.Core.dll.config soft_oal.dylib libopenal.1.dylib
+	patch_config FreeType "${SEARCHDIRS}" OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config freetype6.dylib libfreetype.6.dylib
+else
+	SEARCHDIRS="/lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu /usr/lib/mipsel-linux-gnu /usr/local/lib /opt/lib /opt/local/lib /app/lib"
+	patch_config "Lua 5.1" "${SEARCHDIRS}" Eluant.dll.config lua51.so "liblua.so.5.1.5 liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.0 liblua.so.5.1 liblua-5.1.so liblua5.1.so"
+	patch_config SDL2 "${SEARCHDIRS}" SDL2-CS.dll.config SDL2.so "libSDL2-2.0.so.0 libSDL2-2.0.so libSDL2.so"
+	patch_config OpenAL "${SEARCHDIRS}" OpenAL-CS.Core.dll.config soft_oal.so "libopenal.so.1 libopenal.so"
+	patch_config FreeType "${SEARCHDIRS}" OpenRA.Platforms.Default.dll.config freetype6.so "libfreetype.so.6 libfreetype.so"
+fi
diff --git a/make.ps1 b/make.ps1
index b99b46f5c7..94615cb3e3 100644
--- a/make.ps1
+++ b/make.ps1
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ function All-Command
 		return
 	}
 
-	Dependencies-Command
-
 	dotnet build /p:Configuration=Release /nologo
 	if ($lastexitcode -ne 0)
 	{
@@ -101,27 +99,6 @@ function Version-Command
 	}
 }
 
-function Dependencies-Command
-{
-	cd thirdparty
-	./fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
-	cp download/*.dll ..
-	cp download/windows/*.dll ..
-	cd ..
-	Write-Host "Dependencies copied." -ForegroundColor Cyan
-
-	if ((CheckForDotnet) -eq 1)
-	{
-		return
-	}
-
-	dotnet restore /nologo
-	if ($lastexitcode -ne 0)
-	{
-		Write-Host "Project restoration failed." -ForegroundColor Red
-	}
-}
-
 function Test-Command
 {
 	if ((CheckForUtility) -eq 1)
@@ -244,7 +221,6 @@ if ($args.Length -eq 0)
 	Write-Host "Command list:"
 	Write-Host ""
 	Write-Host "  all, a              Builds the game and its development tools."
-	Write-Host "  dependencies, d     Copies the game's dependencies into the main game folder."
 	Write-Host "  version, v          Sets the version strings for the default mods to the"
 	Write-Host "                      latest version for the current Git branch."
 	Write-Host "  clean, c            Removes all built and copied files. Use the 'all' and"
@@ -270,7 +246,6 @@ if ($command.Length -gt 1)
 switch ($execute)
 {
 	{"all",           "a"  -contains $_} { All-Command }
-	{"dependencies",  "d"  -contains $_} { Dependencies-Command }
 	{"version",       "v"  -contains $_} { Version-Command }
 	{"clean",         "c"  -contains $_} { Clean-Command }
 	{"test",          "t"  -contains $_} { Test-Command }
diff --git a/packaging/linux/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/linux/buildpackage.sh
index 05e7656149..71d1ef37b7 100755
--- a/packaging/linux/buildpackage.sh
+++ b/packaging/linux/buildpackage.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ command -v python >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Linux packaging requires python
 command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Linux packaging requires tar."; exit 1; }
 command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || command -v wget > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Linux packaging requires curl or wget."; exit 1; }
 
-DEPENDENCIES_TAG="20200222"
+DEPENDENCIES_TAG="20200328"
 
 if [ $# -eq "0" ]; then
 	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") version [outputdir]"
@@ -48,24 +48,21 @@ pushd "${SRCDIR}" > /dev/null || exit 1
 
 make clean
 
-# linux-dependencies target will trigger the lua detection script, which we don't want during packaging
-make cli-dependencies
-sed "s/@LIBLUA51@/liblua5.1.so.0/" thirdparty/Eluant.dll.config.in > Eluant.dll.config
-
-make core
+make core TARGETPLATFORM=linux-x64
 make version VERSION="${TAG}"
 make install-engine prefix="usr" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}/"
 make install-common-mod-files prefix="usr" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}/"
+make install-dependencies TARGETPLATFORM=linux-x64 prefix="usr" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}/"
 
 popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 
 # Add native libraries
 echo "Downloading dependencies"
 if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	curl -s -L -O https://github.com/OpenRA/AppImageSupport/releases/download/${DEPENDENCIES_TAG}/libs.tar.bz2 || exit 3
+	curl -s -L -O https://github.com/OpenRA/AppImageSupport/releases/download/${DEPENDENCIES_TAG}/mono.tar.bz2 || exit 3
 	curl -s -L -O https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage || exit 3
 else
-	wget -cq https://github.com/OpenRA/AppImageSupport/releases/download/${DEPENDENCIES_TAG}/libs.tar.bz2 || exit 3
+	wget -cq https://github.com/OpenRA/AppImageSupport/releases/download/${DEPENDENCIES_TAG}/mono.tar.bz2 || exit 3
 	wget -cq https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage || exit 3
 fi
 
@@ -74,23 +71,24 @@ chmod a+x appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage
 echo "Building AppImage"
 mkdir libs
 pushd libs
-tar xf ../libs.tar.bz2
+tar xf ../mono.tar.bz2
 
 install -d "${BUILTDIR}/usr/bin"
 install -d "${BUILTDIR}/etc/mono/4.5"
-install -d "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/mono/4.5"
+install -d "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/mono/4.5/Facades"
 
 install -Dm 0755 usr/bin/mono "${BUILTDIR}/usr/bin/"
 
 install -Dm 0644 /etc/mono/config "${BUILTDIR}/etc/mono/"
 install -Dm 0644 /etc/mono/4.5/machine.config "${BUILTDIR}/etc/mono/4.5"
 
+for f in $(ls usr/lib/mono/4.5/Facades/*.dll); do install -Dm 0644 "$f" "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/mono/4.5/Facades/"; done
 for f in $(ls usr/lib/mono/4.5/*.dll usr/lib/mono/4.5/*.exe); do install -Dm 0644 "$f" "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/mono/4.5/"; done
-for f in $(ls usr/lib/*.so usr/lib/*.so.*); do install -Dm 0755 "$f" "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/"; done
+for f in $(ls usr/lib/*.so); do install -Dm 0755 "$f" "${BUILTDIR}/usr/lib/"; done
 
 popd
 
-rm -rf libs libs.tar.bz2
+rm -rf libs mono.tar.bz2
 
 build_appimage() {
 	MOD_ID=${1}
diff --git a/packaging/macos/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/macos/buildpackage.sh
index f4d7c4e1da..91568fe81e 100755
--- a/packaging/macos/buildpackage.sh
+++ b/packaging/macos/buildpackage.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #   MACOS_DEVELOPER_PASSWORD: App-specific password for the developer account
 #
 
-LAUNCHER_TAG="osx-launcher-20200316"
+LAUNCHER_TAG="osx-launcher-20200328"
 
 if [ $# -ne "2" ]; then
 	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") tag outputdir"
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ echo "Building core files"
 
 pushd "${SRCDIR}" > /dev/null || exit 1
 make clean
-make osx-dependencies
-make core
+make core TARGETPLATFORM=osx-x64
 make version VERSION="${TAG}"
 make install-core gameinstalldir="/Contents/Resources/" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}/OpenRA.app"
+make install-dependencies TARGETPLATFORM=osx-x64 gameinstalldir="/Contents/Resources/"  DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}/OpenRA.app"
 popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 
 populate_bundle "OpenRA - Red Alert.app" "ra" "Red Alert"
diff --git a/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi b/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
index 2dc3d21297..44a1159765 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
+++ b/packaging/windows/OpenRA.nsi
@@ -129,15 +129,15 @@ Section "Game" GAME
 	File "${SRCDIR}\TiberianDawn.ico"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\Dune2000.ico"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\SDL2-CS.dll"
-	File "${SRCDIR}\OpenAL-CS.dll"
+	File "${SRCDIR}\OpenAL-CS.Core.dll"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\global mix database.dat"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\IP2LOCATION-LITE-DB1.IPV6.BIN.ZIP"
 	File "${SRCDIR}\eluant.dll"
-	File "${SRCDIR}\rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll"
-	File "${DEPSDIR}\soft_oal.dll"
-	File "${DEPSDIR}\SDL2.dll"
-	File "${DEPSDIR}\freetype6.dll"
-	File "${DEPSDIR}\lua51.dll"
+	File "${SRCDIR}\BeaconLib.dll"
+	File "${SRCDIR}\soft_oal.dll"
+	File "${SRCDIR}\SDL2.dll"
+	File "${SRCDIR}\freetype6.dll"
+	File "${SRCDIR}\lua51.dll"
 
