diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cdd72f1f..bc9a9b552 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ Set the `COURSIER_NO_TERM` environment variable to `1`. This disables the
 progress bar message, and prints simple `Downloading URL` / `Downloaded URL`
 instead.
 
+#### On first launch, the coursier launcher downloads a 1.5+ MB JAR. Is it possible to have a standalone launcher, that would not need to download things on first launch?
+
+Run `project/generate-launcher.sh -s` from the root of the coursier sources. That will generate a new (bigger) `coursier` launcher, that needs not to download anything on first launch.
+
 ## Development tips
 
 #### Working on the plugin module in an IDE
diff --git a/coursier-standalone b/coursier-standalone
deleted file mode 100755
index bd6c81beb..000000000
Binary files a/coursier-standalone and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index b15f9be3d..e6586a44d 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ Set the `COURSIER_NO_TERM` environment variable to `1`. This disables the
 progress bar message, and prints simple `Downloading URL` / `Downloaded URL`
 instead.
 
+#### On first launch, the coursier launcher downloads a 1.5+ MB JAR. Is it possible to have a standalone launcher, that would not need to download things on first launch?
+
+Run `project/generate-launcher.sh -s` from the root of the coursier sources. That will generate a new (bigger) `coursier` launcher, that needs not to download anything on first launch.
+
 ## Development tips
 
 #### Working on the plugin module in an IDE
diff --git a/project/generate-launcher.sh b/project/generate-launcher.sh
index 81f999a63..3c3ea727a 100755
--- a/project/generate-launcher.sh
+++ b/project/generate-launcher.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ fi
   -D "\${user.home}/.coursier/bootstrap/$VERSION" \
   -f -o coursier \
   -M coursier.cli.Coursier \
-  -P coursier.cache="\${user.home}/.coursier/cache/$CACHE_VERSION"
+  -P coursier.cache="\${user.home}/.coursier/cache/$CACHE_VERSION" \
+  "$@"
diff --git a/project/generate-standalone-launcher.sh b/project/generate-standalone-launcher.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 594adc9d8..000000000
--- a/project/generate-standalone-launcher.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
-
-if [ ! -e cli/target/scala-2.11/proguard/coursier-standalone.jar ]; then
-  echo "Generating proguarded JAR..." 1>&2
-  sbt cli/proguard:proguard
-fi
-
-cat > coursier-standalone << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
-exec java -noverify -cp "\$0" coursier.cli.Coursier "\$@"
-EOF
-cat cli/target/scala-2.11/proguard/coursier-standalone.jar >> coursier-standalone
-chmod +x coursier-standalone