To ensure libiconv can be found by Guix, we need to link the library. --- a/setup.py +++ b/setup.py @@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ if os.name == 'nt': else: libraries.extend(["m", "z"]) _platform = sys.platform - # Mac and ubuntu: iconv needs to be linked statically - if _platform.lower().startswith("darwin") or (is_ubuntu() and is_python_lt_14()): - libraries.append("iconv") + libraries.append("iconv") # Extensions sources.sort()