diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 784e3e58..cbb27ebe 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,4 +13,21 @@
 	url = https://github.com/leetal/ios-cmake
 [submodule "external/wownero-seed"]
 	path = external/wownero-seed
-	url = https://github.com/wownero-mirror/wownero-seed
\ No newline at end of file
+	url = https://github.com/wownero-mirror/wownero-seed
+[submodule "external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript"]
+	path = external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript
+	url = https://github.com/cake-tech/Apple-Boost-BuildScript.git
+	branch = build
+[submodule "external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone"]
+	path = external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone
+	url = https://github.com/x2on/OpenSSL-for-iPhone.git
+[submodule "external/libsodium"]
+	path = external/libsodium
+	url = https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.git
+[submodule "external/unbound"]
+	path = external/unbound
+	url = https://github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound.git
+	branch = release-1.16.2
+[submodule "external/libzmq"]
+	path = external/libzmq
+	url = https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq
diff --git a/external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript b/external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..513dd145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 513dd145f6e67a694160b858957978e375c8d694
diff --git a/external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone b/external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..394bac11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 394bac11f4347cc21b4ba976c1c0629afaf67c54
diff --git a/external/ios/build_boost.sh b/external/ios/build_boost.sh
index 11dcead3..4bfbfeb8 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_boost.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_boost.sh
@@ -5,32 +5,22 @@ set -e
 . ./config.sh
 
 MIN_IOS_VERSION=10.0
-BOOST_URL="https://github.com/cake-tech/Apple-Boost-BuildScript.git"
 BOOST_DIR_PATH="${EXTERNAL_IOS_SOURCE_DIR}/Apple-Boost-BuildScript"
 BOOST_VERSION=1.84.0
 BOOST_LIBS="random regex graph random chrono thread filesystem system date_time locale serialization program_options"
 
 echo "============================ Boost ============================"
 
-echo "Cloning Apple-Boost-BuildScript from - $BOOST_URL"
-
 # Check if the directory already exists.
 if [ -d "$BOOST_DIR_PATH" ]; then
     echo "Boost directory already exists."
 else
     echo "Cloning Boost from $BOOST_URL"
-    git clone -b build $BOOST_URL $BOOST_DIR_PATH
-fi
-
-# Verify if the repository was cloned successfully.
-if [ -d "$BOOST_DIR_PATH/.git" ]; then
-    echo "Boost repository cloned successfully."
-	cd $BOOST_DIR_PATH
-    git checkout build
-else
-    echo "Failed to clone Boost repository. Exiting."
-    exit 1
+    mkdir -p $BOOST_DIR_PATH || true
+    rm -rf $BOOST_DIR_PATH || true
+    cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript" $BOOST_DIR_PATH
 fi
+cd $BOOST_DIR_PATH
 
 ./boost.sh -ios \
 	--min-ios-version ${MIN_IOS_VERSION} \
diff --git a/external/ios/build_libiconv.sh b/external/ios/build_libiconv.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ad59e8a4..00000000
--- a/external/ios/build_libiconv.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-. config.sh 
-
-ICONV_DIR_PATH="${EXTERNAL_IOS_SOURCE_DIR}/libiconv"
-
-rm -rf $ICONV_DIR_PATH
-mkdir -p $ICONV_DIR_PATH
-pushd $ICONV_DIR_PATH
-    wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.tar.gz -O -| tar xzv
-    pushd libiconv-1.15
-        
-    popd
-popd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh b/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh
index 3f73933e..4957e692 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ set -e
 rm -rf build
 
 . ./config.sh
+
+rm -rf "$EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR"
+rm -rf "$EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR"
+
 ./install_missing_headers.sh
 ./build_openssl.sh
 ./build_boost.sh
diff --git a/external/ios/build_openssl.sh b/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
index 919523d2..507ca9d3 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 . ./config.sh
 
-OPEN_SSL_URL="https://github.com/x2on/OpenSSL-for-iPhone.git"
 OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH="${EXTERNAL_IOS_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenSSL"
 
 echo "============================ OpenSSL ============================"
@@ -15,21 +14,15 @@ echo "Cloning Open SSL from - $OPEN_SSL_URL"
 if [ -d "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH" ]; then
     echo "OpenSSL directory already exists."
 else
-    echo "Cloning OpenSSL from $OPEN_SSL_URL"
-	git clone $OPEN_SSL_URL $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
-fi
-
-# Verify if the repository was cloned successfully.
-if [ -d "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH/.git" ]; then
-    echo "OpenSSL repository cloned successfully."
-	cd $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
-else
-    echo "Failed to clone OpenSSL repository. Exiting."
-    exit 1
+    mkdir -p "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH" || true
+    rm -rf "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH"
+	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone" $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
 fi
+cd $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
 
 ./build-libssl.sh --version=1.1.1q --targets="ios-cross-arm64" --deprecated
 
+
 mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/include/* $EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR
-mv ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libcrypto-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libcrypto.a
-mv ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libssl-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libssl.a
\ No newline at end of file
+mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libcrypto-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libcrypto.a
+mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libssl-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libssl.a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/ios/build_sodium.sh b/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
index fb45e172..ecb4a5e0 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
@@ -16,19 +16,12 @@ if [ -d "$SODIUM_PATH" ]; then
     echo "Sodium directory already exists."
 else
     echo "Cloning Sodium from $SODIUM_URL"
-	git clone $SODIUM_URL $SODIUM_PATH
-fi
-
-# Verify if the repository was cloned successfully.
-if [ -d "$SODIUM_PATH/.git" ]; then
-    echo "Sodium repository cloned successfully."
-	cd $SODIUM_PATH
-	git checkout 443617d7507498f7477703f0b51cb596d4539262
-else
-    echo "Failed to clone Sodium repository. Exiting."
-    exit 1
+    mkdir -p $SODIUM_PATH || true
+    rm -rf $SODIUM_PATH
+	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/libsodium" $SODIUM_PATH
 fi
 
