diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f634c114..96937472b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1070,7 +1070,12 @@ if(STATIC)
   set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
   set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
 endif()
-find_package(Boost 1.58 QUIET REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem thread date_time chrono regex serialization program_options locale)
+
+set(BOOST_COMPONENTS system filesystem thread date_time chrono regex serialization program_options)
+if (WIN32)
+  list(APPEND BOOST_COMPONENTS locale)
+endif()
+find_package(Boost 1.58 QUIET REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
 add_definitions(-DBOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_SEQUENTIAL_STRAND_ALLOCATION)
 
 set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${OLD_LIB_SUFFIXES})
@@ -1095,9 +1100,7 @@ include_directories(SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 if(MINGW)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -Wa,-mbig-obj")
   set(EXTRA_LIBRARIES mswsock;ws2_32;iphlpapi;crypt32;bcrypt)
-  if(DEPENDS)
-    set(ICU_LIBRARIES iconv)
-  else()
+  if(NOT DEPENDS)
     set(ICU_LIBRARIES icuio icuin icuuc icudt icutu iconv)
   endif()
 elseif(APPLE OR OPENBSD OR ANDROID)
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/boost.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/boost.mk
index fd06c5393..d81bca973 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ $(package)_version=1_64_0
 $(package)_download_path=https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.64.0/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)_$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
 $(package)_sha256_hash=7bcc5caace97baa948931d712ea5f37038dbb1c5d89b43ad4def4ed7cb683332
-$(package)_dependencies=libiconv
 $(package)_patches=fix_aroptions.patch fix_arm_arch.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
@@ -22,7 +21,8 @@ $(package)_toolset_$(host_os)=gcc
 $(package)_archiver_$(host_os)=$($(package)_ar)
 $(package)_toolset_darwin=darwin
 $(package)_archiver_darwin=$($(package)_libtool)
-$(package)_config_libraries=chrono,filesystem,program_options,system,thread,test,date_time,regex,serialization,locale
+$(package)_config_libraries_$(host_os)="chrono,filesystem,program_options,system,thread,test,date_time,regex,serialization"
+$(package)_config_libraries_mingw32="chrono,filesystem,program_options,system,thread,test,date_time,regex,serialization,locale"
 $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11
 $(package)_cxxflags_linux=-fPIC
 $(package)_cxxflags_freebsd=-fPIC
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_config_cmds
-  ./bootstrap.sh --without-icu --with-libraries=$(boost_config_libraries)
+  ./bootstrap.sh --without-icu --with-libraries=$(boost_config_libraries_$(host_os))
 endef
 
 define $(package)_build_cmds
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/libiconv.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/libiconv.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index eac8b4331..000000000
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/libiconv.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package=libiconv
-$(package)_version=1.15
-$(package)_download_path=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv
-$(package)_file_name=libiconv-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
-$(package)_sha256_hash=ccf536620a45458d26ba83887a983b96827001e92a13847b45e4925cc8913178
-$(package)_patches=fix-whitespace.patch
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts=--disable-nls
-  $(package)_config_opts=--enable-static
-  $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared
-  $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
-  $(package)_config_opts_freebsd=--with-pic
-endef
-
-define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  cp -f $(BASEDIR)/config.guess $(BASEDIR)/config.sub build-aux/ &&\
-  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/fix-whitespace.patch
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf) AR_FLAGS=$($(package)_arflags)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm lib/*.la
-endef
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
index ea4a0effd..43811ae92 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-packages:=boost openssl zeromq libiconv expat unbound
+packages:=boost openssl zeromq expat unbound
 
 # ccache is useless in gitian builds
 ifneq ($(GITIAN),1)
diff --git a/contrib/depends/patches/libiconv/fix-whitespace.patch b/contrib/depends/patches/libiconv/fix-whitespace.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 531364b45..000000000
--- a/contrib/depends/patches/libiconv/fix-whitespace.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/preload/configure b/preload/configure
-index aab5c77..e20b8f0 100755
---- a/preload/configure
-+++ b/preload/configure
-@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
- PACKAGE_NAME='libiconv'
- PACKAGE_TARNAME='libiconv'
- PACKAGE_VERSION='0'
--PACKAGE_STRING='libiconv 0'
-+PACKAGE_STRING='libiconv0'
- PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
- PACKAGE_URL=''
-
diff --git a/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
index 0c3aaf853..7f4dbbc79 100644
--- a/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/api/wallet.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
+#ifdef WIN32
 #include <boost/locale.hpp>
+#endif
+
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 
 using namespace std;