diff --git a/_build.sh b/_build.sh
index 704d08cf4..424541f87 100755
--- a/_build.sh
+++ b/_build.sh
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ set -o xtrace -o errexit -o nounset; [ -n "${BASH:-}${ZSH_NAME:-}" ] && set -o p
 #   zstd             cmake
 #   brotli           cmake
 #   cares            cmake
-#   libunistring     autotools
-#   libiconv         autotools
 #   libidn2          autotools
 #   libpsl           autotools
 #   gsasl            autotools
@@ -1620,8 +1618,6 @@ build_single_target() {
   bld zstd                 "${ZSTD_VER_}"
   bld brotli             "${BROTLI_VER_}"
   bld cares               "${CARES_VER_}"
-  bld libunistring "${LIBUNISTRING_VER_}"
-  bld libiconv         "${LIBICONV_VER_}"
   bld libidn2           "${LIBIDN2_VER_}"
   bld libpsl             "${LIBPSL_VER_}"
   bld nghttp3           "${NGHTTP3_VER_}"
diff --git a/_dl.sh b/_dl.sh
index 4135d8c46..416fe9c9a 100755
--- a/_dl.sh
+++ b/_dl.sh
@@ -66,18 +66,6 @@ cat <<EOF
     "sig": ".sig",
     "keys": "A3CC9C870B9D310ABAD4CF2F51722B08FE4745A2"
   },
-  {
-    "name": "libunistring",
-    "url": "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-{ver}.tar.xz",
-    "sig": ".sig",
-    "keys": "9001B85AF9E1B83DF1BDA942F5BE8B267C6A406D"
-  },
-  {
-    "name": "libiconv",
-    "url": "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-{ver}.tar.gz",
-    "sig": ".sig",
-    "keys": "9001B85AF9E1B83DF1BDA942F5BE8B267C6A406D"
-  },
   {
     "name": "libpsl",
     "url": "https://github.com/rockdaboot/libpsl/archive/refs/tags/{ver}.tar.gz",
@@ -787,14 +775,6 @@ if [[ "${_DEPS}" = *'libidn2'* ]]; then
   live_dl libidn2 "${LIBIDN2_VER_}"
   live_xt libidn2 "${LIBIDN2_HASH}"
 fi
-if [[ "${_DEPS}" = *'libunistring'* ]]; then
-  live_dl libunistring "${LIBUNISTRING_VER_}"
-  live_xt libunistring "${LIBUNISTRING_HASH}"
-fi
-if [[ "${_DEPS}" = *'libiconv'* ]]; then
-  live_dl libiconv "${LIBICONV_VER_}"
-  live_xt libiconv "${LIBICONV_HASH}"
-fi
 if [[ "${_DEPS}" = *'libpsl'* ]]; then
   live_dl libpsl "${LIBPSL_VER_}"
   live_xt libpsl "${LIBPSL_HASH}"
diff --git a/libidn2.sh b/libidn2.sh
index a79bdede8..0c89e815f 100755
--- a/libidn2.sh
+++ b/libidn2.sh
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ _VER="$1"
   export LDFLAGS="${_LDFLAGS_GLOBAL} ${_LDFLAGS_GLOBAL_AUTOTOOLS}"
   export LIBS=''
 
-  if [[ "${_DEPS}" = *'libiconv'* ]] && [ -d "../libiconv/${_PP}" ]; then
-    options+=" --with-libiconv-prefix=${_TOP}/libiconv/${_PP}"
-  fi
-  if [[ "${_DEPS}" = *'libunistring'* ]] && [ -d "../libunistring/${_PP}" ]; then
-    options+=" --with-libunistring-prefix=${_TOP}/libunistring/${_PP}"
-  fi
-
   (
     mkdir "${_BLDDIR}"; cd "${_BLDDIR}"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086