 	!insertmacro MUI_STARTMENU_WRITE_BEGIN Application
 		CreateDirectory "$SMPROGRAMS\$StartMenuFolder"
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@ Section "-DotNet" DotNet
 	; https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/migration-guide/how-to-determine-which-versions-are-installed
 	ReadRegDWORD $0 HKLM "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full" "Release"
 	IfErrors error 0
-	IntCmp $0 394254 done error done
+	IntCmp $0 461808 done error done
 	error:
-		MessageBox MB_OK ".NET Framework v4.6.1 or later is required to run OpenRA."
+		MessageBox MB_OK ".NET Framework v4.7.2 or later is required to run OpenRA."
 		Abort
 	done:
 SectionEnd
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ Function ${UN}Clean
 	Delete $INSTDIR\eluant.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\freetype6.dll
 	Delete $INSTDIR\SDL2-CS.dll
-	Delete $INSTDIR\OpenAL-CS.dll
-	Delete $INSTDIR\rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll
+	Delete $INSTDIR\OpenAL-CS.Core.dll
+	Delete $INSTDIR\BeaconLib.dll
 	RMDir /r $INSTDIR\Support
 
 	DeleteRegKey HKLM "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenRA${SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/packaging/windows/buildpackage.sh b/packaging/windows/buildpackage.sh
index 83cdbef09c..b9b51bc947 100755
--- a/packaging/windows/buildpackage.sh
+++ b/packaging/windows/buildpackage.sh
@@ -39,19 +39,21 @@ function build_platform()
 {
 	echo "Building core files ($1)"
 	if [ "$1" = "x86" ]; then
+		TARGETPLATFORM="TARGETPLATFORM=win-x86"
 		IS_WIN32="WIN32=true"
 		USE_PROGRAMFILES32="-DUSE_PROGRAMFILES32=true"
 	else
 		IS_WIN32="WIN32=false"
+		TARGETPLATFORM="TARGETPLATFORM=win-x64"
 		USE_PROGRAMFILES32=""
 	fi
 
 	pushd "${SRCDIR}" > /dev/null || exit 1
 	make clean
-	make windows-dependencies "${IS_WIN32}"
-	make core "${IS_WIN32}"
+	make core "${TARGETPLATFORM}" "${IS_WIN32}"
 	make version VERSION="${TAG}"
-	make install-core gameinstalldir="" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}"
+	make install-core "${TARGETPLATFORM}" gameinstalldir="" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}"
+	make install-dependencies "${TARGETPLATFORM}" gameinstalldir="" DESTDIR="${BUILTDIR}"
 	popd > /dev/null || exit 1
 
