Sad plugins

Hey all

Ive got a plugin at the moment that seems to need the following runtime:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displayLang=en

is there a way of avoiding this?
everyone elses yummy plugins seem to work fine without it

thanks!
elliot