diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 74f076596..e6105ab90 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ if(CCACHE_EXECUTABLE)
   SET_PROPERTY(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_LINK ${CCACHE_EXECUTABLE})
 endif()
 
-option(USE_ICU "Use ICU" ON)
-
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(Backtrace)
@@ -108,14 +106,7 @@ if(Backtrace_FOUND)
   set(HAVE_BACKTRACE ON)
 endif()
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
-if(USE_ICU)
-  find_package(ICU COMPONENTS uc i18n REQUIRED)
-  if(ICU_FOUND)
-    set(HAVE_ICU ON)
-  endif()
-else()
-  find_package(Iconv)
-endif()
+find_package(ICU COMPONENTS uc i18n REQUIRED)
 find_package(Protobuf CONFIG)
 if(NOT Protobuf_FOUND)
   find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 31d14312c..e8bf5a508 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -995,14 +995,9 @@ link_directories(
   ${SQLITE_LIBRARY_DIRS}
   ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY_DIRS}
   ${SINGLEAPPLICATION_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+  ${ICU_LIBRARY_DIRS}
 )
 
-if(HAVE_ICU)
-  link_directories(${ICU_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-else()
-  link_directories(${Iconv_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-endif()
-
 if(HAVE_ALSA)
   link_directories(${ALSA_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 endif()
@@ -1086,6 +1081,7 @@ target_include_directories(strawberry_lib SYSTEM PUBLIC
   ${GOBJECT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SQLITE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${ICU_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 if(HAVE_QPA_QPLATFORMNATIVEINTERFACE_H)
@@ -1108,6 +1104,7 @@ target_link_libraries(strawberry_lib PUBLIC
   ${GLIB_LIBRARIES}
   ${GOBJECT_LIBRARIES}
   ${SQLITE_LIBRARIES}
+  ${ICU_LIBRARIES}
   Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core
   Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Concurrent
   Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Gui
@@ -1128,17 +1125,6 @@ if(HAVE_X11_GLOBALSHORTCUTS AND HAVE_X11EXTRAS)
   target_link_libraries(strawberry_lib PUBLIC Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::X11Extras)
 endif()
 
-if(HAVE_ICU)
-  target_include_directories(strawberry_lib SYSTEM PRIVATE ${ICU_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  target_link_libraries(strawberry_lib PRIVATE ${ICU_LIBRARIES})
-else()
-  if(FREEBSD AND NOT Iconv_LIBRARIES)
-    set(Iconv_LIBRARIES iconv)
-  endif()
-  target_include_directories(strawberry_lib SYSTEM PRIVATE ${Iconv_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  target_link_libraries(strawberry_lib PRIVATE ${Iconv_LIBRARIES})
-endif()
-
 if(HAVE_ALSA)
   target_include_directories(strawberry_lib SYSTEM PRIVATE ${ALSA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   target_link_libraries(strawberry_lib PRIVATE ${ALSA_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index 3be0c0f2a..77063a293 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_MUSICBRAINZ
 #cmakedefine HAVE_GLOBALSHORTCUTS
 #cmakedefine HAVE_X11_GLOBALSHORTCUTS
-#cmakedefine HAVE_ICU
 
 #cmakedefine USE_INSTALL_PREFIX
 
diff --git a/src/utilities/transliterate.cpp b/src/utilities/transliterate.cpp
index 6adb1ac63..d7f366b75 100644
--- a/src/utilities/transliterate.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/transliterate.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <string>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ICU
-#  include <unicode/translit.h>
-#else
-#  include <iconv.h>
-#endif
+#include <unicode/translit.h>
 
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QString>
@@ -38,8 +34,6 @@ namespace Utilities {
 
 QString Transliterate(const QString &accented_str) {
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ICU
-
   UErrorCode errorcode = U_ZERO_ERROR;
   ScopedPtr<icu::Transliterator> transliterator;
   transliterator.reset(icu::Transliterator::createInstance("Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII;", UTRANS_FORWARD, errorcode));
@@ -55,40 +49,6 @@ QString Transliterate(const QString &accented_str) {
 
   return QString::fromStdString(unaccented_str);
 
-#else
-
-#ifdef LC_ALL
-  setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
-#endif
-
-  iconv_t conv = iconv_open("ASCII//TRANSLIT", "UTF-8");
-  if (conv == reinterpret_cast<iconv_t>(-1)) return accented_str;
-
-  QByteArray utf8 = accented_str.toUtf8();
-
-  size_t input_len = utf8.length() + 1;
-  char *input_ptr = new char[input_len];
-  char *input = input_ptr;
-
-  size_t output_len = input_len * 2;
-  char *output_ptr = new char[output_len];
-  char *output = output_ptr;
-
-  snprintf(input, input_len, "%s", utf8.constData());
-
-  iconv(conv, &input, &input_len, &output, &output_len);
-  iconv_close(conv);
-
-  QString ret(output_ptr);
-  ret = ret.replace('?', '_');
-
-  delete[] input_ptr;
-  delete[] output_ptr;
-
-  return ret;
-
-#endif  // HAVE_ICU
-
 }  // Transliterate
 
 }  // namespace Utilities
diff --git a/tests/src/organizeformat_test.cpp b/tests/src/organizeformat_test.cpp
index a87fb4d36..b407c0648 100644
--- a/tests/src/organizeformat_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/organizeformat_test.cpp
@@ -151,16 +151,12 @@ TEST_F(OrganizeFormatTest, ReplaceNonAscii) {
   song_.set_artist(QLatin1String(""));
   EXPECT_EQ(QLatin1String(""), format_.GetFilenameForSong(song_).filename);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_ICU
-
   song_.set_artist(QStringLiteral("Владимир Высоцкий"));
   EXPECT_EQ(QStringLiteral("Vladimir_Vysockij"), format_.GetFilenameForSong(song_).filename);
 
   song_.set_artist(QStringLiteral("エックス・ジャパン"));
   EXPECT_EQ(QStringLiteral("ekkusujapan"), format_.GetFilenameForSong(song_).filename);
 
-#endif
-
 }
 
 TEST_F(OrganizeFormatTest, TrackNumberPadding) {