--- a/cpp/src/Driver.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/Driver.cpp
@@ -6981,6 +6981,8 @@ bool Driver::setHttpClient(Internal::i_H
 
 bool Driver::startConfigDownload(uint16 _manufacturerId, uint16 _productType, uint16 _productId, string configfile, uint8 node)
 {
+	// Download server no longer exists - project unmaintained
+	return false;
 	Internal::HttpDownload *download = new Internal::HttpDownload();
 	std::stringstream ss;
 	ss << std::hex << std::setw(4) << std::setfill('0') << _productId << ".";
@@ -6997,6 +6999,8 @@ bool Driver::startConfigDownload(uint16
 
 bool Driver::startMFSDownload(string configfile)
 {
+	// Download server no longer exists - project unmaintained
+	return false;
 	Internal::HttpDownload *download = new Internal::HttpDownload();
 	download->url = "http://download.db.openzwave.com/mfs.xml";
 	download->filename = configfile;
@@ -7009,6 +7013,8 @@ bool Driver::startMFSDownload(string con
 
 bool Driver::startDownload(string target, string file)
 {
+	// Download server no longer exists - project unmaintained
+	return false;
 	Internal::HttpDownload *download = new Internal::HttpDownload();
 	download->url = "http://download.db.openzwave.com/" + file;
 	download->filename = target;
--- a/cpp/src/ManufacturerSpecificDB.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/ManufacturerSpecificDB.cpp
@@ -330,10 +330,7 @@ namespace OpenZWave
 							}
 							else
 							{
-								Log::Write(LogLevel_Warning, "Can't download file %s", path.c_str());
-								Notification* notification = new Notification(Notification::Type_UserAlerts);
-								notification->SetUserAlertNotification(Notification::Alert_ConfigFileDownloadFailed);
-								driver->QueueNotification(notification);
+								// Silently ignore - download server no longer exists
 							}
 						}
 						else if (iter != m_downloading.end())
@@ -510,10 +507,7 @@ namespace OpenZWave
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				Log::Write(LogLevel_Warning, "Can't download Config file %s", node->getConfigPath().c_str());
-				Notification* notification = new Notification(Notification::Type_UserAlerts);
-				notification->SetUserAlertNotification(Notification::Alert_ConfigFileDownloadFailed);
-				driver->QueueNotification(notification);
+				// Silently ignore - download server no longer exists
 			}
 			checkInitialized();
 			return ret;
@@ -532,10 +526,7 @@ namespace OpenZWave
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				Log::Write(LogLevel_Warning, "Can't download ManufacturerSpecifix.xml Config file");
-				Notification* notification = new Notification(Notification::Type_UserAlerts);
-				notification->SetUserAlertNotification(Notification::Alert_ConfigFileDownloadFailed);
-				driver->QueueNotification(notification);
+				// Silently ignore - download server no longer exists
 			}
 
 			checkInitialized();