 	echo "Compiling Windows launchers ($1)"
diff --git a/thirdparty/Eluant.dll.config.in b/thirdparty/Eluant.dll.config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e51cdb1fca..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/Eluant.dll.config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<configuration>
-  <dllmap dll="lua51.dll" target="@LIBLUA51@" />
-</configuration>
diff --git a/thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh b/thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 997900198b..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/configure-native-deps.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Use BSD/Linux system dependencies where possible, but take into account different .so names.
-
-####
-# This file must stay /bin/sh and POSIX compliant for BSD portability.
-# Copy-paste the entire script into http://shellcheck.net to check.
-####
-
-locations="/lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu /usr/lib/mipsel-linux-gnu /usr/local/lib /opt/lib /opt/local/lib /app/lib"
-sonames="liblua.so.5.1.5 liblua5.1.so.5.1 liblua5.1.so.0 liblua.so.5.1 liblua-5.1.so liblua5.1.so"
-
-if [ -f Eluant.dll.config ]; then
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-for location in $locations ; do
-	for soname in $sonames ; do
-		if [ -f "$location/$soname" ]; then
-			liblua51=$soname
-			echo "Detected Lua 5.1 library at $location/$soname"
-			break 2
-		fi
-	done
-done
-
-if [ -z "$liblua51" ]; then
-	echo "Lua 5.1 library detection failed."
-	exit 1
-else
-	sed "s/@LIBLUA51@/${liblua51}/" thirdparty/Eluant.dll.config.in > Eluant.dll.config
-	echo "Eluant.dll.config has been created successfully."
-fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-osx.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-osx.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 52e5db1776..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-osx.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-LAUNCHER_TAG="osx-launcher-20200316"
-
-download_dir="${0%/*}/download/osx"
-mkdir -p "$download_dir"
-cd "$download_dir" || exit 1
-
-if [ ! -f libSDL2.dylib ]; then
-	echo "Fetching OS X SDL2 library from GitHub."
-	curl -LOs https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/releases/download/${LAUNCHER_TAG}/libSDL2.dylib
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f liblua.5.1.dylib ]; then
-	echo "Fetching OS X Lua 5.1 library from GitHub."
-	curl -LOs https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/releases/download/${LAUNCHER_TAG}/liblua.5.1.dylib
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f Eluant.dll.config ]; then
-	echo "Fetching OS X Lua configuration file from GitHub."
-	curl -LOs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/${LAUNCHER_TAG}/Eluant.dll.config
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f libfreetype.6.dylib ]; then
-	echo "Fetching OS X FreeType library from GitHub."
-	curl -LOs https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/releases/download/${LAUNCHER_TAG}/libfreetype.6.dylib
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f libopenal.1.dylib ]; then
-	echo "Fetching OS X OpenAL Soft library from GitHub."
-	curl -LOs https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRALauncherOSX/releases/download/${LAUNCHER_TAG}/libopenal.1.dylib
-fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0db6e09777..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps-windows.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Die on any error for Travis CI to automatically retry:
-set -e
-
-if [ $# -ne "1" ]; then
-	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") (32|64)"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ "$1" != "x86" ] && [ "$1" != "x64" ]; then
-	echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") (32|64)"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-download_dir="${0%/*}/download/windows"
-
-mkdir -p "${download_dir}"
-cd "${download_dir}" || exit 1
-
-if [ ! -f SDL2.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching SDL2 from libsdl.org"
-	if [ "$1" = "x86" ]; then
-		curl -LOs https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.10-win32-x86.zip
-		unzip SDL2-2.0.10-win32-x86.zip SDL2.dll
-		rm SDL2-2.0.10-win32-x86.zip
-	else
-		curl -LOs https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.10-win32-x64.zip
-		unzip SDL2-2.0.10-win32-x64.zip SDL2.dll
-		rm SDL2-2.0.10-win32-x64.zip
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f freetype6.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching FreeType2 from NuGet"
-	../../noget.sh SharpFont.Dependencies 2.6.0
-	if [ "$1" = "x86" ]; then
-		cp ./SharpFont.Dependencies/bin/msvc9/x86/freetype6.dll .
-	else
-		cp ./SharpFont.Dependencies/bin/msvc9/x64/freetype6.dll .
-	fi
-	rm -rf SharpFont.Dependencies
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f lua51.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching Lua 5.1 from NuGet"
-	../../noget.sh lua.binaries 5.1.5
-	if [ "$1" = "x86" ]; then
-		cp ./lua.binaries/bin/win32/dll8/lua5.1.dll ./lua51.dll
-	else
