diff --git a/code/client/cl_curl.c b/code/client/cl_curl.c
index d168c412..3debd6ed 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_curl.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_curl.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void CL_cURL_BeginDownload( const char *localName, const char *remoteURL )
 			"%s for writing", clc.downloadTempName);
 		return;
 	}
-	qcurl_easy_setopt(clc.downloadCURL, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, clc.download);
+
 	if(com_developer->integer)
 		qcurl_easy_setopt(clc.downloadCURL, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 	qcurl_easy_setopt(clc.downloadCURL, CURLOPT_URL, clc.downloadURL);