diff --git a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
index 5cee88ca3214e41990cdd320b11d3f1189254e3c..57539077fac941136eeb84b4fa5a6ce770a4bac8 100755
--- a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
+++ b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ def construct(self):
             self.path(src='%s/secondlife-bin.exe' % self.args['configuration'], dst=self.final_exe())
 
             # include the compiled launcher scripts so that it gets included in the file_list
-            self.path(src='%s/download_update.exe' % vmpdir, dst="download_update.exe")
             self.path(src='%s/SL_Launcher.exe' % vmpdir, dst="SL_Launcher.exe")
 
             #IUM is not normally executed directly, just imported.  No exe needed.
@@ -697,7 +696,6 @@ def package_finish(self):
         # note that the enclosing setup exe is signed later, after the makensis makes it.
         # Unlike the viewer binary, the VMP filenames are invariant with respect to version, os, etc.
         for exe in (
-            "download_update.exe",
             "SL_Launcher.exe",
             ):
             self.sign(exe)