diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 07479dd785..d5a7ade4fe 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "lz4"]
     path = externals/lz4
     url = http://github.com/lz4/lz4.git
+[submodule "unicorn"]
+    path = externals/unicorn
+    url = https://github.com/yuzu-emu/unicorn
diff --git a/.travis/linux/docker.sh b/.travis/linux/docker.sh
index a85225c5a6..8a23b54b1c 100755
--- a/.travis/linux/docker.sh
+++ b/.travis/linux/docker.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get install -y build-essential git libcurl4-openssl-dev libqt5opengl5-dev libsdl2-dev libssl-dev python qtbase5-dev wget
+apt-get install -y build-essential git libqt5opengl5-dev libsdl2-dev libssl-dev python qtbase5-dev wget
 
 # Get a recent version of CMake
 wget https://cmake.org/files/v3.10/cmake-3.10.1-Linux-x86_64.sh
 sh cmake-3.10.1-Linux-x86_64.sh --exclude-subdir --prefix=/ --skip-license
 
-mkdir /unicorn
-cd /unicorn
-git clone https://github.com/yuzu-emu/unicorn .
-UNICORN_ARCHS=aarch64 ./make.sh
-./make.sh install
-
 cd /yuzu
 
 mkdir build && cd build
-cmake .. -DUSE_SYSTEM_CURL=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+cmake .. -DYUZU_BUILD_UNICORN=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 make -j4
 
 ctest -VV -C Release
diff --git a/.travis/macos/build.sh b/.travis/macos/build.sh
index e1c54af55c..177e8ac3b9 100755
--- a/.travis/macos/build.sh
+++ b/.travis/macos/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export UNICORNDIR=$(pwd)/externals/unicorn
 
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake --version
-cmake .. -DUSE_SYSTEM_CURL=ON -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64;x86_64h" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+cmake .. -DYUZU_BUILD_UNICORN=ON -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64;x86_64h" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 make -j4
 
 ctest -VV -C Release
diff --git a/.travis/macos/deps.sh b/.travis/macos/deps.sh
index 7dea804389..b46482bbec 100755
--- a/.travis/macos/deps.sh
+++ b/.travis/macos/deps.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,3 @@
 
 brew update
 brew install dylibbundler p7zip qt5 sdl2
-
-mkdir externals/unicorn
-pushd externals/unicorn
-git clone https://github.com/yuzu-emu/unicorn .
-UNICORN_ARCHS=aarch64 ./make.sh macos-universal-no
-popd
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3da8465b96..f1a4d01529 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,31 @@ if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_UNICORN)
     set(LIBUNICORN_INCLUDE_DIR "${UNICORN_PREFIX}/include" CACHE PATH "Path to Unicorn headers")
     set(LIBUNICORN_LIBRARY "${UNICORN_PREFIX}/lib/x64/unicorn_dynload.lib" CACHE PATH "Path to Unicorn library")
     set(UNICORN_DLL_DIR "${UNICORN_PREFIX}/lib/x64/" CACHE PATH "Path to unicorn.dll")
+elseif (YUZU_BUILD_UNICORN)
+    if (MSVC)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot build unicorn on msvc. Use YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_UNICORN instead")
+    elseif (MINGW)
+        set(UNICORN_LIB_NAME "unicorn.a")
+    else()
+        set(UNICORN_LIB_NAME "libunicorn.a")
+    endif()
+
+    set(UNICORN_FOUND YES)
+    set(UNICORN_PREFIX ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/externals/unicorn)
+    set(LIBUNICORN_LIBRARY "${UNICORN_PREFIX}/${UNICORN_LIB_NAME}" CACHE PATH "Path to Unicorn library")
+    set(LIBUNICORN_INCLUDE_DIR "${UNICORN_PREFIX}/include" CACHE PATH "Path to Unicorn headers")
+    set(UNICORN_DLL_DIR "${UNICORN_PREFIX}/" CACHE PATH "Path to unicorn dynamic library")
+
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${LIBUNICORN_LIBRARY}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env UNICORN_ARCHS="aarch64" /bin/sh make.sh
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${UNICORN_PREFIX}
+    )
+    # ALL makes this custom target build every time
+    # but it won't actually build if LIBUNICORN_LIBRARY exists
+    add_custom_target(unicorn-build ALL
+        DEPENDS ${LIBUNICORN_LIBRARY}
+    )
+    unset(UNICORN_LIB_NAME)
 else()
     find_package(Unicorn REQUIRED)
 endif()
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index f491e5f0b5..9d2aa156b3 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ install:
         if ($env:BUILD_TYPE -eq 'mingw') {
           $dependencies = "mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake",
                           "mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5",
-                          "mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-curl",
                           "mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2"
           # redirect err to null to prevent warnings from becoming errors
           # workaround to prevent pacman from failing due to cyclical dependencies
@@ -42,9 +41,9 @@ before_build:
   - ps: |
         if ($env:BUILD_TYPE -eq 'msvc') {
           # redirect stderr and change the exit code to prevent powershell from cancelling the build if cmake prints a warning
-          cmd /C 'cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DYUZU_USE_BUNDLED_QT=1 -DYUZU_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2=1 -DYUZU_USE_BUNDLED_UNICORN=1 -DCMAKE_USE_OPENSSL=0 .. 2>&1 && exit 0'
+          cmd /C 'cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DYUZU_USE_BUNDLED_QT=1 -DYUZU_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2=1 -DYUZU_USE_BUNDLED_UNICORN=1 .. 2>&1 && exit 0'
         } else {
-          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc "cmake -G 'MSYS Makefiles' -DUSE_SYSTEM_CURL=1 -DYUZU_USE_BUNDLED_CURL=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. 2>&1"
+          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash.exe -lc "cmake -G 'MSYS Makefiles' -DYUZU_BUILD_UNICORN=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. 2>&1"
         }
   - cd ..
 
