diff --git a/CMakeModules/download_avhttp.cmake b/CMakeModules/download_avhttp.cmake
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-#  This program source code file is part of KICAD, a free EDA CAD application.
-#
-#  Copyright (C) 2013 SoftPLC Corporation, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@softplc.com>
-#  Copyright (C) 2013 Kicad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
-#
-#  This program 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 2
-#  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  This program 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 this program; if not, you may find one here:
-#  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-#  or you may search the http://www.gnu.org website for the version 2 license,
-#  or you may write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-#  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
-
-
-
-# Download av_http and install into ${PREFIX}, typically in our KiCad source tree.
-# Assumes include( ExternalProject ) was done inline previous to this file
-# and that set( DOWNLOAD_DIR ... ) was set in a higher context.
-
-#-----<configure>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# soon cmake will have https support, switch to a true download then:
-#set( AVHTTP_RELEASE ??? )
-#set( AVHTTP_MD5 ???? ) # re-calc this on every RELEASE change
-
-#-----</configure>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# Where the library is to be installed.
-set( PREFIX ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}/avhttp )
-
-if( KICAD_SKIP_BOOST )
-    set( AVHTTP_DEPEND "" )
-else()
-    set( AVHTTP_DEPEND "boost" )
-endif()
-
-
-# Install the AVHTTP header only library ${PREFIX}
-ExternalProject_Add( avhttp
-    PREFIX          ${PREFIX}
-    DOWNLOAD_DIR    ${DOWNLOAD_DIR}     # no true download yet
-
-    # grab it from a local zip file for now, cmake caller's source dir
-    URL             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/avhttp-master.zip
-    DEPENDS         ${AVHTTP_DEPEND}
-
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-
-    BUILD_COMMAND   ""
-    INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory <SOURCE_DIR> <INSTALL_DIR>
-    )
-
-
-set( AVHTTP_INCLUDE_DIR  "${PREFIX}/include" CACHE FILEPATH "AVHTTP include directory" )
-mark_as_advanced( AVHTTP_INCLUDE_DIR )
diff --git a/pcbnew/github/avhttp-master.zip b/pcbnew/github/avhttp-master.zip
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