diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 590245179..000000000
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/expat.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package=expat
-$(package)_version=2.6.0
-$(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$($(package)_version))/
-$(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
-$(package)_sha256_hash=ff60e6a6b6ce570ae012dc7b73169c7fdf4b6bf08c12ed0ec6f55736b78d85ba
-
-define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --without-docbook --without-tests --without-examples
-$(package)_config_opts+=--enable-option-checking --without-xmlwf --with-pic
-$(package)_config_opts+=--prefix=$(host_prefix)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_config_cmds
-  $($(package)_autoconf)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_build_cmds
-  $(MAKE)
-endef
-
-define $(package)_stage_cmds
-  $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$($(package)_staging_dir) install
-endef
-
-define $(package)_postprocess_cmds
-  rm -rf share lib/cmake lib/*.la
-endef
-
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 55b0e5699..5eba27541 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 native_packages := native_protobuf
-packages := boost openssl zeromq expat unbound sodium protobuf
+packages := boost openssl zeromq unbound sodium protobuf
 
 ifneq ($(host_os),android)
 packages += libusb
diff --git a/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk b/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk
index 690fe920e..3f3bfe3ca 100644
--- a/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk
+++ b/contrib/depends/packages/unbound.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ $(package)_version=1.22.0
 $(package)_download_path=https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/$(package)/
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=c5dd1bdef5d5685b2cedb749158dd152c52d44f65529a34ac15cd88d4b1b3d43
-$(package)_dependencies=openssl expat
+$(package)_dependencies=openssl
+$(package)_patches=no-expat.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
   $(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --enable-static --without-pyunbound --prefix=$(host_prefix)
-  $(package)_config_opts+=--with-libexpat=$(host_prefix) --with-ssl=$(host_prefix) --with-libevent=no
+  $(package)_config_opts+=--with-libexpat=no --with-ssl=$(host_prefix) --with-libevent=no
   $(package)_config_opts+=--without-pythonmodule --disable-flto --with-pthreads --with-libunbound-only
   $(package)_config_opts_linux=--with-pic
   $(package)_config_opts_w64=--enable-static-exe --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=$(host_prefix) --target=$(host_prefix)
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ endef
 
 # Remove blobs
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
+  patch -p1 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/no-expat.patch &&\
   rm configure~ doc/*.odp doc/*.pdf contrib/*.tar.gz contrib/*.tar.bz2 &&\
   rm -rf testdata dnscrypt/testdata
 endef
diff --git a/contrib/depends/patches/unbound/no-expat.patch b/contrib/depends/patches/unbound/no-expat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d1c854f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/depends/patches/unbound/no-expat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index a41e3e1e..7d6a58f0 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -22053,6 +22053,7 @@ else $as_nop
+    withval="/usr/local /opt/local /usr/lib /usr/pkg /usr/sfw /usr"
+ fi
+ 
++if test x_$withval = x_yes -o x_$withval != x_no; then
+ { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for libexpat" >&5
+ printf %s "checking for libexpat... " >&6; }
+ found_libexpat="no"
+@@ -22090,6 +22091,7 @@ else $as_nop
+   ac_have_decl=0
+ fi
+ printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_DECL_XML_STOPPARSER $ac_have_decl" >>confdefs.h
++fi
+ 
+ 
+ # hiredis (redis C client for cachedb)