diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79a171f..b330155 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ This Minetest mod offers changeable player skins with a graphical interface for
 
 ## Features
 
-- Download scripts included for the [Minetest skin database](http://minetest.fensta.bplaced.net)
 - Flexible skins API to manage the database
 - [character_creator](https://github.com/minetest-mods/character_creator) support for custom skins
 - Skin change menu for sfinv (in minetest_game) and [unified_inventory](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=12767)
@@ -16,23 +15,8 @@ This Minetest mod offers changeable player skins with a graphical interface for
 - Full [3d_armor](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=4654) support
 - Compatible to 1.0 and 1.8 Minecraft skins format
 
-## Update tools
-
-In order to download the skins from the skin database,
-you may use one of the listed update tools below.
-They are located in the `updater/` directory.
-
-- `update_skins_db.sh` bash and jq required
-- `update_from_db.py` python3 required
-- `MT_skins_updater.*` windows or mono (?) required
-
-
-## License
-
-If nothing else is specified, it is licensed as GPLv3.
-
-Fritigern:
-  - update_skins_db.sh (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
+## License:
+- GPLv3
 
 ### Credits
 
diff --git a/updater/MT_skins_updater.cs b/updater/MT_skins_updater.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 021a999..0000000
--- a/updater/MT_skins_updater.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-//Json.NET library (http://json.codeplex.com/)
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Net;
-using System.IO;
-
-// MT skins updater for the skins mod
-// Creator: Krock
-// License: zlib (http://www.zlib.net/zlib_license.html)
-namespace MT_skins_updater {
-	class Program {
-		static void Main(string[] args) {
-			Console.WriteLine("Welcome to the MT skins updater!");
-			Console.WriteLine("# Created by: Krock (2014-07-10)");
-			Engine e = new Engine();
-			Console.WriteLine(@"Path to the skins mod: (ex. 'E:\Minetest\mods\skinsdb\skins\')");
-			string path = Console.ReadLine();
-			Console.WriteLine("Start updating at page: ('0' to update everything)");
-			int page = getInt(Console.ReadLine());
-			e.Start(path, page);
-			Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");
-			Console.ReadKey(false);
-		}
-		public static int getInt(string i) {
-			int ret = 0;
-			int.TryParse(i, out ret);
-			return (ret > 0)? ret : 0;
-		}
-	}
-	class Engine {
-		string root = "http://minetest.fensta.bplaced.net";
-		bool alternate = true; //should it use the special version of medadata saving?
-
-		public void Start(string path, int page) {
-			if (path.Length < 5) {
-				Console.WriteLine("Too short path. STOP.");
-				return;
-			}
-			if (path[path.Length - 1] != '\\') {
-				path += '\\';
-			}
-			if(!Directory.Exists(path + "meta")){
-				Console.WriteLine("Folder 'meta' not found. STOP.");
-				return;
-			}
-			if(!Directory.Exists(path + "textures")){
-				Console.WriteLine("Folder 'textures' not found. STOP.");
-				return;
-			}
-			WebClient cli = new WebClient();
-			//add useragent to identify
-			cli.Headers.Add("User-Agent", "MT_skin_grabber 1.1");
-			
-			bool firstSkin = true;
-			List<string> skin_local = new List<string>();
-			int pages = page,
-				updated = 0;
-
-			for (; page <= pages; page++) {
-				string contents = "";
-				try {
-					contents = cli.DownloadString(root + "/api/get.json.php?getlist&page=" + page);
-				} catch(WebException e) { 
-					Console.WriteLine("Whoops! Error at page ID: " + page + ". WebClient sais: " + e.Message);
-					Console.WriteLine("Press any key to skip this page.");
-					Console.ReadKey(false);
-					continue;
-				}
-				Data o = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Data>(contents);
-				if (o.pages != pages) {
-					pages = o.pages;
-				}
-
-				Console.WriteLine("# Page " + page + " (" + o.per_page + " skins)");
-				for (int i = 0; i < o.skins.Length; i++) {
-					int id = o.skins[i].id;
-					if(o.skins[i].type != "image/png"){
-						Console.WriteLine("Image type '" + o.skins[i].type + "' not supported at skin ID: " + id);
-						Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
-						Console.ReadKey(false);
-						continue;
-					}
-					//eliminate special chars!
