diff --git a/engine/wscript b/engine/wscript
index 5b5e3a6e..26ab2709 100644
--- a/engine/wscript
+++ b/engine/wscript
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 }
 '''
 
-CURL_CHECK_FRAGMENT='''
-#include <curl/curl.h>
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	CURL *easy = curl_easy_init();
-	return 0;
-}
-'''
-
 frameworks = ['Foundation', 'UIKit', 'QuartzCore', 'GameController', 'SystemConfiguration', 'CFNetwork', 'AVFoundation', 'CoreGraphics']
 
 @TaskGen.extension('.m')
@@ -65,9 +56,6 @@ def options(opt):
 	grp.add_option('--enable-ffmpeg-dlopen', action = 'store_true', dest = 'FFMPEG_DLOPEN', default = False,
 		help = 'load ffmpeg libraries in runtime [default: %(default)s]')
 
-	grp.add_option('--disable-curl', action = 'store_false', dest = 'CURL', default = False,
-		help = 'enable curl-based HTTP downloader [default: %(default)s]')
-
 	opt.load('sdl2')
 
 def find_sdl(conf):
@@ -162,19 +150,6 @@ def configure(conf):
 		conf.define('HAVE_FFMPEG', True)
 		conf.define_cond('XASH_FFMPEG_DLOPEN', conf.options.FFMPEG_DLOPEN)
 
-	if conf.options.CURL:
-		pkgconf_args = '--cflags --libs'
-		features = 'c cprogram'
-
-		# TODO: when dlopen curl is implemented, we might not need this check
-		# as we can safely bundle curl headers as curl never breaks API/ABI
-		conf.check_cfg(package='libcurl', uselib_store='CURL', args=pkgconf_args)
-
-		conf.check(features=features, fragment=CURL_CHECK_FRAGMENT, use='CURL', msg='Checking for curl sanity')
-
-		conf.env.CURL=True
-		conf.define('HAVE_CURL', True)
-
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_STATIC_LIBS', conf.env.STATIC_LINKING)
 	conf.define_cond('XASH_CUSTOM_SWAP', conf.options.CUSTOM_SWAP)
 	conf.define_cond('PSAPI_VERSION', conf.env.DEST_OS == 'win32') # will be defined as 1
@@ -190,7 +165,7 @@ def build(bld):
 	includes = ['server', 'client', 'client/vgui', 'common/soundlib', 'platform']
 
 	# basic build: dedicated only
-	source = bld.path.ant_glob(['common/*.c', 'common/imagelib/*.c', 'common/soundlib/*.c', 'server/*.c'])
+	source = bld.path.ant_glob(['common/*.c', 'common/imagelib/*.c', 'common/soundlib/*.c', 'server/*.c', 'common/http/*.c'])
 
 	# include platform-specific sources, this shall not fail if directory doesn't exist
 	source += bld.path.ant_glob('platform/%s/*.c' % bld.env.DEST_OS)
@@ -214,12 +189,6 @@ def build(bld):
 	if bld.get_define('XASH_STATIC_LIBS'):
 		source += ['platform/misc/lib_static.c']
 
-	if bld.get_define('HAVE_CURL'):
-		source += ['common/http/net_http_curl.c']
-		libs += ['CURL']
-	else:
-		source += ['common/http/net_http_xash.c']
-
 	if bld.env.DEST_OS == 'win32':
 		libs += ['USER32', 'SHELL32', 'GDI32', 'ADVAPI32', 'DBGHELP', 'PSAPI', 'WS2_32']
 	elif bld.env.DEST_OS == 'nswitch':