No need to download and ship vs runtime libraries

electron.gyp

@@ -157,9 +157,6 @@
                 '<(libchromiumcontent_dir)/snapshot_blob.bin',
                 'external_binaries/d3dcompiler_47.dll',
                 'external_binaries/xinput1_3.dll',
-                'external_binaries/msvcp140.dll',
-                'external_binaries/vccorlib140.dll',
-                'external_binaries/vcruntime140.dll',
               ],
             },
           ],

script/create-dist.py

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ TARGET_BINARIES = {
     'icudtl.dat',
     'libEGL.dll',
     'libGLESv2.dll',
-    'msvcp140.dll',
     'ffmpeg.dll',
     'node.dll',
     'content_resources_200_percent.pak',
@@ -44,8 +43,6 @@ TARGET_BINARIES = {
     'xinput1_3.dll',
     'natives_blob.bin',
     'snapshot_blob.bin',
-    'vccorlib140.dll',
-    'vcruntime140.dll',
   ],
   'linux': [
     PROJECT_NAME,  # 'electron'

script/update-external-binaries.py

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def main():
     download_and_unzip('Squirrel')
   elif sys.platform in ['cygwin', 'win32']:
     download_and_unzip('directxsdk-' + get_target_arch())
-    download_and_unzip('vs2015-crt-' + get_target_arch())
 
   with open(version_file, 'w') as f:
     f.write(VERSION)