diff --git a/Build_android/boost-for-android-x86.patch b/Build_android/boost-for-android-x86.patch
index 663c7befc1..d095d7b188 100644
--- a/Build_android/boost-for-android-x86.patch
+++ b/Build_android/boost-for-android-x86.patch
@@ -20,21 +20,19 @@ index 40453f7..7ffc050 100755
                  ;;
  	*)
  		echo "Undefined or not supported Android NDK version!"
-@@ -392,6 +397,7 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
+@@ -392,6 +397,6 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
    export PATH=$AndroidBinariesPath:$PATH
    export AndroidNDKRoot
    export NO_BZIP2=1
-+  export ICONV_PATH="`pwd`/../../libiconv/x86"
  
    cxxflags=""
    for flag in $CXXFLAGS; do cxxflags="$cxxflags cxxflags=$flag"; done
-@@ -404,8 +410,12 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
+@@ -404,8 +409,11 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
           threading=multi              \
           --layout=versioned           \
           --prefix="./../$BUILD_DIR/"  \
 +         boost.locale.posix=off       \
 +         boost.locale.std=on          \
-+         boost.locale.iconv=on        \
 +         boost.locale.icu=off         \
           $LIBRARIES                   \
 -         install 2>&1                 \
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ index 666d4c8..762753e 100644
 +<linkflags>--sysroot=$(AndroidNDKRoot)/platforms/android-9/arch-x86
  # @Moss - Above are the 'oficial' android flags
 -<architecture>arm
-+#<architecture>i686
++<architecture>i686
  <compileflags>-fvisibility=hidden
  <compileflags>-fvisibility-inlines-hidden
  <compileflags>-fdata-sections
diff --git a/Build_android/boost-for-android.patch b/Build_android/boost-for-android.patch
index 4ed156f551..4f19d4a0c6 100644
--- a/Build_android/boost-for-android.patch
+++ b/Build_android/boost-for-android.patch
@@ -20,21 +20,19 @@ index 40453f7..ad78ddf 100755
                  ;;
  	*)
  		echo "Undefined or not supported Android NDK version!"
-@@ -392,6 +397,7 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
+@@ -392,6 +397,6 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
    export PATH=$AndroidBinariesPath:$PATH
    export AndroidNDKRoot
    export NO_BZIP2=1
-+  export ICONV_PATH="`pwd`/../../libiconv/armeabi-v7a"
  
    cxxflags=""
    for flag in $CXXFLAGS; do cxxflags="$cxxflags cxxflags=$flag"; done
-@@ -404,8 +410,12 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
+@@ -404,8 +409,11 @@ echo "Building boost for android"
           threading=multi              \
           --layout=versioned           \
           --prefix="./../$BUILD_DIR/"  \
 +         boost.locale.posix=off       \
 +         boost.locale.std=on          \
-+         boost.locale.iconv=on        \
 +         boost.locale.icu=off         \
           $LIBRARIES                   \
 -         install 2>&1                 \
diff --git a/Build_android/configure.sh b/Build_android/configure.sh
index 47e7d65897..530e981268 100755
--- a/Build_android/configure.sh
+++ b/Build_android/configure.sh
@@ -34,17 +34,15 @@ set -e
 # Parse args
 # -----------------
 
-DO_LIBICONV=1
 DO_BOOST=1
 DO_OPENSSL=1
 DO_CPPRESTSDK=1
 
 function usage {
-    echo "Usage: $0 [--skip-boost] [--skip-openssl] [--skip-libiconv] [--skip-cpprestsdk] [-h] [--ndk <android-ndk>]"
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--skip-boost] [--skip-openssl] [--skip-cpprestsdk] [-h] [--ndk <android-ndk>]"
     echo ""
     echo "    --skip-boost          Skip fetching and compiling boost"
     echo "    --skip-openssl        Skip fetching and compiling openssl"
-    echo "    --skip-libiconv       Skip fetching and compiling libiconv"
     echo "    --skip-cpprestsdk     Skip compiling cpprestsdk"
     echo "    -h,--help,-?          Display this information"
     echo "    --ndk <android-ndk>   If specified, overrides the ANDROID_NDK environment variable"
@@ -59,9 +57,6 @@ do
 	"--skip-openssl")
 	    DO_OPENSSL=0
 	    ;;
-	"--skip-libiconv")
-	    DO_LIBICONV=0
-	    ;;
 	"--skip-cpprestsdk")
 	    DO_CPPRESTSDK=0
 	    ;;
@@ -131,40 +126,6 @@ then
 )
 fi
 
-# --------
-# libiconv
-# --------
-
-# This steps are based on the blog post
-# http://danilogiulianelli.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-cross-compile-libiconv-for.html
-if [ "${DO_LIBICONV}" == "1" ]
-then
-(
-    if [ ! -e "libiconv-1.13.1.tar.gz" ]
-    then
-	wget http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.13.1.tar.gz
-    fi
-    rm -rf libiconv
-    mkdir libiconv
-    cd libiconv
-    tar xzf ../libiconv-1.13.1.tar.gz
-    patch -b -p0 < "$DIR/libiconv/libiconv.patch"
-    cd libiconv-1.13.1
-    ./configure
-    cp -r "$DIR/libiconv/jni" ..
-    cd ../jni
-    "${NDK_DIR}/ndk-build" || exit 1
-    cd ..
-    mkdir -p armeabi-v7a/include
-    mkdir -p armeabi-v7a/lib
-    mkdir -p x86/include
-    mkdir -p x86/lib
-    cp libiconv-1.13.1/include/iconv.h armeabi-v7a/include/
-    cp libiconv-1.13.1/include/iconv.h x86/include/
-    cp obj/local/x86/libiconv.a x86/lib/
-    cp obj/local/armeabi-v7a/libiconv.a armeabi-v7a/lib/
-)
-fi
 
 # -----
 # Boost
@@ -187,7 +148,7 @@ then
 	    git apply "$DIR/boost-for-android.patch"
 	    touch cpprestsdk.patched.stamp
 	fi
-	PATH="$PATH:$NDK_DIR" ./build-android.sh --boost=1.55.0 --with-libraries=locale,random,date_time,filesystem,system,thread,chrono "${NDK_DIR}" || exit 1
+	PATH="$PATH:$NDK_DIR" ./build-android.sh --boost=1.55.0 --with-libraries=atomic,locale,random,date_time,filesystem,system,thread,chrono "${NDK_DIR}" || exit 1
     )
 
     (
@@ -204,7 +165,7 @@ then
 	    ln -s ../Boost-for-Android/boost_1_55_0.tar.bz2 .
 	    touch cpprestsdk.patched.stamp
 	fi
-	PATH="$PATH:$NDK_DIR" ./build-android.sh --boost=1.55.0 --with-libraries=locale,random,date_time,filesystem,system,thread,chrono "${NDK_DIR}" || exit 1
+	PATH="$PATH:$NDK_DIR" ./build-android.sh --boost=1.55.0 --with-libraries=atomic,locale,random,date_time,filesystem,system,thread,chrono "${NDK_DIR}" || exit 1
     )
 )
 fi