diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
index 639e9135c8..4ef60cd80e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\osu.Game\bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
index 6d0e56cb0c..48a028184d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\osu.Game\bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
index 338a2b9045..dd13faf2ef 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\osu.Game\bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
index d38b24f933..598602a6e8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\osu.Game\bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
index 2d271e3592..5eef4a8470 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
-using osu.Framework.Development;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 using SQLite.Net;
 
@@ -29,16 +28,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         {
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += currentDomain_AssemblyResolve;
 
-            // todo: don't do this on deploy
-            var sln = DebugUtils.GetSolutionPath();
-
-            if (sln != null)
-            {
-                foreach (string dir in Directory.GetDirectories(sln, $"{ruleset_library_prefix}.*"))
-                    foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(Path.Combine(dir, "bin", DebugUtils.IsDebug ? "Debug" : "Release"), $"{ruleset_library_prefix}.*.dll"))
-                        loadRulesetFromFile(file);
-            }
-
             foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(Environment.CurrentDirectory, $"{ruleset_library_prefix}.*.dll"))
                 loadRulesetFromFile(file);
         }