diff --git a/packaging/win32/build_tags_git.sh b/packaging/win32/build_tags_git.sh
index d56ff6b636..f09bfa59bb 100644
--- a/packaging/win32/build_tags_git.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/build_tags_git.sh
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ for tag_rev in $tags ; do
   echo -n 'GLOBAL_DIR=c:\\soft\\gnucash-' >> ${w32pkg}/custom.sh
   echo "${tag}" >> ${w32pkg}/custom.sh
 
-  # No need to update the sources we just checked out
-  echo "UPDATE_SOURCES=no" >> ${w32pkg}/custom.sh
-
   # BUILD_FROM_TARBALL is special:
   # in install.sh place we check !=yes, in defaults.sh =yes, in dist.sh =no
   # We want it to look like 'no' in install and defaults, but yes in dist
diff --git a/packaging/win32/daily_build.sh b/packaging/win32/daily_build.sh
index be7fb39112..c1f92b49c1 100755
--- a/packaging/win32/daily_build.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/daily_build.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Note: for this script to work, you need to make sure bash can
-#       find svn on your system. If it's not in the default
-#       Windows path, you will have to add it yourself, for
-#       example like this:
-#       - create a file /etc/profile.d/svn.sh
-#       - add this line: export PATH=/c/soft/svn/bin:$PATH
-#       (Use the real path to your svn installation, obviously)
+# Notes:
+# 1. for this script to work, you need to make sure bash can
+#    find svn on your system. If it's not in the default
+#    Windows path, you will have to add it yourself, for
+#    example like this:
+#    - create a file /etc/profile.d/svn.sh
+#    - add this line: export PATH=/c/soft/svn/bin:$PATH
+#    (Use the real path to your svn installation, obviously)
+#
+# 2. The recommended setup is to call this script from within the
+#    source code repository (packaging/win32 directory). This is
+#    different from before, where it was assumed to be called
+#    from outside the source code repository. To remain some
+#    compatibility with the old way, svn update is called twice
+#    - once for the repository (to update all)
+#    - once for the build scripts (to also update the build scripts
+#       using the old way)
+#    The second invocation is superfluous if this script was called
+#    from within the source code repository.
 
 set -e
 
@@ -15,6 +27,14 @@ function qpopd() { popd >/dev/null; }
 function unix_path() { echo "$*" | sed 's,^\([A-Za-z]\):,/\1,;s,\\,/,g'; }
 
 qpushd "$(dirname $(unix_path "$0"))"
+. functions.sh
+. defaults.sh
+
+qpushd "$REPOS_DIR"
+svn update
+qpopd
+
 svn update
+
 ./build_package.sh
 qpopd
diff --git a/packaging/win32/defaults.sh b/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
index 14f85429f1..7d8ee2a4ef 100644
--- a/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/defaults.sh
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ if [ -z "$BUILD_FROM_TARBALL" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# only change this to "yes" if you are using install.sh from the outside the repository checkout
-set_default UPDATE_SOURCES noyes
 if [ "$BUILD_FROM_TARBALL" = "yes" ]; then
-    UPDATE_SOURCES=no
     set_default GNUCASH_DIR "$(wpwd ..\\..)"
     set_default REPOS_DIR $GNUCASH_DIR
     # keep this pointing from BUILD_DIR to REPOS_DIR
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ else
     # keep this pointing from BUILD_DIR to REPOS_DIR
     set_default REL_REPOS_DIR ..\\repos
 
-    set_default REPOS_TYPE svn
+    set_default REPOS_TYPE "git"
     if [ "$REPOS_TYPE" = "git" ]; then
       set_default GIT_REV "trunk"
       set_default REPOS_URL "git://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash.git"
diff --git a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
index d69c682023..b574ccf517 100644
--- a/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/install-impl.sh
@@ -1453,46 +1453,6 @@ function inst_hh() {
     fi
 }
 
-function git_up() {
-    mkdir -p $_REPOS_UDIR
-    qpushd $_REPOS_UDIR
-    if [ -x .git ]; then
-        setup "git update in ${REPOS_DIR}"
-#       IMPORTANT: the update mechanism from git
-#                  has been kept deliberately simple.
-#
-#       It assumes you are working as a non-committer
-#       (see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git for what that means)
-#       and will simply try to pull the current branch from
-#       the upstream repository.
-#       If you are a committer (and intend to commit from your Windows
-#       git clone) you should disable updates from the build scripts
-#       and manually update using the git-update script.
-#       FIXME the last part needs perl 5.8 and some config tweaks for
-#             perl to find git's Git.pm
-#             msys-dtk installed by default only has perl 5.6.
-        $GIT_CMD pull origin
-    else
-        setup git clone
-        $GIT_CMD clone $REPOS_URL .
-        $GIT_CMD checkout $GIT_REV .
-    fi
-    qpopd
-}
-
-function svn_up() {
-    mkdir -p $_REPOS_UDIR
-    qpushd $_REPOS_UDIR
-    if [ -x .svn ]; then
-        setup "svn update in ${REPOS_DIR}"
-        svn up -r ${SVN_REV}
-    else
-        setup svn co
-        svn co -r ${SVN_REV} $REPOS_URL .
-    fi
-    qpopd
-}
-
 function inst_cutecash() {
     setup Cutecash
     _BUILD_UDIR=`unix_path $CUTECASH_BUILD_DIR`
diff --git a/packaging/win32/install.sh b/packaging/win32/install.sh
index 2033dfd353..f7ac729cc1 100644
--- a/packaging/win32/install.sh
+++ b/packaging/win32/install.sh
@@ -111,15 +111,6 @@ add_step inst_enchant
 add_step inst_webkit
 
 ##
-if [ "$UPDATE_SOURCES" = "yes" ]; then
-  if [ "$REPOS_TYPE" = "git" ]; then
-    add_step git_up
-  elif [ "$REPOS_TYPE" = "svn" ]; then
-    add_step svn_up
-  else
-    die "Unkown repos type $REPOS_TYPE. Sources can only be updated for git or svn type repos"
-  fi
-fi
 if [ "$WITH_CUTECASH" = "yes" ]; then
  add_step inst_cmake
  add_step inst_cutecash