diff --git a/cli_install.sh b/cli_install.sh
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--- a/cli_install.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Copyright 2018 Adobe. All rights reserved.
-# This file is licensed to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
-# of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under
-# the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS
-# OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language
-# governing permissions and limitations under the License.
-
-# determine latest version
-
-# avoid github api, see https://github.com/adobe/helix-cli/issues/400
-#version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/adobe/helix-cli/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' | cut -d\" -f4)
-#download_url=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/adobe/helix-cli/releases/latest | grep 'browser_download_url' | cut -d\" -f4)
-
-release_url=$(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} https://github.com/adobe/helix-cli/releases/latest && echo)
-version="${release_url##*/}"
-download_url=https://github.com/adobe/helix-cli/releases/download/${version}/hlx_install.sh
-
-echo
-echo "downloading hlx installer $version ..."
-echo 
-
-# download hlx_install.sh from latest release
-curl -OL ${download_url}
-
-echo
-echo "running hlx installer $version ..."
-echo 
-
-# set executable bit
-chmod +x hlx_install.sh
-# run installer
-./hlx_install.sh
-# cleanup
-rm hlx_install.sh