diff --git a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
index c69166a2c52..877450d9e6b 100644
--- a/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/guiutil.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 #include "shlwapi.h"
 #endif
 
-#include <boost/scoped_array.hpp>
-
 #include <QAbstractItemView>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QClipboard>
@@ -65,9 +63,7 @@
 #include <QFontDatabase>
 #endif
 
-#if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
 static fs::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet utf8;
-#endif
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_MAC)
 extern double NSAppKitVersionNumber;
@@ -618,41 +614,29 @@ bool SetStartOnSystemStartup(bool fAutoStart)
     {
         CoInitialize(NULL);
 
-        // Get a pointer to the IShellLink interface.
-        IShellLink* psl = NULL;
+        // Get a pointer to the IShellLinkW interface.
+        IShellLinkW* psl = NULL;
         HRESULT hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL,
-            CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink,
+            CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IShellLinkW,
             reinterpret_cast<void**>(&psl));
 
         if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
         {
             // Get the current executable path
-            TCHAR pszExePath[MAX_PATH];
-            GetModuleFileName(NULL, pszExePath, sizeof(pszExePath));
+            WCHAR pszExePath[MAX_PATH];
+            GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, pszExePath, ARRAYSIZE(pszExePath));
 
             // Start client minimized
             QString strArgs = "-min";
             // Set -testnet /-regtest options
             strArgs += QString::fromStdString(strprintf(" -testnet=%d -regtest=%d", GetBoolArg("-testnet", false), GetBoolArg("-regtest", false)));
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
-            boost::scoped_array<TCHAR> args(new TCHAR[strArgs.length() + 1]);
-            // Convert the QString to TCHAR*
-            strArgs.toWCharArray(args.get());
-            // Add missing '\0'-termination to string
-            args[strArgs.length()] = '\0';
-#endif
-
             // Set the path to the shortcut target
             psl->SetPath(pszExePath);
-            PathRemoveFileSpec(pszExePath);
+            PathRemoveFileSpecW(pszExePath);
             psl->SetWorkingDirectory(pszExePath);
             psl->SetShowCmd(SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE);
-#ifndef UNICODE
-            psl->SetArguments(strArgs.toStdString().c_str());
-#else
-            psl->SetArguments(args.get());
-#endif
+            psl->SetArguments(strArgs.toStdWString().c_str());
 
             // Query IShellLink for the IPersistFile interface for
             // saving the shortcut in persistent storage.
@@ -660,11 +644,8 @@ bool SetStartOnSystemStartup(bool fAutoStart)
             hres = psl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&ppf));
             if (SUCCEEDED(hres))
             {
-                WCHAR pwsz[MAX_PATH];
-                // Ensure that the string is ANSI.
-                MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, StartupShortcutPath().string().c_str(), -1, pwsz, MAX_PATH);
                 // Save the link by calling IPersistFile::Save.
-                hres = ppf->Save(pwsz, TRUE);
+                hres = ppf->Save(StartupShortcutPath().wstring().c_str(), TRUE);
                 ppf->Release();
                 psl->Release();
                 CoUninitialize();