diff --git a/src/dragon/wizard.py b/src/dragon/wizard.py
index ec58f3d87..87451fd65 100644
--- a/src/dragon/wizard.py
+++ b/src/dragon/wizard.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import json, os, shutil, ssl, sys, tarfile
-from ruyaml import YAML
-from urllib import request
+import os, shutil, sys
 from .util import deployable_path
 
 
@@ -29,20 +27,15 @@ def setup_wizard():
     os.chdir(dragon_root_dir)
 
     for repo in ('lib', 'include', 'frameworks', 'sdks', 'src'):
-        try:
-            get_supporting(
-                f'https://api.github.com/repos/DragonBuild/{repo}/releases/latest',
-                repo
-            )
-        except Exception as ex:
-            log(ex)
-            log('Potentially ratelimited, attempting fallback by cloning repo (this adds some overhead)')
-            if os.path.isdir(f'{repo}') and os.path.isdir(f'{repo}/.git'):
-                os.chdir(f'{repo}')
-                os.system('git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)')
-                os.chdir(dragon_root_dir)
-            else:
-                os.system(f'git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/dragonbuild/{repo}')
+        if os.path.isdir(f'{repo}') and not os.path.isdir(f'{repo}/.git'):
+            shutil.rmtree(f'{repo}')
+            os.system(f'git clone --depth=1 --recursive https://github.com/DragonBuild/{repo}')
+        elif os.path.isdir(f'{repo}') and os.path.isdir(f'{repo}/.git'):
+            os.chdir(f'{repo}')
+            os.system('git pull origin $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)')
+            os.chdir(dragon_root_dir)
+        else:
+            os.system(f'git clone --depth=1 --recursive https://github.com/DragonBuild/{repo}')
 
     log('Deploying internal configuration')
     try:
@@ -57,43 +50,6 @@ def setup_wizard():
         pass
     log('Done!')
 
-
-def get_supporting(api: str, destination: str):
-    ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
-    ctx.check_hostname = False
-    ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE  # python doesn't bundle certs on macOS, so we have to disable SSL :)
-    response: dict = json.load(request.urlopen(api, context=ctx))
-    if os.path.exists(f'{destination}/metadata.yml'):
-        with open(f'{destination}/metadata.yml', 'r') as fd:
-            yaml=YAML(typ='safe')  # default, if not specfied, is 'rt' (round-trip)
-            metadata = yaml.load(fd)
-            version = metadata['version']
-            if version == response['tag_name']:
-                log(f'Latest {destination} already installed')
-                return
-    tar_url = response['tarball_url']
-
-    try:
-        shutil.rmtree(f'./{destination}')
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        pass
-
-    log(f'Updating supporting {destination} v{response["tag_name"]} from {tar_url} ...')
-    tar_bytes = request.urlopen(tar_url, context=ctx).read()
-
-    fname = 'tmp.tar.gz'
-    with open(fname, 'wb') as f:
-        f.write(tar_bytes)
-
-    tar = tarfile.open(fname)
-    extracted_name = tar.members[0].name
-
-    log(f'Extracting into {os.environ["DRAGON_ROOT_DIR"] + destination}')
-    tar.extractall()
-    os.rename(extracted_name, destination)
-    os.remove(fname)
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     setup_wizard()
     os.system('dragon v')