diff --git a/boot/gummiboot/Config.in b/boot/gummiboot/Config.in
index ad49793..11dbc4f 100644
--- a/boot/gummiboot/Config.in
+++ b/boot/gummiboot/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_TARGET_GUMMIBOOT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNU_EFI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	help
 	  gummiboot is a simple UEFI boot manager which executes
 	  configured EFI images. The default entry is selected by a
@@ -22,6 +21,3 @@ config BR2_TARGET_GUMMIBOOT
 	  files will be located in /loader/ inside the EFI partition.
 
 	  http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummiboot/
-
-comment "gummiboot needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/bcache-tools/Config.in b/package/bcache-tools/Config.in
index ee5f1f2..7e6319b 100644
--- a/package/bcache-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/bcache-tools/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BCACHE_TOOLS
 	bool "bcache tools"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # util-linux (libblkid)
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
@@ -16,6 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BCACHE_TOOLS
 	  This is the user space bcache tools, required to setup the linux
 	  bcache feature of the Linux kernel.
 
-comment "bcache-tools needs udev /dev management and a toolchain w/ wchar"
+comment "bcache-tools needs udev /dev management"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
diff --git a/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in b/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in
index dc0fa81..ad86bab 100644
--- a/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in
+++ b/package/btrfs-progs/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BTRFS_PROGS
 	bool "btrfs-progs"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS
@@ -14,6 +13,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BTRFS_PROGS
 
 	  https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
 
-comment "btrfs-progs needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "btrfs-progs needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/circus/Config.in b/package/circus/Config.in
index 94c59a4..5276513 100644
--- a/package/circus/Config.in
+++ b/package/circus/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CIRCUS
 	bool "circus"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # pyzmq -> zeromq
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # pyzmq -> zeromq
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pyzmq -> zeromq
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # python-psutil
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CIRCUS
 
 	  https://circus.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
 
-comment "circus needs Python and a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL || \
+comment "circus needs Python and a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL || \
 		!(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON || BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3)
diff --git a/package/cppzmq/Config.in b/package/cppzmq/Config.in
index 788fd0b..c984c15 100644
--- a/package/cppzmq/Config.in
+++ b/package/cppzmq/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CPPZMQ
 	bool "cppzmq"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zeromq
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	help
@@ -9,6 +8,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CPPZMQ
 
 	  http://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq
 
-comment "cppzmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR && \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+comment "cppzmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
diff --git a/package/cryptsetup/Config.in b/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
index d2bf3b4..3ca23ba 100644
--- a/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
+++ b/package/cryptsetup/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTSETUP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # lvm2
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # lvm2
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # lvm2
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LVM2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTSETUP
 
 	  https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
 
-comment "cryptsetup needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
+comment "cryptsetup needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
 		|| BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
diff --git a/package/czmq/Config.in b/package/czmq/Config.in
index 6a99336..cfa5152 100644
--- a/package/czmq/Config.in
+++ b/package/czmq/Config.in
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CZMQ
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # zeromq
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zeromq
 	help
 	  High-level C Binding for 0MQ
 
 	  http://czmq.zeromq.org/
 
-comment "czmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
+comment "czmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR && \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
diff --git a/package/docker-containerd/Config.in b/package/docker-containerd/Config.in
index 99af917..2f7bf71 100644
--- a/package/docker-containerd/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-containerd/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # util-linux
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_RUNC # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_BINARIES
@@ -16,8 +15,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD
 
 	  https://github.com/docker/containerd
 
-comment "docker-containerd needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
+comment "docker-containerd needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_CGO_LINKING_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/docker-engine/Config.in b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
index b99b121..1879a56 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON
 	bool "docker daemon"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # docker-containerd
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # docker-containerd
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE # runtime dependency
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DRIVER_BTRFS
 	bool "btrfs filesystem driver"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # btrfs-progs
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # btrfs-progs
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # btrfs-progs
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BTRFS_PROGS
diff --git a/package/e2fsprogs/Config.in b/package/e2fsprogs/Config.in
index 4db11e1..d1914a9 100644
--- a/package/e2fsprogs/Config.in
+++ b/package/e2fsprogs/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS
 	bool "e2fsprogs"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # util-linux/libblkid
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID
@@ -100,7 +99,3 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_UUIDGEN
 	default y
 
 endif
-
-comment "e2fsprogs needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/e2tools/Config.in b/package/e2tools/Config.in
index 5fc55a6..2aa15b0 100644
--- a/package/e2tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/e2tools/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_E2TOOLS
 	bool "e2tools"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # e2fsprogs
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # e2fsprogs
 	help
 	  E2tools is a simple set of GPL'ed utilities to read, write,
@@ -12,6 +11,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_E2TOOLS
 
 	  https://github.com/ndim/e2tools
 
-comment "e2tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+comment "e2tools needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
diff --git a/package/eudev/Config.in b/package/eudev/Config.in
index 6412675..39ffe62 100644
--- a/package/eudev/Config.in
+++ b/package/eudev/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV
 	bool "eudev"
 	depends on BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # uses fork()
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # kmod
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
@@ -38,6 +37,6 @@ comment "eudev needs eudev /dev management"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV
 
