diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 08b47eaf6..b1297e716 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -430,14 +430,6 @@ include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/translations")
 
 add_subdirectory(external)
 
-# Final setup for miniupnpc
-if(UPNP_STATIC OR IOS)
-  add_definitions("-DUPNP_STATIC")
-else()
-  add_definitions("-DUPNP_DYNAMIC")
-  include_directories(${UPNP_INCLUDE})
-endif()
-
 # Final setup for libunbound
 include_directories(${UNBOUND_INCLUDE})
 link_directories(${UNBOUND_LIBRARY_DIRS})
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index b4f712ee6..1fc4d64c1 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,42 +34,21 @@
 # We always compile if we are building statically to reduce static dependency issues...
 # ...except for FreeBSD, because FreeBSD is a special case that doesn't play well with
 # others.
-if(NOT IOS)
-    find_package(Miniupnpc QUIET)
+
+find_package(Miniupnpc REQUIRED)
+
+message(STATUS "Using in-tree miniupnpc")
+
+add_subdirectory(miniupnp/miniupnpc)
+
+set_property(TARGET libminiupnpc-static PROPERTY FOLDER "external")
+if(MSVC)
+  set_property(TARGET libminiupnpc-static APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -wd4244 -wd4267")
+elseif(NOT MSVC)
+  set_property(TARGET libminiupnpc-static APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-undef -Wno-unused-result -Wno-unused-value")
 endif()
 
-# If we have the correct shared version and we're not building static, use it
-if(STATIC OR IOS)
- set(USE_SHARED_MINIUPNPC false)
-elseif(MINIUPNP_FOUND AND MINIUPNPC_VERSION_1_7_OR_HIGHER)
- set(USE_SHARED_MINIUPNPC true)
-endif()
-
-if(USE_SHARED_MINIUPNPC)
-  message(STATUS "Using shared miniupnpc found at ${MINIUPNP_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-
-  set(UPNP_STATIC false PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(UPNP_INCLUDE ${MINIUPNP_INCLUDE_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(UPNP_LIBRARIES ${MINIUPNP_LIBRARY} PARENT_SCOPE)
-else()
-  if(STATIC)
-    message(STATUS "Using miniupnpc from local source tree for static build")
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "Using miniupnpc from local source tree (/external/miniupnp/miniupnpc)")
-  endif()
-
-  add_subdirectory(miniupnp/miniupnpc)
-
-  set_property(TARGET libminiupnpc-static PROPERTY FOLDER "external")
-  if(MSVC)
-    set_property(TARGET libminiupnpc-static APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -wd4244 -wd4267")
-  elseif(NOT MSVC)
-    set_property(TARGET libminiupnpc-static APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " -Wno-undef -Wno-unused-result -Wno-unused-value")
-  endif()
-
-  set(UPNP_STATIC true PARENT_SCOPE)
-  set(UPNP_LIBRARIES "libminiupnpc-static" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endif()
+set(UPNP_LIBRARIES "libminiupnpc-static" PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 find_package(Unbound)
 
diff --git a/src/p2p/net_node.inl b/src/p2p/net_node.inl
index 672850b36..17dcd8ef1 100755
--- a/src/p2p/net_node.inl
+++ b/src/p2p/net_node.inl
@@ -49,16 +49,9 @@
 #include "storages/levin_abstract_invoke2.h"
 #include "cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.h"
 
-// We have to look for miniupnpc headers in different places, dependent on if its compiled or external
-#ifdef UPNP_STATIC
-  #include <miniupnp/miniupnpc/miniupnpc.h>
-  #include <miniupnp/miniupnpc/upnpcommands.h>
-  #include <miniupnp/miniupnpc/upnperrors.h>
-#else
-  #include "miniupnpc.h"
-  #include "upnpcommands.h"
-  #include "upnperrors.h"
-#endif
+#include <miniupnp/miniupnpc/miniupnpc.h>
+#include <miniupnp/miniupnpc/upnpcommands.h>
+#include <miniupnp/miniupnpc/upnperrors.h>
 
 #undef MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY
 #define MONERO_DEFAULT_LOG_CATEGORY "net.p2p"