diff --git a/.nuget/NuGet.exe b/.nuget/NuGet.exe
deleted file mode 100755
index 9274e513412..00000000000
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diff --git a/.nuget/NuGet.targets b/.nuget/NuGet.targets
deleted file mode 100644
index 82ece0f6224..00000000000
--- a/.nuget/NuGet.targets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-    <PropertyGroup>
-        <SolutionDir Condition="$(SolutionDir) == '' Or $(SolutionDir) == '*Undefined*'">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\</SolutionDir>
-        
-        <!-- Enable the restore command to run before builds -->
-        <RestorePackages Condition="  '$(RestorePackages)' == '' ">false</RestorePackages>
-
-        <!-- Property that enables building a package from a project -->
-        <BuildPackage Condition=" '$(BuildPackage)' == '' ">false</BuildPackage>
-
-        <!-- Determines if package restore consent is required to restore packages -->
-        <RequireRestoreConsent Condition=" '$(RequireRestoreConsent)' != 'false' ">true</RequireRestoreConsent>
-        
-        <!-- Download NuGet.exe if it does not already exist -->
-        <DownloadNuGetExe Condition=" '$(DownloadNuGetExe)' == '' ">false</DownloadNuGetExe>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    
-    <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(PackageSources)' == '' ">
-        <!-- Package sources used to restore packages. By default, registered sources under %APPDATA%\NuGet\NuGet.Config will be used -->
-        <!-- The official NuGet package source (https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/) will be excluded if package sources are specified and it does not appear in the list -->
-        <!--
-            <PackageSource Include="https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/" />
-            <PackageSource Include="https://my-nuget-source/nuget/" />
-        -->
-    </ItemGroup>
-
-    <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
-        <!-- Windows specific commands -->
-        <NuGetToolsPath>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(SolutionDir), ".nuget"))</NuGetToolsPath>
-        <PackagesConfig>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(ProjectDir), "packages.config"))</PackagesConfig>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    
-    <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">
-        <!-- We need to launch nuget.exe with the mono command if we're not on windows -->
-        <NuGetToolsPath>$(SolutionDir).nuget</NuGetToolsPath>
-        <PackagesConfig>packages.config</PackagesConfig>
-        <MonoPath Condition="'$(MonoPath)' == '' And Exists('/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Commands/mono')">/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Commands/mono</MonoPath>
-        <MonoPath Condition="'$(MonoPath)' == ''">mono</MonoPath>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-    
-    <PropertyGroup>
-        <!-- NuGet command -->
-        <NuGetExePath Condition=" '$(NuGetExePath)' == '' ">$(NuGetToolsPath)\NuGet.exe</NuGetExePath>
-        <PackageSources Condition=" $(PackageSources) == '' ">@(PackageSource)</PackageSources>
-        
-        <NuGetCommand Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">"$(NuGetExePath)"</NuGetCommand>
-        <NuGetCommand Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">$(MonoPath) --runtime=v4.0.30319 $(NuGetExePath)</NuGetCommand>
-
-        <PackageOutputDir Condition="$(PackageOutputDir) == ''">$(TargetDir.Trim('\\'))</PackageOutputDir>
-        
-        <RequireConsentSwitch Condition=" $(RequireRestoreConsent) == 'true' ">-RequireConsent</RequireConsentSwitch>
-        <NonInteractiveSwitch Condition=" '$(VisualStudioVersion)' != '' AND '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">-NonInteractive</NonInteractiveSwitch>
-        
-        <PaddedSolutionDir Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">"$(SolutionDir) "</PaddedSolutionDir>
-        <PaddedSolutionDir Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' ">"$(SolutionDir)"</PaddedSolutionDir>
-
-        <!-- Commands -->
-        <RestoreCommand>$(NuGetCommand) install "$(PackagesConfig)" -source "$(PackageSources)"  $(NonInteractiveSwitch) $(RequireConsentSwitch) -solutionDir $(PaddedSolutionDir)</RestoreCommand>
-        <BuildCommand>$(NuGetCommand) pack "$(ProjectPath)" -Properties "Configuration=$(Configuration);Platform=$(Platform)" $(NonInteractiveSwitch) -OutputDirectory "$(PackageOutputDir)" -symbols</BuildCommand>
-
-        <!-- We need to ensure packages are restored prior to assembly resolve -->
-        <BuildDependsOn Condition="$(RestorePackages) == 'true'">
-            RestorePackages;
-            $(BuildDependsOn);
-        </BuildDependsOn>
-
-        <!-- Make the build depend on restore packages -->
-        <BuildDependsOn Condition="$(BuildPackage) == 'true'">
-            $(BuildDependsOn);
-            BuildPackage;
-        </BuildDependsOn>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <Target Name="CheckPrerequisites">
-        <!-- Raise an error if we're unable to locate nuget.exe  -->
-        <Error Condition="'$(DownloadNuGetExe)' != 'true' AND !Exists('$(NuGetExePath)')" Text="Unable to locate '$(NuGetExePath)'" />
-        <!--
-        Take advantage of MsBuild's build dependency tracking to make sure that we only ever download nuget.exe once.
