diff --git a/autobuild.xml b/autobuild.xml
index d7727190340562267c0ad24b251adefed3a60454..7488b816ec6d55280cef1521a66fb991691f3808 100755
--- a/autobuild.xml
+++ b/autobuild.xml
@@ -87,60 +87,6 @@
         <key>version</key>
         <string>1.4.5.297252</string>
       </map>
-      <key>ares</key>
-      <map>
-        <key>copyright</key>
-        <string>Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</string>
-        <key>description</key>
-        <string>C-ares, an asynchronous resolver library.</string>
-        <key>license</key>
-        <string>c-ares</string>
-        <key>license_file</key>
-        <string>LICENSES/c-ares.txt</string>
-        <key>name</key>
-        <string>ares</string>
-        <key>platforms</key>
-        <map>
-          <key>darwin</key>
-          <map>
-            <key>archive</key>
-            <map>
-              <key>hash</key>
-              <string>637b4996f703f3e5bf835d847fc4cb81</string>
-              <key>url</key>
-              <string>http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/ares_3p-update-ares/rev/295506/arch/Darwin/installer/ares-1.10.0.295506-darwin-295506.tar.bz2</string>
-            </map>
-            <key>name</key>
-            <string>darwin</string>
-          </map>
-          <key>linux</key>
-          <map>
-            <key>archive</key>
-            <map>
-              <key>hash</key>
-              <string>7771d3653a0daf22d35bf96055d02d9a</string>
-              <key>url</key>
-              <string>http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/ares_3p-update-ares/rev/295506/arch/Linux/installer/ares-1.10.0.295506-linux-295506.tar.bz2</string>
-            </map>
-            <key>name</key>
-            <string>linux</string>
-          </map>
-          <key>windows</key>
-          <map>
-            <key>archive</key>
-            <map>
-              <key>hash</key>
-              <string>f044de05e704d3f3fb6934adf42447c2</string>
-              <key>url</key>
-              <string>http://automated-builds-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com/hg/repo/ares_3p-update-ares/rev/295506/arch/CYGWIN/installer/ares-1.10.0.295506-windows-295506.tar.bz2</string>
-            </map>
-            <key>name</key>
-            <string>windows</string>
-          </map>
-        </map>
-        <key>version</key>
-        <string>1.10.0.295506</string>
-      </map>
       <key>boost</key>
       <map>
         <key>copyright</key>
diff --git a/indra/cmake/00-COMPILE-LINK-RUN.txt b/indra/cmake/00-COMPILE-LINK-RUN.txt
index 49b899c50dd1dac56328556ca1c4a0ffdb6be83d..162b22865ca4b9723ded9fc868601a3f8be2be24 100644
--- a/indra/cmake/00-COMPILE-LINK-RUN.txt
+++ b/indra/cmake/00-COMPILE-LINK-RUN.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Compilation
                    WINVER=0x0501                 "                   "
                    _WIN32_WINNT=0x0501           "                   "
                    LL_OS_DRAGDROP_ENABLED=1      "                   "
-                   CARES_STATICLIB               "                   "
                    LIB_NDOF=1                    "                   "
 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ Compilation
                                          DEBUG_INFO=1
                    LL_DARWIN=1                   "                   "
                    LL_OS_DRAGDROP_ENABLED=1      "                   "
-                   CARES_STATICLIB               "                   "
                    LIB_NDOF=1                    "                   "
 
