diff --git a/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk b/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk
index b559e52ad6..d9ac41b44e 100644
--- a/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk
+++ b/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk
@@ -6,20 +6,11 @@
 
 LIBSVGTINY_SITE = svn://svn.netsurf-browser.org/trunk/libsvgtiny
 LIBSVGTINY_VERSION = 9800
-LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR = libsvgtiny-svn-r$(LIBSVGTINY_VERSION)
-LIBSVGTINY_SOURCE = $(LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR).tar.bz2
+
 LIBSVGTINY_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBSVGTINY_INSTALL_TARGET = YES
 LIBSVGTINY_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 host-gperf host-pkg-config
 
-$(DL_DIR)/$(LIBSVGTINY_SOURCE):
-	$(SVN_CO) -r $(LIBSVGTINY_VERSION) $(LIBSVGTINY_SITE) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR)
-	tar -cv -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR) | bzip2 - -c > $@
-	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR)/$(LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR)
-
-# use custom download step
-LIBSVGTINY_TARGET_SOURCE := $(DL_DIR)/$(LIBSVGTINY_SOURCE)
-
 define LIBSVGTINY_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=/usr
 endef