-					o.skins[i].name = WebUtility.HtmlDecode(o.skins[i].name);
-					o.skins[i].author = WebUtility.HtmlDecode(o.skins[i].author);
-					
-					//to delete old, removed skins
-					if (firstSkin) {
-						firstSkin = false;
-
-						string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path + "textures\\");
-						for (int f = 0; f < files.Length; f++) {
-							string[] filePath = stringSplitLast(files[f], '\\'),
-								fileName = stringSplitLast(filePath[1], '.'),
-								fileVer = stringSplitLast(fileName[0], '_');
-							if (fileVer[1] == "" || fileVer[0] != "character") continue;
-							
-							int skinNr = Program.getInt(fileVer[1]);
-							if (skinNr <= id) continue;
-							skin_local.Add(fileName[0]);
-						}
-					} else skin_local.Remove("character_" + id);
-					
-					//get file size, only override changed
-					FileInfo localImg = new FileInfo(path + "textures\\character_" + id + ".png");
-					byte[] imageData = Convert.FromBase64String(o.skins[i].img);
-					bool isDif = true;
-					if (localImg.Exists) isDif = (Math.Abs(imageData.Length - localImg.Length) >= 3);
-
-					if (isDif) {
-						File.WriteAllBytes(localImg.FullName, imageData);
-						imageData = null;
-						//previews
-						try {
-							cli.DownloadFile(root + "/skins/1/" + id + ".png", path + "textures\\character_" + id + "_preview.png");
-						} catch (WebException e) {
-							Console.WriteLine("Whoops! Error at skin ID: " + id + ". WebClient sais: " + e.Message);
-							Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
-							Console.ReadKey(false);
-						}
-					} else {
-						Console.WriteLine("[SKIP] character_" + id);
-						continue;
-					}
-
-					string meta = "";
-					if (!alternate) {
-						meta = "name = \"" + o.skins[i].name + "\",\n";
-						meta += "author = \"" + o.skins[i].author + "\",\n";
-						meta += "comment = \"" + o.skins[i].license + '"';
-					} else {
-						meta = o.skins[i].name + '\n' + o.skins[i].author + '\n' + o.skins[i].license;
-					}
-					File.WriteAllText(path + "meta\\character_" + id + ".txt", meta);
-					updated++;
-					Console.WriteLine("[" + id + "] " + shorten(o.skins[i].name, 20) + "\t by: " + o.skins[i].author + "\t (" + o.skins[i].license + ")");
-				}
-			}
-			foreach (string fileName in skin_local) {
-				if(File.Exists(path + "textures\\" + fileName + ".png")) {
-					File.Delete(path + "textures\\" + fileName + ".png");
-				}
-				if(File.Exists(path + "textures\\" + fileName + "_preview.png")) {
-					File.Delete(path + "textures\\" + fileName + "_preview.png");
-				}
-				if(File.Exists(path + "meta\\" + fileName + ".txt")) {
-					File.Delete(path + "meta\\" + fileName + ".txt");
-				}
-				Console.WriteLine("[DEL] " + fileName + " (deleted skin)");
-			}
-			Console.WriteLine("Done. Updated " + updated + " skins!");
-		}
-		string shorten(string inp, int len) {
-			char[] shr = new char[len];
-			for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-				if (i < inp.Length) {
-					shr[i] = inp[i];
-				} else shr[i] = ' ';
-			}
-			return new string(shr);
-		}
-
-		string[] stringSplitLast(string path, char limiter) {
-			int found = 0;
-			int totalLen = path.Length - 1;
-			for (int i = totalLen; i >= 0; i--) {
-				if (path[i] == limiter) {
-					found = i;
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-			if (found == 0) {
-				return new string[] { "", "" };
-			}
-
-			int len = totalLen - found;
-			char[] str_1 = new char[found],
-				str_2 = new char[len];
-
-			for (int i = 0; i < path.Length; i++) {
-				if (i == found) continue;
-				if (i < found) {
-					str_1[i] = path[i];
-				} else {
-					str_2[i - found - 1] = path[i];
-				}
-			}
-			return new string[] { new string(str_1), new string(str_2) };
-		}
-	}
-	class Data {
-		public Skins_data[] skins;
-		public int page, pages, per_page;
-	}
-	class Skins_data {
-		public string name, author, uploaded, type, license, img;
-		public int id, license_id;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/updater/MT_skins_updater.exe b/updater/MT_skins_updater.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b4ee3e..0000000
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diff --git a/updater/Newtonsoft.Json.dll b/updater/Newtonsoft.Json.dll
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diff --git a/updater/update_from_db.py b/updater/update_from_db.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 685d1e0..0000000
--- a/updater/update_from_db.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,180 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
-from http.client import HTTPConnection,HTTPException,BadStatusLine,_CS_IDLE
-import json
-import base64
-from contextlib import closing
-import sys,os,shutil,time
-
-def die(message,code=23):
-		print(message,file=sys.stderr)
-		raise SystemExit(code)
-
-server = "minetest.fensta.bplaced.net"
-skinsdir = "../textures/"
-metadir = "../meta/"
-curskin = 0
-curpage = 1
-pages = None
-
-def replace(location,base,encoding=None,path=None):
-	if path is None:
-		path = os.path.join(location,base)
-	mode = "wt" if encoding else "wb"
-	# an unpredictable temp name only needed for a+rwxt directories
-	tmp = os.path.join(location,'.'+base+'-tmp')
-	def deco(handle):
-		with open(tmp,mode,encoding=encoding) as out:
-			handle(out)
-		os.rename(tmp,path)
-	return deco
-
-def maybeReplace(location,base,encoding=None):
-	def deco(handle):
-		path = os.path.join(location,base)
-		if os.path.exists(path): return
-		return replace(location,base,encoding=encoding,path=path)(handle)
-	return deco
-
-class Penguin:
-	"idk"
-	def __init__(self, url, recv, diemessage):
-		self.url = url
-		self.recv = recv
-		self.diemessage = diemessage		
-
-class Pipeline(list):
-	"Gawd why am I being so elaborate?"
