diff --git a/electron.gyp b/electron.gyp
index f4172866c047..2abf7ce58147 100644
--- a/electron.gyp
+++ b/electron.gyp
@@ -157,9 +157,6 @@
                 '<(libchromiumcontent_dir)/snapshot_blob.bin',
                 'external_binaries/d3dcompiler_47.dll',
                 'external_binaries/xinput1_3.dll',
-                'external_binaries/msvcp140.dll',
-                'external_binaries/vccorlib140.dll',
-                'external_binaries/vcruntime140.dll',
               ],
             },
           ],
diff --git a/script/create-dist.py b/script/create-dist.py
index 56a42e794e44..4601f6df564d 100755
--- a/script/create-dist.py
+++ b/script/create-dist.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ TARGET_BINARIES = {
     'icudtl.dat',
     'libEGL.dll',
     'libGLESv2.dll',
-    'msvcp140.dll',
     'ffmpeg.dll',
     'node.dll',
     'content_resources_200_percent.pak',
@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@ TARGET_BINARIES = {
     'xinput1_3.dll',
     'natives_blob.bin',
     'snapshot_blob.bin',
-    'vccorlib140.dll',
-    'vcruntime140.dll',
   ],
   'linux': [
     PROJECT_NAME,  # 'electron'
diff --git a/script/update-external-binaries.py b/script/update-external-binaries.py
index 35e6325adfae..c70860707e86 100755
--- a/script/update-external-binaries.py
+++ b/script/update-external-binaries.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def main():
     download_and_unzip('Squirrel')
   elif sys.platform in ['cygwin', 'win32']:
     download_and_unzip('directxsdk-' + get_target_arch())
-    download_and_unzip('vs2015-crt-' + get_target_arch())
 
   with open(version_file, 'w') as f:
     f.write(VERSION)