diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh b/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
index d9ef4bbaf..1233f765a 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ sudo apt --no-install-recommends install asciidoc xmlto
 
 sudo apt install qtbase5-dev
 
-. "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/defs.sh"
-sf=$(basename "$DEFAULT_SF_URL")
-curl -L "$DEFAULT_SF_URL" -o "$HOME/$sf"
-printf '%b' "SDL_SOUNDFONTS=$HOME/$sf\n" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
 # Install cross-platform deps
 "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/install-common-deps.sh"
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh b/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh
index 6be62c51f..1c35b7ea5 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Windows/prepare_msys.sh
@@ -100,10 +100,9 @@ https://github.com/CESNET/GPUJPEG/releases/download/continuous/GPUJPEG.zip
 )}
 
 install_soundfont() {
-        . "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/scripts/defs.sh"
         sf_dir="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/data/Windows/share/soundfonts"
         mkdir -p "$sf_dir"
-        curl -L "$DEFAULT_SF_URL" -o "$sf_dir/default.${DEFAULT_SF_URL##*.}"
+        cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/data/default.sf3" "$sf_dir"
 }
 
 # Install cross-platform deps
diff --git a/.github/scripts/defs.sh b/.github/scripts/defs.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 98b272e67..000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/defs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DEFAULT_SF_URL=http://frakira.fi.muni.cz/~xpulec/TimGM6mb_but_fixed__piano_.sf3 # https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/2642
diff --git a/.github/scripts/macOS/install_others.sh b/.github/scripts/macOS/install_others.sh
index 69d0728cd..95221050b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/macOS/install_others.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/macOS/install_others.sh
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ install_live555() {(
 )}
 
 install_soundfont() {(
-        . "$srcroot/.github/scripts/defs.sh"
         sf_dir="$srcroot/data/MacOS-bundle-template/Contents/share/soundfonts"
         mkdir -p "$sf_dir"
-        curl -L "$DEFAULT_SF_URL" -o "$sf_dir/default.${DEFAULT_SF_URL##*.}"
+        cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/data/default.sf3" "$sf_dir"
 )}
 
 install_syphon() {
diff --git a/data/README.md b/data/README.md
index 5f4f34bf5..171f2a0b9 100644
--- a/data/README.md
+++ b/data/README.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-screen-capture-recorder-x64.dll is taken from https://sourceforge.net/projects/screencapturer/
+- screen-capture-recorder-x64.dll is taken from https://sourceforge.net/projects/screencapturer/
+- default.sf3 - https://musical-artifacts.com/artifacts/2642, but compressed
+with <https://github.com/musescore/sftools>
diff --git a/data/scripts/Linux-AppImage/create-appimage.sh b/data/scripts/Linux-AppImage/create-appimage.sh
index d5dea201c..ddd607c1b 100755
--- a/data/scripts/Linux-AppImage/create-appimage.sh
+++ b/data/scripts/Linux-AppImage/create-appimage.sh
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ add_fonts() { # for GUI+testcard2
                         cp "$FONT_PATH" $APPPREFIX/share/fonts
                 done
         done
-        if ls $APPPREFIX/lib/*mixer* >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f "${SDL_SOUNDFONTS-nonexistent}" ]; then
+        if ls $APPPREFIX/lib/*mixer* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 mkdir -p $APPPREFIX/share/soundfonts
-                cp "$SDL_SOUNDFONTS" $APPPREFIX/share/soundfonts/default.${SDL_SOUNDFONTS##*.}
+                sf=${SDL_SOUNDFONTS:-$srcdir/data/default.sf3}
+                cp "$sf" $APPPREFIX/share/soundfonts/default."${sf##*.}"
         fi
 }