-		cp ./lua.binaries/bin/win64/dll8/lua5.1.dll ./lua51.dll
-	fi
-	rm -rf lua.binaries
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f soft_oal.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching OpenAL Soft from NuGet"
-	../../noget.sh OpenAL-Soft 1.16.0
-	if [ "$1" = "x86" ]; then
-		cp ./OpenAL-Soft/bin/Win32/soft_oal.dll ./soft_oal.dll
-	else
-		cp ./OpenAL-Soft/bin/Win64/soft_oal.dll ./soft_oal.dll
-	fi
-	rm -rf OpenAL-Soft
-fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1 b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c2bd28462..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-mkdir download/windows -Force >$null
-
-cd download
-
-if (!(Test-Path "nuget.exe"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching NuGet."
-	# Work around PowerShell's Invoke-WebRequest not being available on some versions of PowerShell by using the BCL.
-	# To do that we need to work around further and use absolute paths because DownloadFile is not aware of PowerShell's current directory.
-	$target = Join-Path $pwd.ToString() "nuget.exe"
-	(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe", $target)
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install SharpZipLib -Version 1.1.0 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp SharpZipLib/lib/net45/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll .
-	rmdir SharpZipLib -Recurse
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "nunit.framework.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching NUnit from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install NUnit -Version 3.0.1 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp NUnit/lib/net40/nunit.framework* .
-	rmdir NUnit -Recurse
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "windows/SDL2.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching SDL2 from libsdl.org"
-	
-	# Download zip:
-	$zipFileName = "SDL2-2.0.10-win32-x64.zip"
-	$target = Join-Path $pwd.ToString() $zipFileName
-	(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://www.libsdl.org/release/" + $zipFileName, $target)
-	
-	# Extract zip:
-	$shell_app=new-object -com shell.application
-	$currentPath = (Get-Location).Path
-	$zipFile = $shell_app.namespace($currentPath + "\$zipFileName")
-	$destination = $shell_app.namespace($currentPath + "\windows")
-	$destination.Copyhere($zipFile.items())
-	
-	# Remove junk files:
-	rm "$zipFileName"
-	rm -path "$currentPath\windows\README-SDL.txt"
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "Open.Nat.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching Open.Nat from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install Open.Nat -Version 2.1.0 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp Open.Nat/lib/net45/Open.Nat.dll .
-	rmdir Open.Nat -Recurse
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "windows/lua51.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching Lua 5.1 from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install lua.binaries -Version 5.1.5 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp lua.binaries/bin/win64/dll8/lua5.1.dll ./windows/lua51.dll
-	rmdir lua.binaries -Recurse
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "windows/freetype6.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching FreeType2 from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install SharpFont.Dependencies -Version 2.6.0 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp SharpFont.Dependencies/bin/msvc9/x64/freetype6.dll ./windows/freetype6.dll
-	rmdir SharpFont.Dependencies -Recurse
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "windows/soft_oal.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching OpenAL Soft from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install OpenAL-Soft -Version 1.16.0 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp OpenAL-Soft/bin/Win64/soft_oal.dll windows/soft_oal.dll
-	rmdir OpenAL-Soft -Recurse
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching FuzzyLogicLibrary from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install FuzzyLogicLibrary -Version 1.2.0 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp FuzzyLogicLibrary/bin/Release/FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll .
-	rmdir FuzzyLogicLibrary -Recurse
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching rix0rrr.BeaconLib from NuGet."
-	./nuget.exe install rix0rrr.BeaconLib -Version 1.0.1 -ExcludeVersion -Verbosity quiet -Source nuget.org
-	cp rix0rrr.BeaconLib/lib/net40/rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll .
-	rmdir rix0rrr.BeaconLib -Recurse
-}
-
-[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = 'Tls12'
-
-if (!(Test-Path "SDL2-CS.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching SDL2-CS from GitHub."
-	$target = Join-Path $pwd.ToString() "SDL2-CS.dll"
-	(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://github.com/OpenRA/SDL2-CS/releases/download/20190907/SDL2-CS.dll", $target)
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "OpenAL-CS.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching OpenAL-CS from GitHub."
