diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
index 08b76b31..01b75d7c 100644
--- a/Brewfile
+++ b/Brewfile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-brew 'carthage'
 brew 'coreutils'
 brew 'gnu-sed'
 brew 'libtool'
diff --git a/Cartfile b/Cartfile
deleted file mode 100644
index c1070964..00000000
--- a/Cartfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-github "sindresorhus/github-markdown-css" == 5.0.0
diff --git a/Cartfile.resolved b/Cartfile.resolved
deleted file mode 100644
index fc879c89..00000000
--- a/Cartfile.resolved
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-github "sindresorhus/github-markdown-css" "v5.0.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34bea06f..f7cb49ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ git submodule update
 xcode-select --install # install the Xcode command line tools, if you haven't already
 brew bundle
 
-clean=true notarize=false use_carthage_cache=false ./bin/build_vimr.sh
+clean=true notarize=false ./bin/build_vimr.sh
 # VimR.app will be placed in ./build/Build/Products/Release/
 ```
 
diff --git a/VimR/VimR.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/VimR/VimR.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index eb64f629..0650ce26 100644
--- a/VimR/VimR.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/VimR/VimR.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "cp ${SRCROOT}/../Carthage/Checkouts/github-markdown-css/github-markdown.css ${SRCROOT}/VimR/markdown/\n";
+			shellScript = "${SRCROOT}/../bin/setup_markdown_css.sh\n";
 		};
 /* End PBXShellScriptBuildPhase section */
 
diff --git a/VimR/VimR/Base.lproj/Credits.rtf b/VimR/VimR/Base.lproj/Credits.rtf
index d25d8652..532eec05 100644
--- a/VimR/VimR/Base.lproj/Credits.rtf
+++ b/VimR/VimR/Base.lproj/Credits.rtf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2638
+{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2758
 \cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;\f1\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica-Bold;}
 {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
 {\*\expandedcolortbl;;}
@@ -120,8 +120,4 @@ By:
 \f1\b Nimble
 \f0\b0 \
 	{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://github.com/Quick/Nimble"}}{\fldrslt https://github.com/Quick/Nimble}}\
-\
-	
-\f1\b Carthage
-\f0\b0 \
-	{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage"}}{\fldrslt https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage}}}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/build_nightly.sh b/bin/build_nightly.sh
index d11af455..5486c1af 100755
--- a/bin/build_nightly.sh
+++ b/bin/build_nightly.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 readonly notarize=${notarize:?"true or false"}
-readonly use_carthage_cache=${use_carthage_cache:?"true or false"}
 readonly clean=${clean:?"true or false"}
 
 main () {
diff --git a/bin/build_release.sh b/bin/build_release.sh
index dc2bd02c..4a6bbaa7 100755
--- a/bin/build_release.sh
+++ b/bin/build_release.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ build_release() {
     fi
   popd >/dev/null
 
-  clean=true notarize=true use_carthage_cache=false ./bin/build_vimr.sh
+  clean=true notarize=true ./bin/build_vimr.sh
 
   pushd "${build_folder_path}" >/dev/null
     tar cjf "VimR-${marketing_version}.tar.bz2" VimR.app
diff --git a/bin/build_vimr.sh b/bin/build_vimr.sh
index d158ba60..e4d52dda 100755
--- a/bin/build_vimr.sh
+++ b/bin/build_vimr.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 readonly strip_symbols=${strip_symbols:-true}
 readonly notarize=${notarize:?"true or false"}
-readonly use_carthage_cache=${use_carthage_cache:?"true or false"}
 readonly clean=${clean:?"true or false"}
 
 prepare_nvimserver() {
@@ -29,14 +28,6 @@ prepare_nvimserver() {
 build_vimr() {
   local -r build_path=$1
 
-  # Carthage often crashes => do it at the beginning.
-  echo "### Updating carthage"
-  if [[ "${use_carthage_cache}" == true ]]; then
-    carthage update --cache-builds --platform macos
-  else
-    carthage update --platform macos
-  fi
-
   echo "### Xcodebuilding"
   rm -rf "${build_path}"
   if [[ "${clean}" == true ]]; then  
diff --git a/bin/setup_markdown_css.sh b/bin/setup_markdown_css.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..553f7d7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/setup_markdown_css.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+readonly version="5.0.0"
+readonly url="https://github.com/sindresorhus/github-markdown-css/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+readonly ref_md5="91db7943196075d6790c76fa184591d0"
+
+main() {
+  pushd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." >/dev/null
+
+  local existing_md5; existing_md5="$(md5 -q ./VimR/VimR/markdown/github-markdown.css || echo "no file")"; readonly existing_md5
+  if [[ "${existing_md5}" == "${ref_md5}" ]]; then
+    echo "### CSS already exists, exiting"
+    popd >/dev/null
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
+  echo "### Downloading CSS and copying"
+  local temp_dir; temp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"; readonly temp_dir
+  echo "${temp_dir}"
+
+  pushd "${temp_dir}" >/dev/null
+    curl -s -L "${url}" -o "css.tar.gz"
+    tar -xf css.tar.gz
+  popd >/dev/null
+
+  cp "${temp_dir}/github-markdown-css-${version}/github-markdown.css" ./VimR/VimR/markdown
+
+  popd >/dev/null
+}
+
+main
+