diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aad2080b7..1d350826e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ else()
 
   endif(ARM)
 
-  if(ANDROID AND NOT BUILD_GUI_DEPS STREQUAL "ON" OR IOS)
+  if(ANDROID OR IOS)
     #From Android 5: "only position independent executables (PIE) are supported" 
     message(STATUS "Enabling PIE executable")
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fPIE")
@@ -949,9 +949,6 @@ if(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-# when ON - will install libwallet_merged into "lib"
-option(BUILD_GUI_DEPS "Build GUI dependencies." OFF)
-
 find_package(PythonInterp)
 find_program(iwyu_tool_path NAMES iwyu_tool.py iwyu_tool)
 if (iwyu_tool_path AND PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/CheckTrezor.cmake b/cmake/CheckTrezor.cmake
index 126fe341b..2633326f4 100644
--- a/cmake/CheckTrezor.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CheckTrezor.cmake
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ if(Protobuf_FOUND AND USE_DEVICE_TREZOR AND TREZOR_PYTHON AND Protobuf_COMPILE_T
             message(STATUS "Trezor compatible LibUSB found")
         endif()
 
-        if (BUILD_GUI_DEPS)
+        if (ANDROID)
 
             if (Protobuf_LIBRARY)
                 list(APPEND TREZOR_DEP_LIBS ${Protobuf_LIBRARY})
diff --git a/src/crypto/CMakeLists.txt b/src/crypto/CMakeLists.txt
index c3be035ef..d0a75b91d 100644
--- a/src/crypto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/crypto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ endif()
 # So this code runs with a 1 MB default stack size. 
 # This will force the use of the heap for the allocation of the scratchpad
 if (ANDROID OR IOS)
-  if( BUILD_GUI_DEPS )
-    target_compile_definitions(cncrypto PUBLIC FORCE_USE_HEAP=1)
-  endif()
+  target_compile_definitions(cncrypto PUBLIC FORCE_USE_HEAP=1)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 908e55015..630470e55 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ add_subdirectory(block_weight)
 add_subdirectory(hash)
 add_subdirectory(net_load_tests)
 add_subdirectory(network_tests)
-if (BUILD_GUI_DEPS)
+if (ANDROID)
 # Currently failed to compile
 #  add_subdirectory(libwallet_api_tests)
 endif()