diff --git a/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/inet/urltransfer.d b/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/inet/urltransfer.d
deleted file mode 100644
index c5ced6f..0000000
--- a/source/dub/internal/vibecompat/inet/urltransfer.d
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/**
-	Downloading and uploading of data from/to URLs.
-
-	Copyright: © 2012 RejectedSoftware e.K.
-	License: Subject to the terms of the MIT license, as written in the included LICENSE.txt file.
-	Authors: Sönke Ludwig
-*/
-module dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.urltransfer;
-
-import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.log;
-import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file;
-import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.url;
-
-import std.exception;
-import std.net.curl;
-import std.string;
-
-
-/**
-	Downloads a file from the specified URL.
-
-	Any redirects will be followed until the actual file resource is reached or if the redirection
-	limit of 10 is reached. Note that only HTTP(S) is currently supported.
-*/
-void download(string url, string filename)
-{
-	auto conn = HTTP();
-	static if( is(typeof(&conn.verifyPeer)) )
-		conn.verifyPeer = false;
-	std.net.curl.download(url, filename, conn);
-}
-
-/// ditto
-void download(Url url, Path filename)
-{
-	download(url.toString(), filename.toNativeString());
-}
diff --git a/source/dub/packagesupplier.d b/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
index 19559d2..bc60d12 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.core.file;
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.data.json;
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.url;
-import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.urltransfer;
 import dub.utils;
 
 import std.file;
diff --git a/source/dub/registry.d b/source/dub/registry.d
index 2c80cb6..21b7801 100644
--- a/source/dub/registry.d
+++ b/source/dub/registry.d
Binary files differ
diff --git a/source/dub/utils.d b/source/dub/utils.d
index 0222f40..8bb3b78 100644
--- a/source/dub/utils.d
+++ b/source/dub/utils.d
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@
 import dub.internal.vibecompat.inet.url;
 
 // todo: cleanup imports.
-import std.array;
-import std.file;
-import std.exception;
 import std.algorithm;
-import std.zip;
-import std.typecons;
+import std.array;
 import std.conv;
+import std.exception;
+import std.file;
+import std.net.curl;
+import std.typecons;
+import std.zip;
 
 
 package bool isEmptyDir(Path p) {
@@ -83,3 +84,24 @@
 		enforce(exitcode == 0, "Command failed with exit code "~to!string(exitcode));
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+	Downloads a file from the specified URL.
+
+	Any redirects will be followed until the actual file resource is reached or if the redirection
+	limit of 10 is reached. Note that only HTTP(S) is currently supported.
+*/
+void download(string url, string filename)
+{
+	auto conn = HTTP();
+	static if( is(typeof(&conn.verifyPeer)) )
+		conn.verifyPeer = false;
+	conn.addRequestHeader("User-Agent", "dub/0.7.13 (std.net.curl; +https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/dub)");
+	std.net.curl.download(url, filename, conn);
+}
+
+/// ditto
+void download(Url url, Path filename)
+{
+	download(url.toString(), filename.toNativeString());
+}