diff --git a/qt/aqt/__init__.py b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
index 7ca034907..0ac2f3b65 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/__init__.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/__init__.py
@@ -61,14 +61,7 @@ mw: Optional[AnkiQt] = None  # set on init
 
 moduleDir = os.path.split(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))[0]
 
-try:
-    import aqt.forms
-except ImportError as e:
-    if "forms" in str(e):
-        print("If you're running from git, did you run build_ui.sh?")
-        print()
-    raise
-
+import aqt.forms
 
 # Dialog manager
 ##########################################################################
diff --git a/qt/tools/build_ui.sh b/qt/tools/build_ui.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b72ca0c4f..000000000
--- a/qt/tools/build_ui.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# generate python files based on the designer ui files. pyuic5 and pyrcc5
-# should be on the path.
-#
-
-set -eu -o pipefail ${SHELLFLAGS}
-
-if [ ! -d "designer" ]
-then
-    echo "Please run this from the project root"
-    exit
-fi
-
-mkdir -p aqt/forms
-
-init=aqt/forms/__init__.py
-temp=aqt/forms/scratch
-rm -f $init $temp
-echo "# This file auto-generated by build_ui.sh. Don't edit." > $init
-echo "__all__ = [" >> $init
-
-echo "Generating forms.."
-for i in designer/*.ui
-do
-    base=$(basename $i .ui)
-    py="aqt/forms/${base}.py"
-    echo "	\"$base\"," >> $init
-    echo "from . import $base" >> $temp
-    if [ $i -nt $py ]; then
-        echo " * "$py
-        pyuic5 --from-imports $i -o $py.tmp
-        (cat <<EOF; tail -n +3 $py.tmp) |  perl -p -e 's/(QtGui\.QApplication\.)?_?translate\(".*?", /_(/; s/, None.*/))/' > $py
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# pylint: disable=unsubscriptable-object,unused-import
-EOF
-        rm $py.tmp
-    fi
-done
-echo "]" >> $init
-cat $temp >> $init
-rm $temp
-
-echo "Building resources.."
-pyrcc5 designer/icons.qrc -o aqt/forms/icons_rc.py