diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/ArtifactFetcher.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/ArtifactFetcher.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a1116bc..00000000
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/ArtifactFetcher.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-package com.beust.kobalt.maven
-
-import com.beust.kobalt.HostConfig
-import com.beust.kobalt.misc.KFiles
-import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
-import com.beust.kobalt.misc.warn
-import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder
-import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader
-import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache
-import com.google.inject.assistedinject.Assisted
-import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Files
-import java.nio.file.Paths
-import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService
-import java.util.concurrent.Future
-import javax.inject.Inject
-import javax.inject.Singleton
-
-/**
- * Manages the download of files from a given HostConfig.
- */
-@Singleton
-class DownloadManager @Inject constructor(val factory: ArtifactFetcher.IFactory) {
-    class Key(val hostInfo: HostConfig, val fileName: String, val executor: ExecutorService) {
-        override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
-            return (other as Key).hostInfo.url == hostInfo.url
-        }
-
-        override fun hashCode(): Int {
-            return hostInfo.url.hashCode()
-        }
-    }
-
-    private val CACHE : LoadingCache<Key, Future<File>> = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
-        .build(object : CacheLoader<Key, Future<File>>() {
-            override fun load(key: Key): Future<File> {
-                return key.executor.submit(factory.create(key.hostInfo, key.fileName))
-            }
-        })
-
-    fun download(hostInfo: HostConfig, fileName: String, executor: ExecutorService)
-            : Future<File> = CACHE.get(Key(hostInfo, fileName, executor))
-}
-
-/**
- * Fetches an artifact (a file in a Maven repo, .jar, -javadoc.jar, ...) to the given local file.
- */
-class ArtifactFetcher @Inject constructor(@Assisted("hostInfo") val hostInfo: HostConfig,
-        @Assisted("fileName") val fileName: String,
-        val files: KFiles) : Callable<File> {
-    interface IFactory {
-        fun create(@Assisted("hostInfo") hostInfo: HostConfig, @Assisted("fileName") fileName: String) : ArtifactFetcher
-    }
-
-    override fun call() : File {
-        val k = Kurl(hostInfo.copy(url = hostInfo.url + ".md5"))
-        val remoteMd5 =
-            if (k.exists) k.string.trim(' ', '\t', '\n').substring(0, 32)
-            else null
-
-        val tmpFile = Paths.get(fileName + ".tmp")
-        val file = Paths.get(fileName)
-        val url = hostInfo.url
-        if (! Files.exists(file)) {
-            with(tmpFile.toFile()) {
-                parentFile.mkdirs()
-                Kurl(hostInfo).toFile(this)
-            }
-            log(2, "Done downloading, renaming $tmpFile to $file")
-            Files.move(tmpFile, file, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
-            log(1, "  Downloaded $url")
-            log(2, "     to $file")
-        }
-
-        val localMd5 = Md5.toMd5(file.toFile())
-        if (remoteMd5 != null && remoteMd5 != localMd5) {
-            warn("MD5 not matching for $url")
-        } else {
-            log(2, "No md5 found for $url, skipping md5 check")
-        }
-
-        return file.toFile()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/MainModule.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/MainModule.kt
index 64099484..f9b06c53 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/MainModule.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/MainModule.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.beust.kobalt.app
 import com.beust.kobalt.Args
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.KobaltSettings
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
-import com.beust.kobalt.maven.ArtifactFetcher
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.LocalRepo
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.Pom
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.PomGenerator
@@ -32,8 +31,7 @@ public open class MainModule(val args: Args, val settings: KobaltSettings) : Abs
                 PomGenerator.IFactory::class.java,
                 BintrayApi.IFactory::class.java,
                 Pom.IFactory::class.java,
-                BuildFileCompiler.IFactory::class.java,
-                ArtifactFetcher.IFactory::class.java)
+                BuildFileCompiler.IFactory::class.java)
             .forEach {
                 install(builder.build(it))
             }