diff --git a/include/ircd/ircd.h b/include/ircd/ircd.h
index f2ca62f9a..e060b658f 100644
--- a/include/ircd/ircd.h
+++ b/include/ircd/ircd.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #include "backtrace.h"
 #include "info.h"
 #include "icu.h"
-#include "locale.h"
 #include "time.h"
 #include "lex_cast.h"
 #include "logger.h"
diff --git a/include/ircd/locale.h b/include/ircd/locale.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ffe81798..000000000
--- a/include/ircd/locale.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-// Matrix Construct
-//
-// Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
-// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
-//
-// Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
-// purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
-// copyright notice and this permission notice is present in all copies. The
-// full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
-
-#pragma once
-#define HAVE_IRCD_LOCALE_H
-
-/// Utilities for internationalization.
-namespace ircd::locale
-{
-
-}
-
-// On newer platforms (gcc-5 etc) these conversions are standard C++.
-// On older platforms the definition file may use boost::locale.
-namespace ircd::locale::char16
-{
-	char conv(const char16_t &);
-	char16_t conv(const char &);
-
-	size_t conv(const char16_t *const &, const size_t &len, char *const &buf, const size_t &max);
-	size_t conv(const char *const &, const size_t &len, char16_t *const &buf, const size_t &max);  // uint8_t = max*2
-
-	size_t conv(const char16_t *const &, char *const &buf, const size_t &max);
-	size_t conv(const char *const &, char16_t *const &buf, const size_t &max);  // uint8_t = max*2
-
-	std::string conv(const char16_t *const &, const size_t &len);
-	std::string conv(const char16_t *const &);
-	std::string conv(const std::u16string &);
-
-	std::u16string conv(const char *const &, const size_t &len);
-	std::u16string conv(const char *const &);
-	std::u16string conv(const std::string &);
-
-	std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &, const std::u16string &);
-}
-
-namespace ircd::locale
-{
-	using char16::operator<<;
-}
-
-namespace ircd
-{
-	using locale::operator<<;
-}
-
-inline std::ostream &
-ircd::locale::char16::operator<<(std::ostream &s,
-                                 const std::u16string &u)
-{
-	s << conv(u);
-	return s;
-}
diff --git a/ircd/Makefile.am b/ircd/Makefile.am
index 10577948e..69f605ac3 100644
--- a/ircd/Makefile.am
+++ b/ircd/Makefile.am
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ libircd_la_SOURCES += demangle.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += backtrace.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += fpe.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += icu.cc
-libircd_la_SOURCES += locale.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += timedate.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += lex_cast.cc
 libircd_la_SOURCES += stringops.cc
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ endif
 json.lo:              AM_CPPFLAGS := ${SPIRIT_UNIT_CPPFLAGS} ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 json.lo:              AM_CXXFLAGS := ${SPIRIT_UNIT_CXXFLAGS} ${AM_CXXFLAGS}
 lex_cast.lo:          AM_CPPFLAGS := @BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
-locale.lo:            AM_CPPFLAGS := @BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 tokens.lo:            AM_CPPFLAGS := @BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 prof.lo:              AM_CPPFLAGS := @BOOST_CPPFLAGS@ ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
 if MAGIC
diff --git a/ircd/locale.cc b/ircd/locale.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 10f1910de..000000000
--- a/ircd/locale.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,255 +0,0 @@
-// Matrix Construct
-//
-// Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
-// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
-//
-// Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
-// purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
-// copyright notice and this permission notice is present in all copies. The
-// full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
-
-#include <boost/locale.hpp>
-
-namespace ircd   {
-namespace locale {
-
-} // namespace locale
-} // namespace ircd
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-std::u16string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const std::string &s)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-	return converter.from_bytes(s);
-}
-#else
-std::u16string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const std::string &s)
-{
-	return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char16_t>(s);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-std::u16string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &s)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-	return s? converter.from_bytes(s) : std::u16string{};
-}
-#else
-std::u16string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &s)
-{
-	return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char16_t>(s);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-std::u16string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &s,
-                           const size_t &len)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-	return s && len? converter.from_bytes(s, s + len) : std::u16string{};
-}
-#else
-std::u16string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &s,
-                           const size_t &len)
-{
-	return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char16_t>(s, s + len);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-std::string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const std::u16string &s)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-	return converter.to_bytes(s);
-}
-#else
-std::string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const std::u16string &s)
-{
-	return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char>(s);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-std::string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &s)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-	return s? converter.to_bytes(s) : std::string{};
-}
-#else
-std::string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &s)
-{
-	return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char>(s);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-std::string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &s,
-                           const size_t &len)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-	return s && len? converter.to_bytes(s, s + len) : std::string{};
-}
-#else
-std::string
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &s,
-                           const size_t &len)
-{
-	return boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char>(s, s + len);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &str,
-                           char *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(converter.to_bytes(str));
-	return strlcpy(buf, s.c_str(), max);
-}
-#else
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &str,
-                           char *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char>(str));
-	return strlcpy(buf, s.c_str(), max);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &str,
-                           const size_t &len,
-                           char *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(converter.to_bytes(str, str + len));
-	return strlcpy(buf, s.c_str(), max);
-}
-#else
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t *const &str,
-                           const size_t &len,
-                           char *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char>(str, str + len));
-	return strlcpy(buf, s.c_str(), max);
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &str,
-                           char16_t *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-
-	if(unlikely(!max))
-		return 0;
-
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(converter.from_bytes(str));
-	const auto cpsz(std::min(s.size(), size_t(max - 1)));
-	memcpy(buf, s.data(), cpsz * 2);
-	buf[cpsz] = char16_t(0);
-	return cpsz;
-}
-#else
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &str,
-                           char16_t *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	if(unlikely(!max))
-		return 0;
-
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char16_t>(str));
-	const auto cpsz(std::min(s.size(), size_t(max - 1)));
-	memcpy(buf, s.data(), cpsz * 2);
-	buf[cpsz] = char16_t(0);
-	return cpsz;
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_CODECVT
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &str,
-                           const size_t &len,
-                           char16_t *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	static std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, char16_t> converter;
-
-	if(unlikely(!max))
-		return 0;
-
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(converter.from_bytes(str, str + len));
-	const auto cpsz(std::min(s.size(), size_t(max - 1)));
-	memcpy(buf, s.data(), cpsz * 2);
-	buf[cpsz] = char16_t(0);
-	return cpsz;
-}
-#else
-size_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char *const &str,
-                           const size_t &len,
-                           char16_t *const &buf,
-                           const size_t &max)
-{
-	if(unlikely(!max))
-		return 0;
-
-	//TODO: optimize
-	const auto s(boost::locale::conv::utf_to_utf<char16_t>(str, str + len));
-	const auto cpsz(std::min(s.size(), size_t(max - 1)));
-	memcpy(buf, s.data(), cpsz * 2);
-	buf[cpsz] = char16_t(0);
-	return cpsz;
-}
-#endif
-
-char16_t
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char &c)
-{
-	//TODO: optimize
-	char16_t ret[2];
-	char cs[2] = { c, '\0' };
-	conv(cs, ret, 1);
-	return ret[0];
-}
-
-char
-ircd::locale::char16::conv(const char16_t &c)
-{
-	//TODO: optimize
-	char ret[2];
-	char16_t cs[2] = { c, char16_t(0) };
-	conv(cs, ret, 1);
-	return ret[0];
-}