-        This effectively acts as a lock that makes sure that the download operation will only happen once and all
-        parallel builds will have to wait for it to complete.
-        -->
-        <MsBuild Targets="_DownloadNuGet" Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)" Properties="Configuration=NOT_IMPORTANT;DownloadNuGetExe=$(DownloadNuGetExe)" />
-    </Target>
-
-    <Target Name="_DownloadNuGet">
-        <DownloadNuGet OutputFilename="$(NuGetExePath)" Condition=" '$(DownloadNuGetExe)' == 'true' AND !Exists('$(NuGetExePath)')" />
-    </Target>
-
-    <Target Name="RestorePackages" DependsOnTargets="CheckPrerequisites">
-        <Exec Command="$(RestoreCommand)"
-              Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' And Exists('$(PackagesConfig)')" />
-              
-        <Exec Command="$(RestoreCommand)"
-              LogStandardErrorAsError="true"
-              Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' And Exists('$(PackagesConfig)')" />
-    </Target>
-
-    <Target Name="BuildPackage" DependsOnTargets="CheckPrerequisites">
-        <Exec Command="$(BuildCommand)" 
-              Condition=" '$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT' " />
-              
-        <Exec Command="$(BuildCommand)"
-              LogStandardErrorAsError="true"
-              Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' " />
-    </Target>
-    
-    <UsingTask TaskName="DownloadNuGet" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
-        <ParameterGroup>
-            <OutputFilename ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
-        </ParameterGroup>
-        <Task>
-            <Reference Include="System.Core" />
-            <Using Namespace="System" />
-            <Using Namespace="System.IO" />
-            <Using Namespace="System.Net" />
-            <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Framework" />
-            <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Utilities" />
-            <Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs">
-                <![CDATA[
-                try {
-                    OutputFilename = Path.GetFullPath(OutputFilename);
-
-                    Log.LogMessage("Downloading latest version of NuGet.exe...");
-                    WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
-                    webClient.DownloadFile("https://www.nuget.org/nuget.exe", OutputFilename);
-
-                    return true;
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex) {
-                    Log.LogErrorFromException(ex);
-                    return false;
-                }
-            ]]>
-            </Code>
-        </Task>
-    </UsingTask>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fcs/.gitignore b/fcs/.gitignore
index 51023f1bf50..a21a02ee547 100644
--- a/fcs/.gitignore
+++ b/fcs/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.paket/
 FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/TestResults/*
 FSharp.Compiler.Service.netstandard/illex.fs
 FSharp.Compiler.Service.netstandard/ilpars.fs
diff --git a/fcs/.paket/paket.exe b/fcs/.paket/paket.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index b98e000b232..00000000000
Binary files a/fcs/.paket/paket.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/fcs/build.cmd b/fcs/build.cmd
index 26244446f6c..e556a4bd7db 100644
--- a/fcs/build.cmd
+++ b/fcs/build.cmd
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ if errorlevel 1 (
   exit /b %errorlevel%
 )
 
+powershell -noprofile -executionPolicy RemoteSigned -file "%~dp0\download-paket.ps1"
 .paket\paket.exe restore
 if errorlevel 1 (
   endlocal
diff --git a/fcs/build.sh b/fcs/build.sh
index 53e6962df76..0b71dd409d2 100755
--- a/fcs/build.sh
+++ b/fcs/build.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ else
   if [[ ! -e ~/.config/.mono/certs ]]; then
     mozroots --import --sync --quiet
   fi
-  
+
+  ./download-paket.sh
   mono .paket/paket.exe restore
   exit_code=$?
   if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/fcs/download-paket.ps1 b/fcs/download-paket.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f87d9167a5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fcs/download-paket.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+$paketurl="https://github.com/fsprojects/Paket/releases/download/5.201.1/paket.exe"
+$paketdir = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ".paket"
+$paketpath = Join-Path $paketdir "paket.exe"
+if (-not (Test-Path "$paketpath")) {
+    mkdir "$paketdir"
+    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $paketurl -OutFile "$paketpath"
+}
diff --git a/fcs/download-paket.sh b/fcs/download-paket.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..dc475174a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fcs/download-paket.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+
+# resolve $source until the file is no longer a symlink
+while [[ -h "$source" ]]; do
+  scriptroot="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$source" )" && pwd )"
+  source="$(readlink "$source")"
+  # if $source was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the
+  # symlink file was located
+  [[ $source != /* ]] && source="$scriptroot/$source"
+done
+scriptroot="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$source" )" && pwd )"
+
+paketurl=https://github.com/fsprojects/Paket/releases/download/5.201.1/paket.exe
+paketdir=$scriptroot/.paket
+paketpath=$paketdir/paket.exe
+if [ ! -e "$paketpath" ]; then
+  mkdir "$paketdir"
+  curl -o "$paketpath" -L $paketurl
+fi