-comment "eudev needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "eudev needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/f2fs-tools/Config.in b/package/f2fs-tools/Config.in
index 6a98e79..7fc36f6 100644
--- a/package/f2fs-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/f2fs-tools/Config.in
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_F2FS_TOOLS
 	bool "f2fs-tools"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	help
 	  Tools for Flash-Friendly File System (F2FS)
 
 	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/f2fs-tools/
-
-comment "f2fs-tools needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/filemq/Config.in b/package/filemq/Config.in
index 4460f87..e06a267 100644
--- a/package/filemq/Config.in
+++ b/package/filemq/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FILEMQ
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CZMQ
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # zeromq
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zeromq
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # czmq
 	help
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FILEMQ
 
 	  http://github.com/zeromq/filemq
 
-comment "filemq needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
+comment "filemq needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR && \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
diff --git a/package/freeswitch/Config.in b/package/freeswitch/Config.in
index 0156afd..38dfb52 100644
--- a/package/freeswitch/Config.in
+++ b/package/freeswitch/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESWITCH
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # apr, included in freeswitch source
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # apr, included in freeswitch source
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libuuid
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_AVRESAMPLE if BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_SWSCALE if BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESWITCH
 
 	  https://www.freeswitch.org
 
-comment "freeswitch needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, threads, wchar"
+comment "freeswitch needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/gptfdisk/Config.in b/package/gptfdisk/Config.in
index befdf77..22dc401 100644
--- a/package/gptfdisk/Config.in
+++ b/package/gptfdisk/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-comment "gptfdisk needs a toolchain w/ wchar, C++"
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR)
+comment "gptfdisk needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK
 	bool "gptfdisk"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_GDISK if \
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_CGDISK
 	bool "ncurses cgdisk"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR # needed because of UTF-16
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # ncurses wchar
 	depends on !(BR2_bfin && BR2_BINFMT_FLAT) # ncurses wchar support
 	help
 	  Install the ncurses-based GUID partition table (GPT)
diff --git a/package/gupnp/Config.in b/package/gupnp/Config.in
index a5ecab7..3074a42 100644
--- a/package/gupnp/Config.in
+++ b/package/gupnp/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GUPNP
 	bool "gupnp"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2, gssdp, util-linux
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2, gssdp
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2, gssdp
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # glib2, gssdp
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
diff --git a/package/libcrossguid/Config.in b/package/libcrossguid/Config.in
index 61ca781..49060bc 100644
--- a/package/libcrossguid/Config.in
+++ b/package/libcrossguid/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCROSSGUID
 	bool "libcrossguid"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	help
@@ -10,6 +9,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCROSSGUID
 
 	  https://github.com/graeme-hill/crossguid
 
-comment "libcrossguid needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, gcc >= 4.7"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
+comment "libcrossguid needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.7"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
diff --git a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
index 9634a4d..09fab44 100644
--- a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_BABELTRACE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2, util-linux
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2
 	help
diff --git a/package/lttng-libust/Config.in b/package/lttng-libust/Config.in
index ce60599..83990cf 100644
--- a/package/lttng-libust/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-libust/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_LIBUST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	# liburcu only works on some architectures and requires threads support"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
@@ -16,6 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_LIBUST
 
 	  http://lttng.org
 
-comment "lttng-libust needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar, threads"
+comment "lttng-libust needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/lttng-tools/Config.in b/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
index dd72cc6..187e424 100644
--- a/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 	bool "lttng-tools"
 	# liburcu only works on some architectures and requires thread support
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # uses dlfcn
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU
@@ -28,6 +27,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 
 	  http://lttng.org
 
-comment "lttng-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "lttng-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/mongrel2/Config.in b/package/mongrel2/Config.in
index bc9b79b..796bae6 100644
--- a/package/mongrel2/Config.in
+++ b/package/mongrel2/Config.in
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MONGREL2_LIBC_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC && \
 		(BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_i386 || BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el || BR2_sparc || BR2_x86_64)
 
