diff --git a/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.cpp b/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.cpp
index 392bec4d..2403c835 100644
--- a/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.cpp
+++ b/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.cpp
@@ -660,12 +660,6 @@ bool CDialogInstall::ReadOptions(const WCHAR* file)
 
 bool CDialogInstall::InstallPackage()
 {
-	if (IsPackageBlacklisted())
-	{
-		m_ErrorMessage = L"This package has been identified as malware by the Rainmeter Team and will not be installed.";
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	if ((!m_MergeSkins && m_BackupSkins) || m_BackupPackage)
 	{
 		// Move skins into backup folder
@@ -957,52 +951,6 @@ UINT __stdcall CDialogInstall::InstallThread(void* pParam)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-bool CDialogInstall::IsPackageBlacklisted()
-{
-	std::string fileName = ConvertToAscii(PathFindFileName(m_PackageFileName.c_str()));
-	const char* fileNameSz = fileName.c_str();
-
-	const char* regex = "(?siU)^.*_by_([0-9A-Za-z\\-]+)-d[0-9a-z]{6}\\.rmskin$";
-	const char* error;
-	int errorOffset;
-	pcre* re = pcre_compile(regex, PCRE_UTF8, &error, &errorOffset, NULL);
-
-	int offsets[6];
-	bool match = pcre_exec(re, NULL, fileNameSz, fileName.length(), 0, 0, offsets, _countof(offsets)) == 2;
-	pcre_free(re);
-	if (!match)
-	{
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	bool isBlacklisted = false;
-
-	// Author is the 2nd substring
-	std::string author(fileNameSz + offsets[2], offsets[3] - offsets[2]);
-	std::wstring url = L"http://blacklist.rainmeter.googlecode.com/git/user/" + ConvertToWide(author.c_str());
-
-	HINTERNET internet = InternetOpen(L"Mozilla/5.0", INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, NULL, NULL, 0);
-	if (internet)
-	{
-		DWORD openFlags = INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES | INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI;
-		HINTERNET internetUrl = InternetOpenUrl(internet, url.c_str(), NULL, 0, openFlags, 0);
-		if (internetUrl)
-		{
-			DWORD queryFlags = HTTP_QUERY_STATUS_CODE | HTTP_QUERY_FLAG_NUMBER;
-			DWORD statusCode;
-			DWORD size = sizeof(DWORD);
-			BOOL query = HttpQueryInfo(internetUrl, queryFlags, &statusCode, &size, NULL);
-			InternetCloseHandle(internetUrl);
-
-			isBlacklisted = query && statusCode == HTTP_STATUS_OK;
-		}
-
-		InternetCloseHandle(internet);
-	}
-
-	return isBlacklisted;
-}
-
 void CDialogInstall::KeepVariables()
 {
 	WCHAR keyname[32767];	// Max size returned by GetPrivateProfileSection
diff --git a/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.h b/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.h
index 869a5273..c03286fa 100644
--- a/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.h
+++ b/SkinInstaller/DialogInstall.h
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ private:
 	static UINT __stdcall InstallThread(void* pParam);
 	bool ExtractCurrentFile(const std::wstring& fileName);
 
-	bool IsPackageBlacklisted();
-
 	void LaunchRainmeter();
 	void KeepVariables();