diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index fc6c647bd..7eca8390e 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ if not preconfigured:
                 env["CAIRO_ALL_LIBS"] = ['cairo']
                 if env['RUNTIME_LINK'] == 'static':
                     env["CAIRO_ALL_LIBS"].extend(
-                        ['pixman-1','expat','fontconfig','iconv']
+                        ['pixman-1','expat','fontconfig']
                     )
                 # todo - run actual checkLib?
                 env['HAS_CAIRO'] = True