diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 55d899bf8e9..07f7ed4d8ac 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1115,12 +1115,6 @@ platform:
   version: "1809"
 services: []
 steps:
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p bin
-  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v2.6.1/grabpl
-  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: grabpl
 - commands:
   - echo $env:DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
@@ -1587,12 +1581,6 @@ platform:
   version: "1809"
 services: []
 steps:
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p bin
-  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v2.6.1/grabpl
-  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: grabpl
 - commands:
   - echo $env:DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
@@ -2048,12 +2036,6 @@ platform:
   version: "1809"
 services: []
 steps:
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p bin
-  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v2.6.1/grabpl
-  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: grabpl
 - commands:
   - echo $env:DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
@@ -2513,12 +2495,6 @@ platform:
   version: "1809"
 services: []
 steps:
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p bin
-  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v2.6.1/grabpl
-  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: grabpl
 - commands:
   - echo $env:DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
@@ -2957,12 +2933,6 @@ platform:
   version: "1809"
 services: []
 steps:
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p bin
-  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v2.6.1/grabpl
-  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: grabpl
 - commands:
   - echo $env:DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
@@ -3421,12 +3391,6 @@ platform:
   version: "1809"
 services: []
 steps:
-- commands:
-  - mkdir -p bin
-  - curl -fL -o bin/grabpl https://grafana-downloads.storage.googleapis.com/grafana-build-pipeline/v2.6.1/grabpl
-  - chmod +x bin/grabpl
-  image: byrnedo/alpine-curl:0.1.8
-  name: grabpl
 - commands:
   - echo $env:DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows:1809
@@ -3556,6 +3520,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: drone_token
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 6286505bce5b02c170a374f23a06097f656485a893023fd81ab7456a3419d667
+hmac: 937b1a90380e210f04594a27aeadc40110d953e2990c1c0ca65c43924c9f15e2
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star b/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
index ed37a28731b..b2aca6bd34e 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def get_oss_pipelines(trigger, ver_mode):
         ),
         pipeline(
             name='oss-windows-{}'.format(ver_mode), edition=edition, trigger=trigger,
-            steps=[download_grabpl_step()] + initialize_step(edition, platform='windows', ver_mode=ver_mode) + windows_package_steps,
+            steps=initialize_step(edition, platform='windows', ver_mode=ver_mode) + windows_package_steps,
             platform='windows', depends_on=['oss-build-{}'.format(ver_mode)],
         ),
     ]
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def get_enterprise_pipelines(trigger, ver_mode):
         ),
         pipeline(
             name='enterprise-windows-{}'.format(ver_mode), edition=edition, trigger=trigger,
-            steps=[download_grabpl_step()] + initialize_step(edition, platform='windows', ver_mode=ver_mode) + windows_package_steps,
+            steps=initialize_step(edition, platform='windows', ver_mode=ver_mode) + windows_package_steps,
             platform='windows', depends_on=['enterprise-build-{}'.format(ver_mode)],
         ),
     ]