-	$target = Join-Path $pwd.ToString() "OpenAL-CS.dll"
-	(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenAL-CS/releases/download/20190907/OpenAL-CS.dll", $target)
-}
-
-if (!(Test-Path "Eluant.dll"))
-{
-	echo "Fetching Eluant from GitHub."
-	$target = Join-Path $pwd.ToString() "Eluant.dll"
-	(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("https://github.com/OpenRA/Eluant/releases/download/20160124/Eluant.dll", $target)
-}
-
-cd ..
diff --git a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh b/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1252f557d2..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/fetch-thirdparty-deps.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-####
-# This file must stay /bin/sh and POSIX compliant for BSD portability.
-# Copy-paste the entire script into http://shellcheck.net to check.
-####
-
-# Die on any error for Travis CI to automatically retry:
-set -e
-
-download_dir="${0%/*}/download"
-
-mkdir -p "${download_dir}"
-cd "${download_dir}" || exit 1
-
-if [ ! -f ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib from NuGet"
-	../noget.sh SharpZipLib 1.1.0
-	cp ./SharpZipLib/lib/net45/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll .
-	rm -rf SharpZipLib
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f nunit.framework.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching NUnit from NuGet"
-	../noget.sh NUnit 3.0.1
-	cp ./NUnit/lib/net40/nunit.framework* .
-	rm -rf NUnit
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f nunit3-console.exe ]; then
-	echo "Fetching NUnit.Console from NuGet"
-	../noget.sh NUnit.Console 3.0.1
-	cp -R ./NUnit.Console/tools/* .
-	chmod +x nunit3-console.exe
-	rm -rf NUnit.Console
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f Open.Nat.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching Open.Nat from NuGet"
-	../noget.sh Open.Nat 2.1.0
-	if [ -d ./Open.NAT ]; then mv Open.NAT Open.Nat; fi
-	cp ./Open.Nat/lib/net45/Open.Nat.dll .
-	rm -rf Open.Nat
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching FuzzyLogicLibrary from NuGet."
-	../noget.sh FuzzyLogicLibrary 1.2.0
-	cp ./FuzzyLogicLibrary/bin/Release/FuzzyLogicLibrary.dll .
-	rm -rf FuzzyLogicLibrary
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f SDL2-CS.dll ] || [ ! -f SDL2-CS.dll.config ]; then
-	echo "Fetching SDL2-CS from GitHub."
-	if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		curl -s -L -O https://github.com/OpenRA/SDL2-CS/releases/download/20190907/SDL2-CS.dll
-		curl -s -L -O https://github.com/OpenRA/SDL2-CS/releases/download/20190907/SDL2-CS.dll.config
-	else
-		wget -cq https://github.com/OpenRA/SDL2-CS/releases/download/20190907/SDL2-CS.dll
-		wget -cq https://github.com/OpenRA/SDL2-CS/releases/download/20190907/SDL2-CS.dll.config
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f OpenAL-CS.dll ] || [ ! -f OpenAL-CS.dll.config ]; then
-	echo "Fetching OpenAL-CS from GitHub."
-	if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		curl -s -L -O https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenAL-CS/releases/download/20200316/OpenAL-CS.dll
-		curl -s -L -O https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenAL-CS/releases/download/20200316/OpenAL-CS.dll.config
-	else
-		wget -cq https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenAL-CS/releases/download/20200316/OpenAL-CS.dll
-		wget -cq https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenAL-CS/releases/download/20200316/OpenAL-CS.dll.config
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f Eluant.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching Eluant from GitHub."
-	if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		curl -s -L -O https://github.com/OpenRA/Eluant/releases/download/20160124/Eluant.dll
-	else
-		wget -cq https://github.com/OpenRA/Eluant/releases/download/20160124/Eluant.dll
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll ]; then
-	echo "Fetching rix0rrr.BeaconLib from NuGet."
-	../noget.sh rix0rrr.BeaconLib 1.0.1
-	cp ./rix0rrr.BeaconLib/lib/net40/rix0rrr.BeaconLib.dll .
-	rm -rf rix0rrr.BeaconLib
-fi
diff --git a/thirdparty/noget.sh b/thirdparty/noget.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6e9208a829..0000000000
--- a/thirdparty/noget.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# fallback without dependency resolution if nuget is not present on the system
-
-####
-# This file must stay /bin/sh and POSIX compliant for BSD portability.
-# Copy-paste the entire script into http://shellcheck.net to check.
-####
-
-command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1 || command -v wget > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "Obtaining thirdparty dependencies requires curl or wget."; exit 1; }
-
-archive="$1"
-version="$2"
-if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	curl -o "$archive.zip" -Ls https://nuget.org/api/v2/package/"$archive"/"$version"
-else
-	wget -cq https://nuget.org/api/v2/package/"$archive"/"$version" -O "$archive.zip"
-fi
-mkdir -p "$archive"
-unzip -o -qq "$archive.zip" -d "$archive" && rm "$archive.zip"