diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c224fb2..d5f6d1a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ if [int(i) for i in setuptools_version.split('.', 2)[:2]] < [3, 3]:
 
 
 def download_library(command):
+    # we will use the custom libsecp256k1 recipe
+    return
     if command.dry_run:
         return
     libdir = absolute('libsecp256k1')
