diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 56dc7ee26f..64c1d38aaa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
     "gfm.css": "^1.1.1",
     "highlight.js": "^9.0.0",
     "linkifyjs": "^2.0.0-beta.4",
-    "matrix-js-sdk": "0.5.5",
-    "matrix-react-sdk": "0.6.4-r1",
+    "matrix-js-sdk": "matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk#develop",
+    "matrix-react-sdk": "matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#develop",
     "modernizr": "^3.1.0",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
     "react": "^15.2.1",
diff --git a/scripts/staticfiles.js b/scripts/staticfiles.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 3dbf451cd3..0000000000
--- a/scripts/staticfiles.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-// copy static files from node_modules to the vector directory
-//
-
-var fs = require('fs-extra');
-
-function exists(f) {
-    try {
-        fs.statSync(f);
-        return true;
-    } catch(e) {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-const olm = 'node_modules/olm/olm.js';
-if (exists(olm)) {
-    console.log("copy", olm, "-> vector");
-    fs.copySync(olm, 'vector/olm.js');
-}