-	def __init__(self, threshold=10):
-		"threshold is how many requests in parallel to pipeline"
-		self.threshold = threshold
-		self.sent = True
-	def __enter__(self):
-		self.reopen()
-		return self
-	def __exit__(self,typ,exn,trace):
-		self.send()
-		self.drain()
-	def reopen(self):
-		self.c = HTTPConnection(server)
-		self.send()
-	def append(self,url,recv,diemessage):
-		self.sent = False
-		super().append(Penguin(url,recv,diemessage))
-		if len(self) > self.threshold:			
-			self.send()
-			self.drain()
-	def trydrain(self):		
-		for penguin in self:
-			print('drain',penguin.url)
-			try:
-				penguin.response.begin()
-				penguin.recv(penguin.response)
-			except BadStatusLine as e:
-				print('derped requesting',penguin.url)
-				return False			
-			except HTTPException as e:
-				die(penguin.diemessage+' '+repr(e)+' (url='+penguin.url+')')
-		self.clear()
-		return True
-	def drain(self):
-		print('draining pipeline...',len(self))
-		assert self.sent, "Can't drain without sending the requests!"
-		self.sent = False
-		while self.trydrain() is not True:
-			self.c.close()
-			print('drain failed, trying again')
-			time.sleep(1)
-			self.reopen()
-	def trysend(self):
-		for penguin in pipeline:
-			print('fill',penguin.url)
-			try:
-				self.c.request("GET", penguin.url)
-				self.c._HTTPConnection__state = _CS_IDLE
-				penguin.response = self.c.response_class(self.c.sock,
-														 method="GET")
-				# begin LATER so we can send multiple requests w/out response headers
-			except BadStatusLine:
-				return False
-			except HTTPException as e:
-				die(diemessage+' because of a '+repr(e))
-		return True
-	def send(self):
-		if self.sent: return
-		print('filling pipeline...',len(self))
-		while self.trysend() is not True:
-			self.c.close()
-			print('derped resending')
-			time.sleep(1)
-			self.reopen()
-		self.sent = True
-		
-with Pipeline() as pipeline:
-	# two connections is okay, right? one for json, one for preview images
-	c = HTTPConnection(server)
-	def addpage(page):
-		global curskin, pages
-		print("Page: " + str(page))
-		r = 0
-		try:
-			c.request("GET", "/api/get.json.php?getlist&page=" + str(page) + "&outformat=base64")
-			r = c.getresponse()
-		except Exception:
-			if r != 0:
-				if r.status != 200:
-					die("Error", r.status)
-			return
-		
-		data = r.read().decode()
-		l = json.loads(data)
-		if not l["success"]:
-			die("Success != True")
-		r = 0
-		pages = int(l["pages"])
-		foundOne = False
-		for s in l["skins"]:
-			# make sure to increment this, even if the preview exists!
-			curskin = curskin + 1
-			previewbase = "character_" + str(curskin) + "_preview.png"
-			preview = os.path.join(skinsdir, previewbase)
-			if os.path.exists(preview):
-				print('skin',curskin,'already retrieved')
-				continue
-			print('updating skin',curskin,'id',s["id"])
-			foundOne = True
-			@maybeReplace(skinsdir, "character_" + str(curskin) + ".png")
-			def go(f):
-				f.write(base64.b64decode(bytes(s["img"], 'utf-8')))
-				f.close()
-				
-			@maybeReplace(metadir, "character_" + str(curskin) + ".txt",
-						  encoding='utf-8')
-			def go(f):
-				f.write(str(s["name"]) + '\n')
-				f.write(str(s["author"]) + '\n')
-				f.write(str(s["license"]))
-			url = "/skins/1/" + str(s["id"]) + ".png"
-			def closure(skinsdir,previewbase,preview,s):
-				"explanation: python sucks"
-				def tryget(r):
-					print('replacing',s["id"])
-					if r.status != 200:
-						print("Error", r.status)
-						return
-					@replace(skinsdir,previewbase,path=preview)
-					def go(f):
-						shutil.copyfileobj(r,f)
-				return tryget
-					
-			pipeline.append(url,closure(skinsdir,previewbase,preview,s),
-							"Couldn't get {} because of a".format(
-								s["id"]))
-		if not foundOne:
-			print("No skins updated on this page. Seems we're done?")