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/indra/cmake/CARes.cmake b/indra/cmake/CARes.cmake
deleted file mode 100755
index baa55aa49dca5120c7a1e8c59454630cc42a4683..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/indra/cmake/CARes.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# -*- cmake -*-
-include(Linking)
-include(Prebuilt)
-
-set(CARES_FIND_QUIETLY ON)
-set(CARES_FIND_REQUIRED ON)
-
-if (USESYSTEMLIBS)
-  include(FindCARes)
-else (USESYSTEMLIBS)
-    use_prebuilt_binary(ares)
-    add_definitions("-DCARES_STATICLIB")
-    if (WINDOWS)
-        set(CARES_LIBRARIES areslib)
-    elseif (DARWIN)
-       set(CARES_LIBRARIES cares)
-    else (WINDOWS)
-        set(CARES_LIBRARIES cares)
-    endif (WINDOWS)
-    set(CARES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LIBS_PREBUILT_DIR}/include/ares)
-endif (USESYSTEMLIBS)
diff --git a/indra/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 40d7af8aab0f5d466c9f5548682fc3520a62bbd9..d700c7fd99ff5bd4ee48dc6295b0af1cb7d9599a 100755
--- a/indra/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ set(cmake_SOURCE_FILES
     BerkeleyDB.cmake
     Boost.cmake
     BuildVersion.cmake
-    CARes.cmake
     CMakeCopyIfDifferent.cmake
     ConfigurePkgConfig.cmake
     CURL.cmake
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ set(cmake_SOURCE_FILES
     FindAPR.cmake
     FindAutobuild.cmake
     FindBerkeleyDB.cmake
-    FindCARes.cmake
     FindFMODEX.cmake
     FindGLH.cmake
     FindGoogleBreakpad.cmake
diff --git a/indra/cmake/FindCARes.cmake b/indra/cmake/FindCARes.cmake
deleted file mode 100755
index 1ed5b32913587a5c930586d0788a16b8a7a2554f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/indra/cmake/FindCARes.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# -*- cmake -*-
-
-# - Find c-ares
-# Find the c-ares includes and library
-# This module defines
-#  CARES_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find ares.h, etc.
-#  CARES_LIBRARIES, the libraries needed to use c-ares.
-#  CARES_FOUND, If false, do not try to use c-ares.
-# also defined, but not for general use are
-#  CARES_LIBRARY, where to find the c-ares library.
-
-FIND_PATH(CARES_INCLUDE_DIR ares.h
-/usr/local/include
-/usr/include
-)
-
-SET(CARES_NAMES ${CARES_NAMES} cares)
-FIND_LIBRARY(CARES_LIBRARY
-  NAMES ${CARES_NAMES}
-  PATHS /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
-  )
-
-IF (CARES_LIBRARY AND CARES_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    SET(CARES_LIBRARIES ${CARES_LIBRARY})
-    SET(CARES_FOUND "YES")
-ELSE (CARES_LIBRARY AND CARES_INCLUDE_DIR)
-  SET(CARES_FOUND "NO")
-ENDIF (CARES_LIBRARY AND CARES_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-
-IF (CARES_FOUND)
-   IF (NOT CARES_FIND_QUIETLY)
-      MESSAGE(STATUS "Found c-ares: ${CARES_LIBRARIES}")
-   ENDIF (NOT CARES_FIND_QUIETLY)
-ELSE (CARES_FOUND)
-   IF (CARES_FIND_REQUIRED)
-      MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find c-ares library")
-   ENDIF (CARES_FIND_REQUIRED)
-ENDIF (CARES_FOUND)
-
-# Deprecated declarations.
-SET (NATIVE_CARES_INCLUDE_PATH ${CARES_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT (NATIVE_CARES_LIB_PATH ${CARES_LIBRARY} PATH)
-
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
-  CARES_LIBRARY
-  CARES_INCLUDE_DIR
-  )
diff --git a/indra/cmake/LLCoreHttp.cmake b/indra/cmake/LLCoreHttp.cmake
index cc2e32e8b14c444712f195adf5345376d8b319c0..379ae207ded3da735c9de36bc7d7bf8a0983bfcf 100755
--- a/indra/cmake/LLCoreHttp.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/LLCoreHttp.cmake
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # -*- cmake -*-
 
-include(CARes)
 include(CURL)
 include(OpenSSL)
 include(Boost)
 
 set(LLCOREHTTP_INCLUDE_DIRS
     ${LIBS_OPEN_DIR}/llcorehttp
-    ${CARES_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIRS}
diff --git a/indra/cmake/LLMessage.cmake b/indra/cmake/LLMessage.cmake
index 0143d04fd76f55cf5df0a17c0afe9d7fa1dea8db..7be53ec0ec3441a7534b27f70af158f88c69757d 100755
--- a/indra/cmake/LLMessage.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/LLMessage.cmake
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # -*- cmake -*-
 
-include(CARes)
 include(CURL)
 include(OpenSSL)
 include(XmlRpcEpi)
 
 set(LLMESSAGE_INCLUDE_DIRS
     ${LIBS_OPEN_DIR}/llmessage
-    ${CARES_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
diff --git a/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt
index 161823079bd02f3a77a71cbf6280ce068b67fc0e..4aecf61bd7a3df07b3f56f4db029bf666cf5c3da 100755
--- a/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/llcorehttp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ project(llcorehttp)
 include(00-Common)
 include(GoogleMock)
 include(CURL)
-include(CARes)
 include(OpenSSL)
 include(ZLIB)
 include(LLCoreHttp)
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ add_library (llcorehttp ${llcorehttp_SOURCE_FILES})
 target_link_libraries(
   llcorehttp
   ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
-  ${CARES_LIBRARIES}
   ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
   ${CRYPTO_LIBRARIES}
   ${BOOST_THREAD_LIBRARY}
@@ -129,7 +127,6 @@ if (LL_TESTS)
       ${LLCOMMON_LIBRARIES}
       ${GOOGLEMOCK_LIBRARIES}
       ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
-      ${CARES_LIBRARIES}
       ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
       ${CRYPTO_LIBRARIES}
       ${BOOST_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
@@ -161,7 +158,6 @@ if (LL_TESTS)
       ${LLCOMMON_LIBRARIES}
       ${GOOGLEMOCK_LIBRARIES}
       ${CURL_LIBRARIES}
-      ${CARES_LIBRARIES}
       ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
       ${CRYPTO_LIBRARIES}
       ${BOOST_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/indra/llmessage/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/llmessage/CMakeLists.txt
index 5877c4a8e42a8c497dff2d7620e4307f40b2f904..78c84f366a1d95b4a816e5a70a6ccab635386f8f 100755
--- a/indra/llmessage/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/llmessage/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ${LLCOMMON_LIBRARIES}
   ${LLVFS_LIBRARIES}
   ${LLMATH_LIBRARIES}
-  ${CARES_LIBRARIES}
   ${JSONCPP_LIBRARIES}
   ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
   ${CRYPTO_LIBRARIES}