diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
index e5e0702e6d..3c1451d555 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/Program.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ namespace osu.Desktop.Deploy
 {
     internal static class Program
     {
-        private const string nuget_path = @"packages\NuGet.CommandLine.4.3.0\tools\NuGet.exe";
-        private const string squirrel_path = @"packages\squirrel.windows.1.7.8\tools\Squirrel.exe";
+        private static string packages => Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), ".nuget", "packages");
+        private static string nugetPath => Path.Combine(packages, @"nuget.commandline\4.5.1\tools\NuGet.exe");
+        private static string squirrelPath => Path.Combine(packages, @"squirrel.windows\1.7.8\tools\Squirrel.exe");
         private const string msbuild_path = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe";
 
         public static string StagingFolder = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["StagingFolder"];
@@ -92,9 +93,6 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
                 codeSigningPassword = readLineMasked();
             }
 
-            write("Restoring NuGet packages...");
-            runCommand(nuget_path, "restore " + solutionPath);
-
             write("Updating AssemblyInfo...");
             updateCsprojVersion(version);
 
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
                 runCommand(msbuild_path, $"/v:quiet /m /t:{targetName.Replace('.', '_')} /p:OutputPath={stagingPath};Targets=\"Clean;Build\";Configuration=Release {SolutionName}.sln");
 
             write("Creating NuGet deployment package...");
-            runCommand(nuget_path, $"pack {NuSpecName} -Version {version} -Properties Configuration=Deploy -OutputDirectory {stagingPath} -BasePath {stagingPath}");
+            runCommand(nugetPath, $"pack {NuSpecName} -Version {version} -Properties Configuration=Deploy -OutputDirectory {stagingPath} -BasePath {stagingPath}");
 
             //prune once before checking for files so we can avoid erroring on files which aren't even needed for this build.
             pruneReleases();
@@ -111,7 +109,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
             checkReleaseFiles();
 
             write("Running squirrel build...");
-            runCommand(squirrel_path, $"--releasify {stagingPath}\\{nupkgFilename(version)} --setupIcon {iconPath} --icon {iconPath} {codeSigningCmd} --no-msi");
+            runCommand(squirrelPath, $"--releasify {stagingPath}\\{nupkgFilename(version)} --setupIcon {iconPath} --icon {iconPath} {codeSigningCmd} --no-msi");
 
             //prune again to clean up before upload.
             pruneReleases();
diff --git a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
index ccbf351bda..eab54bd10b 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop.Deploy/osu.Desktop.Deploy.csproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props"/>
+  <Import Project="..\osu.Game.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Project">
     <TargetFrameworks>net461</TargetFrameworks>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
     <Product>osu.Desktop.Deploy</Product>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Project References">
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\osu-framework\osu.Framework\osu.Framework.csproj"/>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\osu-framework\osu.Framework\osu.Framework.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
-    <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1"/>
-    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.7.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'"/>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.4.0"/>
+    <PackageReference Include="NuGet.CommandLine" Version="4.5.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.7.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager" Version="4.4.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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