diff --git a/ovos_stt_plugin_vosk/__init__.py b/ovos_stt_plugin_vosk/__init__.py
index 1933d36..cb7e167 100644
--- a/ovos_stt_plugin_vosk/__init__.py
+++ b/ovos_stt_plugin_vosk/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import tarfile
+import zipfile
+from os import makedirs
+from os.path import join, isdir, exists
+from queue import Queue
+from tempfile import mkstemp
 from time import sleep
-from os.path import join, exists
+
+import requests
 from ovos_plugin_manager.templates.stt import STT, StreamThread, StreamingSTT
-from ovos_skill_installer import download_extract_zip, download_extract_tar
 from ovos_utils.log import LOG
 from ovos_utils.network_utils import is_connected
 from ovos_utils.xdg_utils import xdg_data_home
-from queue import Queue
 from speech_recognition import AudioData
 from vosk import Model as KaldiModel, KaldiRecognizer
 
@@ -238,3 +245,103 @@ def create_streaming_thread(self):
         return VoskKaldiStreamThread(
             self.queue, self.lang, self.model, self.verbose
         )
+def download(url, file=None, session=None):
+    """
+    Pass file as a filename, open file object, or None to return the request bytes
+
+    Args:
+        url (str): URL of file to download
+        file (Union[str, io, None]): One of the following:
+             - Filename of output file
+             - File opened in binary write mode
+             - None: Return raw bytes instead
+
+    Returns:
+        Union[bytes, None]: Bytes of file if file is None
+    """
+
+    if isinstance(file, str):
+        file = open(file, 'wb')
+    try:
+        if session:
+            content = session.get(url).content
+        else:
+            content = requests.get(url).content
+        if file:
+            file.write(content)
+        else:
+            return content
+    finally:
+        if file:
+            file.close()
+
+
+def download_extract_tar(tar_url, folder, tar_filename='',
+                         skill_folder_name=None, session=None):
+    """
+    Download and extract the tar at the url to the given folder
+
+    Args:
+        tar_url (str): URL of tar file to download
+        folder (str): Location of parent directory to extract to. Doesn't have to exist
+        tar_filename (str): Location to download tar. Default is to a temp file
+        skill_folder_name (str): rename extracted skill folder to this
+    """
+    try:
+        makedirs(folder)
+    except OSError:
+        if not isdir(folder):
+            raise
+    if not tar_filename:
+        fd, tar_filename = mkstemp('.tar.gz')
+        download(tar_url, os.fdopen(fd, 'wb'), session=session)
+    else:
+        download(tar_url, tar_filename, session=session)
+
+    with tarfile.open(tar_filename) as tar:
+        tar.extractall(path=folder)
+
+    if skill_folder_name:
+        with tarfile.open(tar_filename) as tar:
+            for p in tar.getnames():
+                original_folder = p.split("/")[0]
+                break
+        original_folder = join(folder, original_folder)
+        final_folder = join(folder, skill_folder_name)
+        shutil.move(original_folder, final_folder)
+
+
+def download_extract_zip(zip_url, folder, zip_filename="",
+                         skill_folder_name=None, session=None):
+    """
+   Download and extract the zip at the url to the given folder
+
+   Args:
+       zip_url (str): URL of zip file to download
+       folder (str): Location of parent directory to extract to. Doesn't have to exist
+       zip_filename (str): Location to download zip. Default is to a temp file
+       skill_folder_name (str): rename extracted skill folder to this
+   """
+    try:
+        makedirs(folder)
+    except OSError:
+        if not isdir(folder):
+            raise
+    if not zip_filename:
+        fd, zip_filename = mkstemp('.tar.gz')
+        download(zip_url, os.fdopen(fd, 'wb'), session=session)
+    else:
+        download(zip_url, zip_filename, session=session)
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'r') as zip_ref:
+        zip_ref.extractall(folder)
+
+    if skill_folder_name:
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, 'r') as zip_ref:
+            for p in zip_ref.namelist():
+                original_folder = p.split("/")[0]
+                break
+
+        original_folder = join(folder, original_folder)
+        final_folder = join(folder, skill_folder_name)
+        shutil.move(original_folder, final_folder)
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index a642982..dac7dbf 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 vosk
 ovos-plugin-manager>=0.0.1,<1.0.0
-ovos_skill_installer
-SpeechRecognition>=3.8.1
\ No newline at end of file
+SpeechRecognition>=3.8.1