diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 48fe67ce6c..1ce899afc6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "Telegram/ThirdParty/libtgvoip"]
 	path = Telegram/ThirdParty/libtgvoip
 	url = https://github.com/telegramdesktop/libtgvoip
-[submodule "Telegram/ThirdParty/variant"]
-	path = Telegram/ThirdParty/variant
-	url = https://github.com/desktop-app/variant.git
 [submodule "Telegram/ThirdParty/GSL"]
 	path = Telegram/ThirdParty/GSL
 	url = https://github.com/Microsoft/GSL.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 645d886a04..cce0c8a455 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,5 +36,9 @@ include(cmake/options.cmake)
 
 include(cmake/external/qt/package.cmake)
 
+set(desktop_app_skip_libs
+    variant
+)
+
 add_subdirectory(cmake)
 add_subdirectory(Telegram)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a08906b468..dd331b73db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Version **1.8.15** was the last that supports older systems
 
 * Qt 5.12.8, 5.6.2 and 5.3.2 slightly patched ([LGPL](http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/lgpl.html))
 * OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.1 ([OpenSSL License](https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html))
+* WebRTC ([New BSD License](https://github.com/desktop-app/tg_owt/blob/master/src/LICENSE))
 * zlib 1.2.11 ([zlib License](http://www.zlib.net/zlib_license.html))
 * LZMA SDK 9.20 ([public domain](http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html))
 * liblzma ([public domain](http://tukaani.org/xz/))
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ Version **1.8.15** was the last that supports older systems
 * Opus codec ([BSD License](http://www.opus-codec.org/license/))
 * FFmpeg ([LGPL](https://www.ffmpeg.org/legal.html))
 * Guideline Support Library ([MIT License](https://github.com/Microsoft/GSL/blob/master/LICENSE))
-* Mapbox Variant ([BSD License](https://github.com/mapbox/variant/blob/master/LICENSE))
 * Range-v3 ([Boost License](https://github.com/ericniebler/range-v3/blob/master/LICENSE.txt))
 * Open Sans font ([Apache License 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html))
 * Vazir font ([License](https://github.com/rastikerdar/vazir-font/blob/master/LICENSE))
diff --git a/Telegram/ThirdParty/variant b/Telegram/ThirdParty/variant
deleted file mode 160000
index 2370bb1e1b..0000000000
--- a/Telegram/ThirdParty/variant
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 2370bb1e1b6ad54082e48cbe83adf94d6ba3d340
diff --git a/Telegram/lib_base b/Telegram/lib_base
index 3f67c206af..1729480399 160000
--- a/Telegram/lib_base
+++ b/Telegram/lib_base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3f67c206afb85b4f5277b43db2768cb41daed245
+Subproject commit 1729480399aa34241b1a5bdacfdf284e041072dd