diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a9cd3167ff..f25d6bcbdb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ addons:
     - libboost-thread1.55-dev
     - libboost-system1.55-dev
     - libboost-filesystem1.55-dev
-    - libboost-locale1.55-dev
diff --git a/xs/Build.PL b/xs/Build.PL
index 6d4342bf1d..8a111c1a44 100644
--- a/xs/Build.PL
+++ b/xs/Build.PL
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if (defined $ENV{BOOST_DIR}) {
 
 # In order to generate the -l switches we need to know how Boost libraries are named
 my $have_boost = 0;
-my @boost_libraries = qw(system thread filesystem locale);  # we need these
+my @boost_libraries = qw(system thread filesystem);  # we need these
 
 # check without explicit lib path (works on Linux)
 $have_boost = 1
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp
index b76550a092..372b7b1b03 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <locale>
 #include <exception> // std::runtime_error
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/erase.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
-#include <boost/locale.hpp>
 #include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
 #include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
 
@@ -218,32 +214,21 @@ ConfigBase::load(const std::string &file)
 void
 ConfigBase::save(const std::string &file) const
 {
-    // Get the default locale
-    std::locale loc = boost::locale::generator().generate("");
+    using namespace std;
+    ofstream c;
+    c.open(file.c_str(), ios::out | ios::trunc);
 
-    // Set the global locale to loc
-    std::locale::global(loc);
-
-    // Make boost.filesystem use it by default
-    boost::filesystem::path::imbue(std::locale());
-
-    // Create the path (file is assumed to be be utf-8)
-    boost::filesystem::path path(file);
-    
-    boost::filesystem::ofstream c;
-    c.open(path, std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc);
-    
     {
         time_t now;
         time(&now);
         char buf[sizeof "0000-00-00 00:00:00"];
         strftime(buf, sizeof buf, "%F %T", gmtime(&now));
-        c << "# generated by Slic3r " << SLIC3R_VERSION << " on " << buf << std::endl;
+        c << "# generated by Slic3r " << SLIC3R_VERSION << " on " << buf << endl;
     }
-    
+
     t_config_option_keys my_keys = this->keys();
     for (t_config_option_keys::const_iterator opt_key = my_keys.begin(); opt_key != my_keys.end(); ++opt_key)
-        c << *opt_key << " = " << this->serialize(*opt_key) << std::endl;
+        c << *opt_key << " = " << this->serialize(*opt_key) << endl;
     c.close();
 }