-comment "mongrel2 needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "mongrel2 needs a uClibc or glibc toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_PACKAGE_MONGREL2_LIBC_SUPPORTS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_MONGREL2_LIBC_SUPPORTS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MONGREL2
 	bool "mongrel2"
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MONGREL2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # zeromq
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zeromq
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # zeromq -> util-linux
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # uses dlopen()
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MONGREL2_LIBC_SUPPORTS
 	help
diff --git a/package/mtd/Config.in b/package/mtd/Config.in
index 8be5eff..2e6cdbb 100644
--- a/package/mtd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mtd/Config.in
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_MKFSUBIFS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LZO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
-
-comment "mkfs.ubifs needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_MTD_DEBUG
 	bool "mtd_debug"
diff --git a/package/ola/Config.in b/package/ola/Config.in
index 2f1d33e..90a92fd 100644
--- a/package/ola/Config.in
+++ b/package/ola/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-comment "ola needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "ola needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 
 menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_OLA
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_OLA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # protobuf
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # protobuf
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
diff --git a/package/php-zmq/Config.in b/package/php-zmq/Config.in
index c258272..058f93d 100644
--- a/package/php-zmq/Config.in
+++ b/package/php-zmq/Config.in
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-comment "php-zmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR \
-		&& BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+comment "php-zmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_ZMQ
 	bool "php-zmq"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PHP
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	help
diff --git a/package/python-pyzmq/Config.in b/package/python-pyzmq/Config.in
index af4467f..8f33a63 100644
--- a/package/python-pyzmq/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-pyzmq/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYZMQ
 	bool "python-pyzmq"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # zeromq
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # zeromq
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zeromq
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYZMQ
 
 	  http://zeromq.org/bindings:python
 
-comment "python-pyzmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
+comment "python-pyzmq needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR && \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
diff --git a/package/qpid-proton/Config.in b/package/qpid-proton/Config.in
index f8aaf39..47cddeb 100644
--- a/package/qpid-proton/Config.in
+++ b/package/qpid-proton/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QPID_PROTON
 	bool "qpid-proton"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # build a shared library
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	help
@@ -14,5 +13,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QPID_PROTON
 
 	  https://qpid.apache.org/proton/
 
-comment "qpid-proton needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar"
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+comment "qpid-proton needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/samba4/Config.in b/package/samba4/Config.in
index 5ae2c36..90e4d2b 100644
--- a/package/samba4/Config.in
+++ b/package/samba4/Config.in
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-comment "samba4 needs a toolchain w/ RPC, wchar, dynamic library, threads"
+comment "samba4 needs a toolchain w/ RPC, dynamic library, threads"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC \
-		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SAMBA4
 	bool "samba4"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # e2fsprogs
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # python -> libffi
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # python
diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index 1aedb7b..aaed7dc 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	bool "systemd"
 	depends on BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # kmod
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
diff --git a/package/taskd/Config.in b/package/taskd/Config.in
index 7a9a136..7d26aba 100644
--- a/package/taskd/Config.in
+++ b/package/taskd/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TASKD
 	bool "taskd"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gnutls, util-linux
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gnutls
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
diff --git a/package/xen/Config.in b/package/xen/Config.in
index 7254a07..b5dcbf2 100644
--- a/package/xen/Config.in
+++ b/package/xen/Config.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XEN_TOOLS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dtc (libfdt)
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBAIO_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2, util-linux
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBAIO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
diff --git a/package/xfsprogs/Config.in b/package/xfsprogs/Config.in
index a82663f..ccb3214 100644
--- a/package/xfsprogs/Config.in
+++ b/package/xfsprogs/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-comment "xfsprogs needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain w/ wchar"
+comment "xfsprogs needs a glibc or uClibc toolchain"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XFSPROGS
 	bool "xfsprogs"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
diff --git a/package/zeromq/Config.in b/package/zeromq/Config.in
index d5c9dea..349f762 100644
--- a/package/zeromq/Config.in
+++ b/package/zeromq/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-comment "zeromq needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR && \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+comment "zeromq needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	bool "zeromq"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
diff --git a/package/zmqpp/Config.in b/package/zmqpp/Config.in
index 67e89b3..12f65ca 100644
--- a/package/zmqpp/Config.in
+++ b/package/zmqpp/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZMQPP
 	# c++1x support
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zeromq
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZEROMQ
 	help
@@ -14,9 +13,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZMQPP
 
 	  http://github.com/benjamg/zmqpp
 
-comment "zmqpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.7"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
+comment "zmqpp needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 4.7"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_ZMQPP
 
diff --git a/package/zyre/Config.in b/package/zyre/Config.in
index a6aef60..21a0884 100644
--- a/package/zyre/Config.in
+++ b/package/zyre/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ZYRE
 	bool "zyre"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # zeromq
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # zeromq
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # zeromq
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # czmq
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CZMQ
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ZYRE
 
 	  http://zyre.org
 
-comment "zyre needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
+comment "zyre needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_USE_WCHAR && \
-		BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+	depends on !(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
diff --git a/system/Config.in b/system/Config.in
index f9a3bda..7418946 100644
--- a/system/Config.in
+++ b/system/Config.in
@@ -158,14 +158,13 @@ config BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV
 
 config BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV
 	bool "Dynamic using devtmpfs + eudev"
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # eudev
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV
 
-comment "eudev needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
+comment "eudev needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 endchoice
 