-			#raise SystemExit
-	addpage(curpage)
-	while pages > curpage:
-		curpage = curpage + 1
-		addpage(curpage)
-	print("Skins have been updated!")
-	
diff --git a/updater/update_skins_db.sh b/updater/update_skins_db.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5bcdaa9..0000000
--- a/updater/update_skins_db.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-####
-# Licenced under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 
-# http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
-#### ATTENTION ####
-## This script requires that jq and coreutils are installed on your system ##
-## In Debian-based distros, open a terminal and run 
-## 	sudo apt-get install jq coreutils
-###################
-
-# == Set variables ===
-# ====================
-NUMPAGES="1"	# Number of pages. Default is 1 page
-PERPAGE="2000"  # Number of items per page. Default is 2000.
-JSONURL="http://minetest.fensta.bplaced.net/api/get.json.php?getlist&page=$NUMPAGES&outformat=base64&per_page=$PERPAGE"	# The URL to the database
-PREVIEWURL="http://minetest.fensta.bplaced.net/skins/1/"	# The url to the location of the previews.
-curpath="$(dirname $0)"		# all path are relative to this script place
-temp="$curpath"/tmp			# Where the temp folder will be. Default is $PWD/tmp, which means that the tmp folder will be put in the current folder
-METADEST="$curpath"/../meta		# This is the folder where the meta data will be saved
-TEXTUREDEST="$curpath"/../textures	# This is the folder where the skins and the previews will be saved
-
-# === Make a bunch of folders and download the db ===
-# ===================================================
-if [ -d "$temp" ]; then
-    rm -r $temp				# If the temp dir exists we will remove it and its contents.
-fi
-mkdir "$temp"				# Make a new temp dir. Redundant? No. We will get rid of it later.
-
-if [ ! -d "$METADEST" ]; then		# Check to see if the meta dir exists, and if not, create it
-  mkdir "$METADEST"
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d "$TEXTUREDEST" ]; then	# Check to see if the textures dir exists, and if not, create it
-  mkdir "$TEXTUREDEST"
-fi
-
-wget "$JSONURL" -O "$temp"/rawdb.txt	# Download the entire database
-
-
-# === Do the JSON thing ===
-# =========================
-i="0" 	# This will be the counter.
-while true; do
-   ID=$(cat "$temp"/rawdb.txt | jq ".skins[$i].id")
-   if [ "$ID" == "null" ]; then
-       break
-   fi
-
-   if [ ! -f "$METADEST"/character_$ID.txt ] || [ "$1" == "all" ]; then
-      # The next lines are kinda complex. sed is being used to strip the quotes from the variables. I had help...
-      meta_name="$(jq ".skins[$i].name" < "$temp"/rawdb.txt | sed 's/^"//;s/"$//')"
-      meta_author="$(jq ".skins[$i].author" <"$temp"/rawdb.txt | sed 's/^"//;s/"$//')"
-      meta_license="$(jq ".skins[$i].license" <"$temp"/rawdb.txt | sed 's/^"//;s/"$//')"
-
-      echo "# $ID name: $meta_name author: $meta_author license: $meta_license"  # Verbosity to show that the script is working.
-
-      echo "$meta_name" > "$METADEST"/character_$ID.txt			# Save the meta data to files, this line overwrites the data inside the file
-      echo "$meta_author"  >> "$METADEST"/character_$ID.txt		# Save the meta data to files, this line is added to the file
-      echo "$meta_license" >> "$METADEST"/character_$ID.txt		# Save the meta data to files, and this line is added to the file as well.
-
-
-      # === Extract and save the image from the JSON file ===
-      # ======================================================
-      skin=$(jq ".skins[$i].img" < "$temp"/rawdb.txt | sed 's/^"//;s/"$//') 	# Strip the quotes from the base64 encoded string
-      echo "$skin" | base64 --decode > "$TEXTUREDEST"/character_"$ID".png	# Decode the string, and save it as a .png file
-
-      # === Download a preview image whilst we're at it ===
-      # ====================================================
-      wget -nv "$PREVIEWURL/$ID".png -O "$TEXTUREDEST"/character_"$ID"_preview.png	# Downloads a preview of the skin that we just saved.
-   else
-      echo -n "."
-   fi
-   i=$[$i+1] 	# Increase the counter by one.
-done
-
-# === Now we'll clean up the mess ===
-# ===================================
-rm -r "$temp"	# Remove the temp dir and its contents.
-
-exit # Not strictly needed, but i like to use it to wrap things up.