+cd $SODIUM_PATH
 ../../../../libsodium_apple-ios.sh
 
 mv -f ${SODIUM_PATH}/libsodium-apple/ios/include/* $EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR
diff --git a/external/ios/build_unbound.sh b/external/ios/build_unbound.sh
index 889f79a5..14efef80 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_unbound.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_unbound.sh
@@ -18,19 +18,12 @@ if [ -d "$UNBOUND_DIR_PATH" ]; then
     echo "Unbound directory already exists."
 else
     echo "Cloning Unbound from $Unbound_URL"
-	git clone $UNBOUND_GIT_URL -b ${UNBOUND_VERSION} ${UNBOUND_DIR_PATH}
+    mkdir -p ${UNBOUND_DIR_PATH} || true
+    rm -rf ${UNBOUND_DIR_PATH}
+	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/unbound" ${UNBOUND_DIR_PATH}
 fi
 
-# Verify if the repository was cloned successfully.
-if [ -d "$UNBOUND_DIR_PATH/.git" ]; then
-    echo "Unbound repository cloned successfully."
-	cd $UNBOUND_DIR_PATH
-	git checkout $UNBOUND_VERSION # Or UNBOUND_HASH.
-	test `git rev-parse HEAD` = ${UNBOUND_HASH} || exit 1
-else
-    echo "Failed to clone Unbound repository. Exiting."
-    exit 1
-fi
+cd $UNBOUND_DIR_PATH
 
 export IOS_SDK=iPhone
 export IOS_CPU=arm64
diff --git a/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh b/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh
index fc683272..7672db53 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ set -x -e
 
 SEED_VERSION=0.3.0
 SEED_SRC_DIR="${EXTERNAL_IOS_SOURCE_DIR}/seed"
-SEED_URL="https://git.wownero.com/wowlet/wownero-seed.git"
-SEED_SHA_HEAD="d3f68be347facfeebbd8f68fd74982c705cb917b"
 
 rm -rf "$SEED_SRC_DIR" > /dev/null
 
 echo "[*] cloning $SEED_URL"
-git clone --branch ${SEED_VERSION} ${SEED_URL} ${SEED_SRC_DIR}
+mkdir -p ${SEED_SRC_DIR} || true
+rm -rf ${SEED_SRC_DIR}
+cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/wownero-seed" ${SEED_SRC_DIR}
 cd $SEED_SRC_DIR
-git reset --hard $SEED_SHA_HEAD
 
 patch -p1 < ../../../../../wownero-seed-0001-fix-duplicate-symbol-error.patch
 
diff --git a/external/ios/build_zmq.sh b/external/ios/build_zmq.sh
index d34cc6ea..63306b20 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_zmq.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_zmq.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ set -e
 . ./config.sh
 
 ZMQ_PATH="${EXTERNAL_IOS_SOURCE_DIR}/libzmq"
-ZMQ_URL="https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq.git"
 
 echo "============================ ZMQ ============================"
 
@@ -16,17 +15,12 @@ if [ -d "$ZMQ_PATH" ]; then
     echo "ZeroMQ directory already exists."
 else
     echo "Cloning ZeroMQ from $ZeroMQ_URL"
-	git clone $ZMQ_URL $ZMQ_PATH
+    mkdir -p $ZMQ_PATH || true
+    rm -rf $ZMQ_PATH
+	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/libzmq" $ZMQ_PATH
 fi
 
-# Verify if the repository was cloned successfully.
-if [ -d "$ZMQ_PATH/.git" ]; then
-    echo "ZeroMQ repository cloned successfully."
-	cd $ZMQ_PATH
-else
-    echo "Failed to clone ZeroMQ repository. Exiting."
-    exit 1
-fi
+cd $ZMQ_PATH
 
 mkdir -p cmake-build
 cd cmake-build
diff --git a/external/ios/config.sh b/external/ios/config.sh
index f21f7f00..e65c5a31 100755
--- a/external/ios/config.sh
+++ b/external/ios/config.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 export IOS_SCRIPTS_DIR="$(pwd)"
+export MONEROC_DIR="$(pwd)/../.."
 export CW_ROOT="${IOS_SCRIPTS_DIR}"
 export EXTERNAL_DIR="${CW_ROOT}/build"
 export EXTERNAL_IOS_DIR="${EXTERNAL_DIR}/ios"
diff --git a/external/libsodium b/external/libsodium
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..443617d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/libsodium
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 443617d7507498f7477703f0b51cb596d4539262
diff --git a/external/libzmq b/external/libzmq
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..59c91227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/libzmq
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 59c91227b46b60b7f965816544b25fe0a3cc8bbe
diff --git a/external/unbound b/external/unbound
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..cbed768b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/unbound
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit cbed768b8ff9bfcf11089a5f1699b7e5707f1ea5