diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54ec5fa9f8792191d2b35877506987172271e232..d42ab6e785b3019ea08424c3e79aa8660e368c3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ FastR uses a build tool called `mx` (cf `maven`) which can be downloaded from [h
 
 ## Pre-Requisites
 FastR shares some code with GnuR, for example, the default packages and the Blas library. Therefore, a version of GnuR (currently
-R-3.3.2), is downloaded and built as part of the build. Both GNU R and FastR require access certain tools and packages that must be available
+R-3.4.0), is downloaded and built as part of the build. Both GNU R and FastR require access certain tools and packages that must be available
 prior to the build. These are:
 
     A jvmci-enabled Java JDK which is available from [pre-built binary](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oracle-labs/program-languages/downloads/index.html)
diff --git a/mx.fastr/suite.py b/mx.fastr/suite.py
index d3d1571cabf4e45d91cec7f91d3332c4109c7e85..11609a132cace6585324df7f8ce2a85b07e7c78f 100644
--- a/mx.fastr/suite.py
+++ b/mx.fastr/suite.py
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ suite = {
   "repositories" : {
     "snapshots" : {
         "url" : "https://curio.ssw.jku.at/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots",
-        "licenses" : ["GPLv2"]
+        "licenses" : ["GPLv3"]
     }
   },
 
   "licenses" : {
-    "GPLv2" : {
-      "name" : "GNU General Public License, version 2",
-      "url" : "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html"
+    "GPLv3" : {
+      "name" : "GNU General Public License, version 3",
+      "url" : "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"
     },
   },
 
-  "defaultLicense" : "GPLv2",
+  "defaultLicense" : "GPLv3",
 
   # libraries that we depend on
   # N.B. The first four with a "path" attribute must be located
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ suite = {
         "resource" : "true"
     },
 
-    "GNU_ICONV" : {
-        "path" : "libdownloads/libiconv-1.14.tar.gz",
-        "urls" : ["http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.14.tar.gz"],
-        "sha1" : "be7d67e50d72ff067b2c0291311bc283add36965",
-        "resource" : "true"
-    },
-
     "ANTLR-3.5_4_ANNOT_PROC" : {
       "path" : "libdownloads/antlr-runtime-3.5.jar",
       "urls" : ["http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/antlr/antlr-runtime/3.5/antlr-runtime-3.5.jar"],
@@ -279,7 +272,6 @@ suite = {
 #      "class" : "FastRNativeProject",
       "dependencies" : [
         "GNUR",
-        "GNU_ICONV",
         "truffle:TRUFFLE_NFI_NATIVE",
       ],
       "native" : True,
@@ -364,7 +356,6 @@ suite = {
         "truffle:JLINE",
         "ANTLR-3.5",
         "GNUR",
-        "GNU_ICONV",
         "XZ-1.6",
       ],
       "distDependencies" : [