diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8cd656b9f6..a28f97764f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ install:
   - cd far && for /f "tokens=1,2,4 delims=, " %%i in ('tools\m4 -P farversion.inc.m4') do appveyor UpdateBuild -Version %%i.%%j.%%k.%APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER% && cd ..
   #clone NetBox
   - git clone https://github.com/FarGroup/Far-NetBox.git
-  #clone and build Colorer-schemes
-  - git clone https://github.com/colorer/Colorer-schemes.git
-  - cd Colorer-schemes
-  - appveyor-retry choco install ant --ignore-dependencies
-  - set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0
-  - build.cmd base.far.clean
-  - build.cmd base.far
-  - cd ..
-  #clone FarColorer
-  - git clone https://github.com/colorer/FarColorer.git --branch build-from-far --recursive
   #set locale to russian, needed for chm generation
   - ps: Set-WinSystemLocale -SystemLocale ru-RU
   - ps: Start-Sleep -s 5
@@ -127,28 +117,13 @@ build_script:
   - copy /Y Far-NetBox\*.md ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\NetBox
   - copy /Y Far-NetBox\LICENSE.txt ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\NetBox
   #build FarColorer
-  - set PROJECT_ROOT=%APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\FarColorer
-  - set PROJECT_CONFIG=%configuration%
-  - set PROJECT_BUILD=Build
-  - set PROJECT_CONF=%platform%
-  - set PROJECT_PLATFORM=Win32
-  - set COLORER_WIN64_BUILD=ON
-  - if "%platform%" == "x64" set PROJECT_PLATFORM=x64
-  - if "%platform%" == "x64" set COLORER_WIN64_BUILD=OFF
-  - cd FarColorer
-  - mkdir build\%configuration%\%platform%
-  - cd build\%configuration%\%platform%
-  - cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%PROJECT_CONFIG% -D COLORER_WIN64_BUILD=%COLORER_WIN64_BUILD% %PROJECT_ROOT%
-  - nmake
-  - cd ..\..\..\..
-  - mkdir ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer\base
-  - xcopy /e /q /y /k Colorer-schemes\build\basefar\* ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer\base
-  - mkdir ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer\bin
-  - copy /Y FarColorer\build\%configuration%\%platform%\src\colorer.* ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer\bin
-  - copy /Y FarColorer\docs\history.ru.txt ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer
-  - copy /Y FarColorer\LICENSE ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer
-  - copy /Y FarColorer\README.md ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer
-  - copy /Y FarColorer\misc\* ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer\bin
+  - set COLORER_VERSION=1.4.1
+  - set COLORER_PLATFORM=x86
+  - if "%platform%" == "x64" set COLORER_PLATFORM=x64
+  - set COLORER_FILE_NAME=FarColorer.%COLORER_PLATFORM%.v%COLORER_VERSION%.7z
+  - curl -fsLJO https://github.com/colorer/FarColorer/releases/download/v%COLORER_VERSION%/%COLORER_FILE_NAME%
+  - mkdir ci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer
+  - 7z x %COLORER_FILE_NAME% -oci\%configuration%.%platform%\Plugins\FarColorer
   #remove not needed build artifacts
   - if "%platform%" == "x86" powershell "Get-ChildItem ci\${Env:configuration}`.${Env:platform}\FExcept -filter *.map -File | Remove-Item"
   - ps: Get-ChildItem ci\${Env:configuration}`.${Env:platform}\ -recurse -File | Where-Object { @(".lib", ".exp", ".ilk") -contains $_.extension } | Remove-Item
diff --git a/misc/nightly/colorer.32.bat b/misc/nightly/colorer.32.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index f39547b9f4..0000000000
--- a/misc/nightly/colorer.32.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-call %~dp0base_32.bat
-
-set PROJECT_ROOT=%~dp0FarColorer
-set PROJECT_CONFIG=Release
-set PROJECT_CONF=x86
-
-c:\cmake\bin\cmake.exe -G "NMake Makefiles" -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%PROJECT_CONFIG% -D COLORER_WIN64_BUILD=OFF %PROJECT_ROOT%
-nmake
diff --git a/misc/nightly/colorer.64.bat b/misc/nightly/colorer.64.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c522f67bc..0000000000
--- a/misc/nightly/colorer.64.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-call %~dp0base_64.bat
-
-set PROJECT_ROOT=%~dp0FarColorer
-set PROJECT_CONFIG=Release
-set PROJECT_CONF=x64
-
-c:\cmake\bin\cmake.exe -G "NMake Makefiles" -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%PROJECT_CONFIG% -D COLORER_WIN64_BUILD=ON %PROJECT_ROOT%
-nmake
diff --git a/misc/nightly/colorer.sh b/misc/nightly/colorer.sh
index b07a90627b..f178bded65 100755
--- a/misc/nightly/colorer.sh
+++ b/misc/nightly/colorer.sh
@@ -2,56 +2,23 @@
 
 function bcolorer {
   BIT=$1
-  PLATFORM=$2
   PLUGIN=FarColorer
-
-  mkdir -p build/Release/${PLATFORM} || return 1
-
-  pushd build/Release/${PLATFORM} || return 1
-
-  wine cmd /c ../../../../colorer.${BIT}.bat &> ../../../../logs/colorer${BIT}
-
-  if [ ! -e src/colorer.dll ]; then
-    echo "Can't find colorer.dll"
+  COLORER_VERSION=1.4.1
+  COLORER_PLATFORM=$2
+  COLORER_FILE_NAME=FarColorer.${COLORER_PLATFORM}.v${COLORER_VERSION}.7z
+  
+  rm -f ${COLORER_FILE_NAME}
+  curl -fsLJO -o ${COLORER_FILE_NAME} https://github.com/colorer/FarColorer/releases/download/v${COLORER_VERSION}/${COLORER_FILE_NAME}
+  if [ ! -e ${COLORER_FILE_NAME} ]; then
+    echo "Can't find ${COLORER_FILE_NAME}"
     return 1
   fi
+  mkdir outfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/$PLUGIN
+  7z x ${COLORER_FILE_NAME} -ooutfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/$PLUGIN
+  rm -f ${COLORER_FILE_NAME}
 
-  mkdir -p ../../../../outfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/${PLUGIN}/bin
-
-  cp -f src/colorer.dll src/colorer.map ../../../../outfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/$PLUGIN/bin
-
-  popd
-
-  cp -f docs/history.ru.txt LICENSE README.md ../outfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/$PLUGIN/
-  cp -f misc/* ../outfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/$PLUGIN/bin
-
-  pushd ../Colorer-schemes || return 1
-  mkdir -p ../outfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/$PLUGIN/base
-  cp -Rf build/basefar/* ../outfinalnew${BIT}/Plugins/$PLUGIN/base
-  popd
 }
 
-#git clone must already exist
-cd Colorer-schemes || exit 1
-git pull || exit 1
-
-#neweset ubuntu ant 1.8.2/1.9.3 has a bug and can't find the resolver, 1.8.4 works fine
-PATH=~/apache-ant-1.8.4/bin:$PATH
-export PATH
-rm -fR build
-./build.sh base.far.clean
-./build.sh base.far &> ../logs/colorerschemes || exit 1
-
-cd ..
-
-#git clone must already exist
-cd FarColorer || exit 1
-rm -fR build
-git fetch || exit 1
-git checkout -B build-from-far origin/build-from-far || exit 1
-git pull || exit 1
-git submodule update --recursive || exit 1
-
 ( \
 	bcolorer 32 x86 && \
 	bcolorer 64 x64 \