diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d82c0910..8e95d3409 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
 find_package(FreeImage REQUIRED)
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 if(MSVC)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system date_time locale)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system date_time)
 else()
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem date_time locale)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem date_time)
 endif()
 find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 find_package(VLC REQUIRED)
diff --git a/es-app/src/main.cpp b/es-app/src/main.cpp
index 2fc749ded..e2352ae19 100644
--- a/es-app/src/main.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/main.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include "Settings.h"
 #include "ScraperCmdLine.h"
 #include <sstream>
-#include <boost/locale.hpp>
 #include <FreeImage.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	unsigned int width = 0;
 	unsigned int height = 0;
 
-	std::locale::global(boost::locale::generator().generate(""));
+	std::locale::global(std::locale(std::locale(""), "C", std::locale::numeric));
 	boost::filesystem::path::imbue(std::locale());
 
 	if(!parseArgs(argc, argv, &width, &height))
diff --git a/es-core/src/guis/GuiDetectDevice.cpp b/es-core/src/guis/GuiDetectDevice.cpp
index 536553705..80f79fb38 100644
--- a/es-core/src/guis/GuiDetectDevice.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/guis/GuiDetectDevice.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include "Util.h"
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-#include <boost/locale.hpp>
 
 #define HOLD_TIME 1000