diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a78f93141..acb151ce8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,16 +34,8 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 # which lets us keep the default values of all build options and is set at
 # the beginning of this file.
 
-# TODO: Abstract into something sensible and move into a function.
-if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
-	set(DECENT_PLATFORM OFF)
-else ()
-	set(DECENT_PLATFORM ON)
-endif ()
-
 #defaults:
 set(D_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
-set(D_SERPENT ${DECENT_PLATFORM})
 set(D_USENPM OFF)
 set(D_GUI ON)
 set(D_TOOLS ON)
@@ -61,47 +53,40 @@ set(D_MINER ON)
 set(D_ETHSTRATUM OFF)
 
 if (BUNDLE STREQUAL "minimal")
-	set(D_SERPENT OFF)
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI OFF)
 	set(D_TOOLS ON)
 	set(D_TESTS OFF)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "full")
-	set(D_SERPENT ${DECENT_PLATFORM})
 	set(D_USENPM ON)
 	set(D_GUI ON)
 	set(D_TOOLS ON)
 	set(D_TESTS ON)
 	set(D_FATDB ON)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "cli")
-	set(D_SERPENT ${DECENT_PLATFORM})
 	set(D_USENPM ON)
 	set(D_GUI OFF)
 	set(D_TOOLS ON)
 	set(D_TESTS ON)
 	set(D_FATDB ON)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "core")
-	set(D_SERPENT OFF)
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI ON)
 	set(D_TOOLS ON)
 	set(D_TESTS OFF)
 	set(D_FATDB ON)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "tests")
-	set(D_SERPENT ${DECENT_PLATFORM})
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI OFF)
 	set(D_TOOLS OFF)
 	set(D_TESTS ON)
 	set(D_FATDB ON)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "user")
-	set(D_SERPENT OFF)
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI ON)
 	set(D_TOOLS ON)
 	set(D_TESTS OFF)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "wallet")
-	set(D_SERPENT OFF)
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI OFF)
 	set(D_TOOLS OFF)
@@ -111,7 +96,6 @@ elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "wallet")
 	set(D_FATDB OFF)
 	set(D_JSONRPC OFF)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "miner")
-	set(D_SERPENT OFF)
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI OFF)
 	set(D_TOOLS OFF)
@@ -122,7 +106,6 @@ elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "miner")
 	set(D_JSONRPC ON)
 	set(D_ETHSTRATUM ON)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "cudaminer")
-	set(D_SERPENT OFF)
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI OFF)
 	set(D_TOOLS OFF)
@@ -134,7 +117,6 @@ elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "cudaminer")
 	set(D_JSONRPC ON)
 	set(D_ETHSTRATUM ON)
 elseif (BUNDLE STREQUAL "release")      # release builds
-	set(D_SERPENT ${DECENT_PLATFORM})
 	set(D_USENPM OFF)
 	set(D_GUI ON)
 	set(D_TOOLS ON)
diff --git a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
index 10fd84a2b..eca4b1ba1 100644
--- a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ else ()
 endif()
 set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ETH_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR})
 
-# setup directory for cmake generated files and include it globally 
+# setup directory for cmake generated files and include it globally
 # it's not used yet, but if we have more generated files, consider moving them to ETH_GENERATED_DIR
 set(ETH_GENERATED_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/gen")
 include_directories(${ETH_GENERATED_DIR})
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if (JSONRPC)
 	message (" - json-rpc-cpp lib   : ${JSON_RPC_CPP_LIBRARIES}")
 	add_definitions(-DETH_JSONRPC)
 
- 	find_package(MHD) 
+ 	find_package(MHD)
 	message(" - microhttpd header: ${MHD_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 	message(" - microhttpd lib   : ${MHD_LIBRARIES}")
 	message(" - microhttpd dll   : ${MHD_DLLS}")
@@ -177,25 +177,6 @@ if (GUI)
 		message(" - appdmg location : ${ETH_APP_DMG}")
 	endif()
 
-	if (USENPM)
-
-		# TODO check node && npm version
-		find_program(ETH_NODE node)
-		string(REGEX REPLACE "node" "" ETH_NODE_DIRECTORY ${ETH_NODE})
-		message(" - nodejs location : ${ETH_NODE}")
-
-		find_program(ETH_NPM npm)
-		string(REGEX REPLACE "npm" "" ETH_NPM_DIRECTORY ${ETH_NPM})
-		message(" - npm location    : ${ETH_NPM}")
-
-		if (NOT ETH_NODE)
-			message(FATAL_ERROR "node not found!")
-		endif()
-		if (NOT ETH_NPM)
-			message(FATAL_ERROR "npm not found!")
-		endif()
-	endif()
-
 endif() #GUI
 
 # use multithreaded boost libraries, with -mt suffix
@@ -206,16 +187,16 @@ if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
 # TODO hanlde other msvc versions or it will fail find them
 	set(Boost_COMPILER -vc120)
 # use static boost libraries *.lib
-	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON) 
+	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
 
 elseif (APPLE)
 
 # use static boost libraries *.a
-	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON) 
+	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
 
 elseif (UNIX)
 # use dynamic boost libraries .dll
-	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF) 
+	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
 
 endif()
 
@@ -228,4 +209,3 @@ if (APPLE)
 	link_directories(/usr/local/lib)
 	include_directories(/usr/local/include)
 endif()
-
diff --git a/libjsqrc/CMakeLists.txt b/libjsqrc/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e849de12..d7d7797a2 100644
--- a/libjsqrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libjsqrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,18 +12,7 @@ qt5_add_resources(JSQRC js.qrc)
 add_library(jsqrc STATIC ${JSQRC})
 target_link_libraries(jsqrc Qt5::Core)
 
-if (USENPM)
-	add_custom_target(ethereumjs)
-	add_custom_command(TARGET ethereumjs
-		POST_BUILD
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-		COMMAND bash compilejs.sh ${ETH_NPM_DIRECTORY} ${ETH_NODE_DIRECTORY}
-	)
-	add_dependencies(jsqrc ethereumjs)
-endif()
-
 install( TARGETS jsqrc RUNTIME DESTINATION bin ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib LIBRARY DESTINATION lib )
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE JSFILES "ethereumjs/lib/*.js")
 add_custom_target(aux_js SOURCES ${JSFILES})
-