diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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-update:
-	python3 ./generate-download
-	python3 ./update-copyright
-
-.PHONY: update
-
diff --git a/generate-download b/generate-download
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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import hashlib
-import shutil
-import subprocess
-import tempfile
-import urllib.request
-
-URL = 'https://github.com/downloads/rg3/youtube-dl/youtube-dl'
-
-with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='youtube-dl', delete=True) as ytdl_file:
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(URL) as dl:
-        shutil.copyfileobj(dl, ytdl_file)
-
-    ytdl_file.seek(0)
-    data = ytdl_file.read()
-
-    ytdl_file.flush()
-    version = subprocess.check_output(['python3', ytdl_file.name, '--version']).decode('ascii').strip()
-
-# Read template page
-with open('download.html.in', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as tmplf:
-    template = tmplf.read()
-
-md5sum = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
-sha1sum = hashlib.sha1(data).hexdigest()
-sha256sum = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
-template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_VERSION@', version)
-template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_URL@', URL)
-template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_MD5SUM@', md5sum)
-template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_SHA1SUM@', sha1sum)
-template = template.replace('@PROGRAM_SHA256SUM@', sha256sum)
-with open('download.html', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as dlf:
-    dlf.write(template)
diff --git a/update-copyright b/update-copyright
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# coding: utf-8
-
-from __future__ import with_statement
-
-import datetime
-import glob
-import io # For Python 2 compatibilty
-import os
-import re
-
-year = str(datetime.datetime.now().year)
-for fn in glob.glob('*.html*'):
-    with io.open(fn, encoding='utf-8') as f:
-        content = f.read()
-    newc = re.sub(u'(?P<copyright>Copyright © 2006-)(?P<year>[0-9]{4})', u'Copyright © 2006-' + year, content)
-    if content != newc:
-        tmpFn = fn + '.part'
-        with io.open(tmpFn, 'wt', encoding='utf-8') as outf:
-            outf.write(newc)
-        os.rename(tmpFn, fn)
diff --git a/update/sign_versions.py b/update/sign_versions.py
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-#! /usr/bin/env python3
-
-import rsa
-import json
-from binascii import hexlify
-
-# TODO path discovery
-versions_info = json.load(open('versions.json'))
-if 'signature' in versions_info:
-	del versions_info['signature']
-
-
-print('Enter the PKCS1 private key, followed by a blank line:')
-privkey = ''
-while True:
-	try:
-		line = input()
-	except EOFError:
-		break
-	if line == '':
-		break
-	privkey += line + '\n'
-privkey = bytes(privkey, 'ascii')
-privkey = rsa.PrivateKey.load_pkcs1(privkey)
-
-signature = hexlify(rsa.pkcs1.sign(json.dumps(versions_info, sort_keys=True).encode('utf-8'), privkey, 'SHA-256'))
-print('signature: ' + signature.decode())
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