diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64c1d38aaa..be87139b26 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "build:compile": "babel --source-maps -d lib src",
     "build:bundle": "NODE_ENV=production webpack -p lib/vector/index.js vector/bundle.js",
     "build:bundle:dev": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --optimize-occurence-order lib/vector/index.js vector/bundle.js",
-    "build:staticfiles": "scripts/staticfiles.js",
+    "build:staticfiles": "cpx -v node_modules/olm/olm.js vector/",
     "build": "npm run build:staticfiles && npm run build:emojione && npm run build:css && npm run build:compile && npm run build:bundle",
     "build:dev": "npm run build:staticfiles && npm run build:emojione && npm run build:css && npm run build:compile && npm run build:bundle:dev",
     "package": "scripts/package.sh",
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
     "start:js": "webpack -w src/vector/index.js vector/bundle.js",
     "start:js:prod": "NODE_ENV=production webpack -w src/vector/index.js vector/bundle.js",
     "start:skins:css": "catw \"src/skins/vector/css/**/*.css\" -o vector/components.css",
+    "start:staticfiles": "cpx -Lwv node_modules/olm/olm.js vector/",
     "//cache": "Note the -c 1 below due to https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=508270",
-    "start": "parallelshell \"npm run build:staticfiles\" \"npm run start:emojione\" \"npm run start:js\" \"npm run start:skins:css\" \"http-server -c 1 vector\"",
-    "start:prod": "parallelshell \"npm run build:staticfiles\" \"npm run start:emojione\" \"npm run start:js:prod\" \"npm run start:skins:css\" \"http-server -c 1 vector\"",
+    "start": "parallelshell \"npm run start:staticfiles\" \"npm run start:emojione\" \"npm run start:js\" \"npm run start:skins:css\" \"http-server -c 1 vector\"",
+    "start:prod": "parallelshell \"npm run start:staticfiles\" \"npm run start:emojione\" \"npm run start:js:prod\" \"npm run start:skins:css\" \"http-server -c 1 vector\"",
     "clean": "rimraf lib vector/olm.js vector/bundle.css vector/bundle.js vector/bundle.js.map vector/webpack.css* vector/emojione",
     "prepublish": "npm run build:css && npm run build:compile",
     "test": "karma start --single-run=true --autoWatch=false --browsers PhantomJS --colors=false",
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');
-}