diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9dfbc9b3..e9f7458e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 find_package(pugixml REQUIRED)
 find_package(imgui REQUIRED)
 find_package(RapidJSON REQUIRED)
-find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options filesystem nowide locale REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options filesystem nowide REQUIRED)
 find_package(libzip REQUIRED)
 find_package(glslang REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d69cc93..f1654f31 100644
--- a/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ target_link_libraries(CemuCommon PRIVATE
 	CemuComponents
 	Boost::nowide
 	Boost::filesystem
-	Boost::locale
 	glm::glm
 )
 
diff --git a/src/Common/unix/FileStream_unix.cpp b/src/Common/unix/FileStream_unix.cpp
index 6a2804ab..936e3cf9 100644
--- a/src/Common/unix/FileStream_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/unix/FileStream_unix.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include "Common/unix/FileStream_unix.h"
-#include <boost/locale/conversion.hpp>
 
 std::optional<fs::path> findPathCI(const fs::path& path)
 {
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ std::optional<fs::path> findPathCI(const fs::path& path)
 		for (auto&& dirEntry : fs::directory_iterator(parrentPath))
 		{
 			std::string dirFName = dirEntry.path().filename().string();
-			if (boost::equals(boost::locale::to_lower(dirFName), boost::locale::to_lower(fName)))
+			if (boost::iequals(dirFName, fName))
 			{
 				return dirEntry;
 			}
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 20ad2ac5..f94b2761 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 
 #include "Common/ExceptionHandler/ExceptionHandler.h"
 
-#include <boost/locale/generator.hpp>
-#include <boost/locale.hpp>
-#include <locale>
 #include <wx/setup.h>
 #include "util/helpers/helpers.h"
 #include "config/ActiveSettings.h"
@@ -381,8 +378,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
     if (!LaunchSettings::HandleCommandline(argc, argv))
 		return 0;
-	boost::locale::generator gen;
-	std::locale::global(gen(""));
+
 	ActiveSettings::LoadOnce();
 
 	HandlePostUpdate();
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index ec4f62f7..519a5618 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "boost-range",
     "boost-functional",
     "boost-dll",
-    "boost-locale",
     "boost-optional",
     "boost-signals2",
     "boost-crc",