diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Api/ChanSort.Api.csproj b/source/ChanSort.Api/ChanSort.Api.csproj
index 3d315a1..8dd499d 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Api/ChanSort.Api.csproj
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Api/ChanSort.Api.csproj
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
       <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Utils\DelegateComparer.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Utils\DependencyChecker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utils\FileAssociation.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Utils\Crc16.cs" />
     <Compile Include="View\View.cs" />
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Api/Utils/DependencyChecker.cs b/source/ChanSort.Api/Utils/DependencyChecker.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 21dad11..0000000
--- a/source/ChanSort.Api/Utils/DependencyChecker.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-
-namespace ChanSort.Api
-{
-  public static class DepencencyChecker
-  {
-    public static bool IsVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed()
-    {
-      object value = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\VC\VCRedist\x86",
-                                        "Installed", null);
-      return value != null && Convert.ToInt32(value) == 1;
-    }
-
-    public static void AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed()
-    {
-      if (!IsVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed())
-        throw new FileLoadException("Please download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)");
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ChannelDb/ChannelDbSerializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ChannelDb/ChannelDbSerializer.cs
index ec329c3..90e53c8 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ChannelDb/ChannelDbSerializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ChannelDb/ChannelDbSerializer.cs
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.Hisense.ChannelDb
 
     public ChannelDbSerializer(string inputFile) : base(inputFile)
     {
-      DepencencyChecker.AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed();
-
       this.Features.ChannelNameEdit = ChannelNameEditMode.All;
       this.Features.DeleteMode = DeleteMode.NotSupported;
       this.Features.CanSkipChannels = false;
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ServicelistDb/ServicelistDbSerializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ServicelistDb/ServicelistDbSerializer.cs
index fad8ba7..008eb94 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ServicelistDb/ServicelistDbSerializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Hisense/ServicelistDb/ServicelistDbSerializer.cs
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.Hisense.ServicelistDb
 
     public ServicelistDbSerializer(string inputFile) : base(inputFile)
     {
-      DepencencyChecker.AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed();
-
       Features.ChannelNameEdit = ChannelNameEditMode.All;
       Features.DeleteMode = DeleteMode.FlagWithPrNr;
       Features.CanSkipChannels = true;
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Panasonic/Serializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Panasonic/Serializer.cs
index 7710131..ab17177 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Panasonic/Serializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Panasonic/Serializer.cs
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.Panasonic
     #region ctor()
     public Serializer(string inputFile) : base(inputFile)
     {
-      DepencencyChecker.AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed();      
-
       this.Features.ChannelNameEdit = ChannelNameEditMode.None; // due to the chaos with binary data inside the "sname" string column, writing back a name has undesired side effects
       this.Features.DeleteMode = DeleteMode.Physically;
       this.Features.CanSkipChannels = true;
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Philips/BinarySerializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Philips/BinarySerializer.cs
index 040d4f3..d1553d5 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Philips/BinarySerializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Philips/BinarySerializer.cs
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.Philips
       this.chanLstBin.Load(this.FileName, msg => this.logMessages.AppendLine(msg));
       this.dataFilePaths.Add(this.FileName);
 
-      if (chanLstBin.VersionMajor >= 25 && chanLstBin.VersionMajor <= 45) // need VC2010 Redist for the SQLite library
-        DepencencyChecker.AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed();
-
       var dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(this.FileName) ?? "";
       var channellib = Path.Combine(dir, "channellib");
       var s2channellib = Path.Combine(dir, "s2channellib");
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Samsung/Zip/DbSerializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Samsung/Zip/DbSerializer.cs
index 27c2de6..973b830 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Samsung/Zip/DbSerializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Samsung/Zip/DbSerializer.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.Samsung.Zip
     #region ctor()
     public DbSerializer(string inputFile) : base(inputFile)
     {
-      DepencencyChecker.AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed();      
-
       this.Features.ChannelNameEdit = ChannelNameEditMode.All;
       this.Features.DeleteMode = DeleteMode.Physically;
       this.Features.CanSkipChannels = true;
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/ChmgtDbSerializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/ChmgtDbSerializer.cs
index 7521857..bf12671 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/ChmgtDbSerializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/ChmgtDbSerializer.cs
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba
 
     public ChmgtDbSerializer(string inputFile) : base(inputFile)
     {
-      DepencencyChecker.AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed();
-
       Features.ChannelNameEdit = ChannelNameEditMode.All;
       Features.DeleteMode = DeleteMode.Physically;
       Features.CanSkipChannels = false;
diff --git a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/SettingsDbSerializer.cs b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/SettingsDbSerializer.cs
index d6ecdf0..5ae3115 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/SettingsDbSerializer.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba/SettingsDbSerializer.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Loader.Toshiba
     #region ctor()
     public SettingsDbSerializer(string inputFile) : base(inputFile)
     {
-      DepencencyChecker.AssertVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed();      
-
       this.Features.ChannelNameEdit = ChannelNameEditMode.All;
       this.Features.DeleteMode = DeleteMode.Physically;
       this.Features.CanSkipChannels = false;
diff --git a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
index 2b29bd8..8c2fbc6 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
@@ -141,23 +141,6 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui
 
     private void InitAppAfterMainWindowWasShown()
     {
-      if (!DepencencyChecker.IsVc2010RedistPackageX86Installed())
-      {
-        if (XtraMessageBox.Show(this,
-              "Some channel list file formats can only be read when the\n" +
-              "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) is installed.\n" +
-              "\nDo you want to open the download page and quit ChanSort?",
-              "ChanSort",
-              MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
-              MessageBoxIcon.Question,
-              MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1) == DialogResult.Yes)
-        {
-          System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555");
-          Application.Exit();
-          return;
-        }
-      }
-
       if (Config.Default.CheckForUpdates)
         this.BeginInvoke((Action) UpdateCheck.CheckForNewVersion);
     }