diff -Naur orig/setup.py runthis-sphinxext-0.0.3/setup.py
--- orig/setup.py	2020-04-12 09:49:35.913262980 +0200
+++ runthis-sphinxext-0.0.3/setup.py	2020-04-12 09:50:19.297293997 +0200
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@
     client_fname = os.path.join("runthis", f"runthis-client-{CLIENT_VERSION}.min.js")
     url = f"https://github.com/regro/runthis-client/releases/download/{CLIENT_VERSION}/sha256.txt"
     sha256_fname = f"sha256-{CLIENT_VERSION}.txt"
-    if not os.path.isfile(sha256_fname):
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as f:
-            b = f.read()
-        with open(sha256_fname, "wb") as f:
-            f.write(b)
     # make checksum mapping
     with open(sha256_fname) as f:
         data = f.read()
@@ -57,7 +52,6 @@
     with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.md"), "r") as f:
         readme = f.read()
     # make sure we have the client with the correct version avialable
-    download_client()
     checksum_client()
     copy_client()
     # actually install