diff --git a/addons/addon-ligatures/bin/download-fonts.js b/addons/addon-ligatures/bin/download-fonts.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 27e75c09..00000000
--- a/addons/addon-ligatures/bin/download-fonts.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2018 The xterm.js authors. All rights reserved.
- * @license MIT
- */
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const util = require('util');
-
-const axios = require('axios').default;
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-const yauzl = require('yauzl');
-
-const urls = {
-  fira: 'https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/raw/d42e7276fa925e5f82748f3ec9ea429736611b48/distr/otf/FiraCode-Regular.otf',
-  iosevka: 'https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/releases/download/v1.14.3/01-iosevka-1.14.3.zip'
-};
-
-const writeFile = util.promisify(fs.writeFile);
-const fontsFolder = path.join(__dirname, '../fonts');
-
-async function download() {
-  await mkdirp(fontsFolder);
-
-  try {
-    await downloadFiraCode();
-    await downloadIosevka();
-    console.log('Loaded all fonts for testing')
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.warn('Fonts failed to download, ligature tests will not work', e);
-  }
-}
-
-async function downloadFiraCode() {
-  const file = path.join(fontsFolder, 'firaCode.otf');
-  if (await util.promisify(fs.exists)(file)) {
-    console.log('Fira Code already loaded');
-  } else {
-    console.log('Downloading Fira Code...');
-    await writeFile(
-      file,
-      (await axios.get(urls.fira, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' })).data
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-async function downloadIosevka() {
-  const file = path.join(fontsFolder, 'iosevka.ttf');
-  if (await util.promisify(fs.exists)(file)) {
-    console.log('Iosevka already loaded');
-  } else {
-    console.log('Downloading Iosevka...');
-    const iosevkaContents = (await axios.get(urls.iosevka, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' })).data;
-    const iosevkaZipfile = await util.promisify(yauzl.fromBuffer)(iosevkaContents);
-    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      iosevkaZipfile.on('entry', entry => {
-        if (entry.fileName === 'ttf/iosevka-regular.ttf') {
-          iosevkaZipfile.openReadStream(entry, (err, stream) => {
-            if (err) {
-              return reject(err);
-            }
-
-            const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(file);
-            stream.pipe(writeStream);
-            writeStream.on('close', () => resolve());
-          });
-        }
-      });
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-download();
-
-process.on('unhandledRejection', e => {
-  console.error(e);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
diff --git a/addons/addon-ligatures/package.json b/addons/addon-ligatures/package.json
index 5150f383..3117b7e8 100644
--- a/addons/addon-ligatures/package.json
+++ b/addons/addon-ligatures/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "node": ">8.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "prepare": "node bin/download-fonts.js",
     "build": "tsc -p src",
     "watch": "tsc -w -p src",
     "prepackage": "npm run build",