2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index c1452b70b1ed..b7e5858242d4 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Generated by mksrcinfo v8
-# Fri Dec 22 10:40:15 UTC 2017
+# Fri Dec 22 10:41:05 UTC 2017
 pkgbase = cocos2d-x-src
 	pkgdesc = Cocos2D-X is a game engine that supports multiple platforms such as iOS, Android, WinXP/7/8, WP8, BlackBerry, MeeGo, Marmelade, WebOS, Mac OS X
 	pkgver = 3.16
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 659f03abccfa..b43d9092a290 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -118,8 +118,11 @@ sha256sums=(
 
 prepare() {
 	cd "$srcdir"/$_appname-$pkgver
-	chmod +x "download-deps.py"
-	python2 "download-deps.py" -r yes
+
+	# Note: Disabled downloading external dependencies since they are included
+	# with Cocos2D-X.  On some releases this might be needed:
+	#chmod +x "download-deps.py"
+	#python2 "download-deps.py" -r yes
 }