@@ -81,11 +80,12 @@ after_build:
           $env:BUILD_SYMBOLS = $MSVC_BUILD_PDB
           $env:BUILD_UPDATE = $MSVC_SEVENZIP
 
-          7z a -tzip $MSVC_BUILD_PDB .\msvc_build\bin\release\*.pdb
-          rm .\msvc_build\bin\release\*.pdb
+          mkdir pdb
+          Get-ChildItem ".\msvc_build\bin\" -Recurse -Filter "*.pdb" | Copy-Item -destination .\pdb
+          7z a -tzip $MSVC_BUILD_PDB .\pdb\*.pdb
 
           mkdir $RELEASE_DIST
-          Copy-Item .\msvc_build\bin\release\* -Destination $RELEASE_DIST -Recurse
+          Get-ChildItem ".\msvc_build\bin\" -Recurse -Filter "yuzu*.exe" | Copy-Item -destination $RELEASE_DIST
           Copy-Item .\license.txt -Destination $RELEASE_DIST
           Copy-Item .\README.md -Destination $RELEASE_DIST
           7z a -tzip $MSVC_BUILD_ZIP $RELEASE_DIST\*
@@ -104,16 +104,14 @@ after_build:
           $env:BUILD_UPDATE = $MINGW_SEVENZIP
 
           $CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR = "$env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER"
-          $CMAKE_BINARY_DIR = "$CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/mingw_build"
+          $CMAKE_BINARY_DIR = "$CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/mingw_build/bin"
           $RELEASE_DIST = $RELEASE_DIST + "-mingw"
 
           mkdir $RELEASE_DIST
           mkdir $RELEASE_DIST/platforms
 
           # copy the compiled binaries and other release files to the release folder
-          Get-ChildItem "$CMAKE_BINARY_DIR" -Recurse -Filter "yuzu*.exe" | Copy-Item -destination $RELEASE_DIST
-          # copy the libcurl dll
-          Get-ChildItem "$CMAKE_BINARY_DIR" -Recurse -Filter "libcurl.dll" | Copy-Item -destination $RELEASE_DIST
+          Get-ChildItem "$CMAKE_BINARY_DIR" -Filter "yuzu*.exe" | Copy-Item -destination $RELEASE_DIST
           Copy-Item -path "$CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/license.txt" -destination $RELEASE_DIST
           Copy-Item -path "$CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR/README.md" -destination $RELEASE_DIST
           # copy all the dll dependencies to the release folder
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ after_build:
                        # QT dll dependencies
                        "libbz2-*.dll","libicudt*.dll","libicuin*.dll","libicuuc*.dll","libffi-*.dll",
                        "libfreetype-*.dll","libglib-*.dll","libgobject-*.dll","libgraphite2.dll","libiconv-*.dll",
-                       "libharfbuzz-*.dll","libintl-*.dll","libpcre-*.dll","libpcre16-*.dll","libpng16-*.dll",
+                       "libharfbuzz-*.dll","libintl-*.dll","libpcre-*.dll","libpcre2-16-*.dll","libpcre16-*.dll","libpng16-*.dll",
                        # Runtime/Other dependencies
                        "libgcc_s_seh-*.dll","libstdc++-*.dll","libwinpthread-*.dll","SDL2.dll","zlib1.dll"
           foreach ($file in $MingwDLLs) {
diff --git a/externals/unicorn b/externals/unicorn
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..73f4573535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/unicorn
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 73f45735354396766a4bfb26d0b96b06e5cf31b2
diff --git a/src/core/arm/unicorn/arm_unicorn.cpp b/src/core/arm/unicorn/arm_unicorn.cpp
index 13f6c658cb..0cd519ea39 100644
--- a/src/core/arm/unicorn/arm_unicorn.cpp
+++ b/src/core/arm/unicorn/arm_unicorn.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "core/hle/kernel/svc.h"
 
 // Load Unicorn DLL once on Windows using RAII
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef MSVC
 #include <unicorn_dynload.h>
 struct LoadDll {
 private: