diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8d9424f0e..22ec30a0d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -69,12 +69,8 @@ build_script:
 
 test_script:
     - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
-    - cd deps\install\x64\eth
-    - ps: $ethProc = Start-Process eth.exe --test
-    - ps: Start-Sleep -s 100
     - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\build\test\%CONFIGURATION%
-    - copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\redist\x86\Microsoft.VC140.CRT\msvc*.dll" .
-    - soltest.exe --show-progress -- --ipcpath \\.\pipe\geth.ipc
+    - soltest.exe --show-progress -- --no-ipc
 
 artifacts:
     - path: solidity-windows.zip
diff --git a/scripts/install_deps.bat b/scripts/install_deps.bat
index bd68b07af..512a28dfa 100644
--- a/scripts/install_deps.bat
+++ b/scripts/install_deps.bat
@@ -59,4 +59,3 @@ REM Copyright (c) 2016 solidity contributors.
 REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 cmake -P deps\install_deps.cmake
-cmake -P scripts\install_eth.cmake
diff --git a/scripts/install_eth.cmake b/scripts/install_eth.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 25f449e02..000000000
--- a/scripts/install_eth.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Cmake script for installing pre-requisite package eth for solidity.
-#
-# The aim of this script is to simply download and unpack eth binaries to the deps folder.
-#
-# The documentation for solidity is hosted at:
-#
-# http://solidity.readthedocs.io/
-#
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This file is part of solidity.
-#
-# solidity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# solidity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with solidity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
-#
-# (c) 2016 solidity contributors.
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-function(download URL DST_FILE STATUS)
-    set(TMP_FILE "${DST_FILE}.part")
-
-    get_filename_component(FILE_NAME ${DST_FILE} NAME)
-    if (NOT EXISTS ${DST_FILE})
-        message("Downloading ${FILE_NAME}")
-        file(DOWNLOAD ${URL} ${TMP_FILE} SHOW_PROGRESS STATUS DOWNLOAD_STATUS)
-        list(GET DOWNLOAD_STATUS 0 STATUS_CODE)
-        if (STATUS_CODE EQUAL 0)
-            file(RENAME ${TMP_FILE} ${DST_FILE})
-        else()
-            file(REMOVE ${TMP_FILE})
-            list(GET DOWNLOAD_STATUS 1 ERROR_MSG)
-
-            message("ERROR! Downloading '${FILE_NAME}' failed.")
-            message(STATUS "URL:   ${URL}")
-            message(STATUS "Error: ${STATUS_CODE} ${ERROR_MSG}")
-            set(STATUS FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
-            return()
-        endif()
-    else()
-        message("Using cached ${FILE_NAME}")
-    endif()
-    set(STATUS TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction(download)
-
-function(download_and_unpack PACKAGE_URL DST_DIR)
-    get_filename_component(FILE_NAME ${PACKAGE_URL} NAME)
-
-    set(DST_FILE "${CACHE_DIR}/${FILE_NAME}")
-    set(TMP_FILE "${DST_FILE}.part")
-
-    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CACHE_DIR})
-    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${DST_DIR})
-
-    download(${PACKAGE_URL} ${DST_FILE} STATUS)
-
-    if (STATUS)
-        message("Unpacking ${FILE_NAME} to ${DST_DIR}")
-        execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar -xf ${DST_FILE}
-                        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${DST_DIR})
-    endif()
-endfunction(download_and_unpack)
-
-get_filename_component(ROOT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.." ABSOLUTE)
-set(CACHE_DIR "${ROOT_DIR}/deps/cache")
-set(INSTALL_DIR "${ROOT_DIR}/deps/install/x64/eth")
-download_and_unpack("https://github.com/bobsummerwill/cpp-ethereum/releases/download/develop-v1.3.0.401/cpp-ethereum-develop-windows.zip" ${INSTALL_DIR})