diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 246849612..0a821d7ce 100755
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ rule '.o' => '.rc' do |t|
 end
 
 rule '.h' => '.png' do |t|
-  runq "   BIN2H #{t.source}", "#{c(:top_srcdir)}/rake.d/bin/bin2h.rb #{t.source} #{t.name}"
+  puts "   BIN2H #{t.source}" if !ENV['V'].to_bool
+  bin2h t.source, t.name
 end
 
 # Resources depend on the manifest.xml file for Windows builds.
diff --git a/rake.d/bin/bin2h.rb b/rake.d/bin/bin2h.rb
deleted file mode 100755
index 3f669dca4..000000000
--- a/rake.d/bin/bin2h.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-if ARGV.size != 2
-  puts "Syntax: bin2h.rb source.ext destination.h"
-  exit 1
-end
-
-bin_name = File.basename(ARGV[0]).gsub(/[^a-z\d]/i, '_').gsub(/_+/, '_') + '_bin'
-
-File.open(ARGV[1], "w") do |file|
-  file.puts <<EOT
-// Automatically generated. Do not modify.
-#ifndef BIN2H__#{bin_name.upcase}_INCLUDED
-#define BIN2H__#{bin_name.upcase}_INCLUDED
-
-static unsigned char #{bin_name}[] = {
-EOT
-
-  data = IO.binread(ARGV[0]).unpack("C*")
-  data.each_with_index do |byte, idx|
-    file.write sprintf("0x%02x", byte)
-    file.write(((idx + 1) % 13) != 0 ? ", " : ",\n") unless (idx == data.size - 1)
-  end
-
-  file.puts <<EOT
-
-};
-
-#endif // BIN2H__#{bin_name.upcase}_INCLUDED
-EOT
-end
diff --git a/rake.d/helpers.rb b/rake.d/helpers.rb
index 9f712c215..643a3b764 100644
--- a/rake.d/helpers.rb
+++ b/rake.d/helpers.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,33 @@ def runq(msg, cmdline, options = {})
   run cmdline, options.clone.merge(:dont_echo => !verbose)
 end
 
+def bin2h bin_file_name, h_file_name
+  bin_name = File.basename(bin_file_name).gsub(/[^a-z\d]/i, '_').gsub(/_+/, '_') + '_bin'
+
+  File.open(h_file_name, "w") do |file|
+    file.puts <<EOT
+// Automatically generated. Do not modify.
+#ifndef BIN2H__#{bin_name.upcase}_INCLUDED
+#define BIN2H__#{bin_name.upcase}_INCLUDED
+
+static unsigned char #{bin_name}[] = {
+EOT
+
+    data = IO.binread(bin_file_name).unpack("C*")
+    data.each_with_index do |byte, idx|
+      file.write sprintf("0x%02x", byte)
+      file.write(((idx + 1) % 13) != 0 ? ", " : ",\n") unless (idx == data.size - 1)
+    end
+
+    file.puts <<EOT
+
+};
+
+#endif // BIN2H__#{bin_name.upcase}_INCLUDED
+EOT
+  end
+end
+
 def create_dependency_dirs
   [ $dependency_dir, $dependency_tmp_dir ].each do |dir|
     File.unlink(dir) if  FileTest.exist?(dir) && !FileTest.directory?(dir)