diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
 - "ninja-build"
 - "pkg-config"
 - "python3"
-# FIXME: these dependencies are only required to make CMake happy when building
-# native tools. They can be removed when the `NativeExecutable.cmake` gets
-# improved to avoid requiring all the bitcoin-abc dependencies.
-- "libboost-all-dev"
-- "libevent-dev"
-- "libssl-dev"
 repositories:
 - "distribution": "buster-backports"
   "source": "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main"
@@ -45,7 +39,11 @@
 script: |
 
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped
-  HOSTS="x86_64-linux-gnu arm-linux-gnueabihf aarch64-linux-gnu"
+  HOSTS=(
+   x86_64-linux-gnu
+   arm-linux-gnueabihf
+   aarch64-linux-gnu
+  )
 
   # CMake toolchain file name differ from host name
   declare -A CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@
   }
 
   function create_per-host_faketime_wrappers {
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     for prog in ${FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS}; do
         echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@
   SOURCEDIR=`pwd`
   BASEPREFIX=`pwd`/depends
   # Build dependencies for each host
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ${BASEPREFIX} HOST="${i}"
   done
 
@@ -121,18 +119,10 @@
 
   mkdir -p source_package
   pushd source_package
+  # Any toolchain file will work for building the source package, just pick the
+  # first one
   cmake -GNinja .. \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_WALLET=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_ZMQ=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_SEEDER=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_CLI=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_TX=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF \
-    -DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${SOURCEDIR}/cmake/platforms/${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[${HOSTS[0]}]}
 
   ninja package_source
   SOURCEDIST=`echo bitcoin-abc-*.tar.gz`
@@ -148,7 +138,7 @@
 
   ORIGPATH="$PATH"
   # Extract the release tarball into a dir for each host and build
-  for i in ${HOSTS}; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     export PATH=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/native/bin:${ORIGPATH}
     mkdir -p distsrc-${i}
     cd distsrc-${i}
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
 - "python3"
 - "python3-dev"
 - "python3-setuptools"
-# FIXME: these dependencies are only required to make CMake happy when building
-# native tools. They can be removed when the `NativeExecutable.cmake` gets
-# improved to avoid requiring all the bitcoin-abc dependencies.
-- "libboost-all-dev"
-- "libevent-dev"
-- "libssl-dev"
 repositories:
 - "distribution": "buster-backports"
   "source": "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main"
@@ -47,7 +41,9 @@
 - "Xcode-11.3.1-11C505-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers.tar.gz"
 script: |
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped
-  HOSTS="x86_64-apple-darwin16"
+  HOSTS=(
+    x86_64-apple-darwin16
+  )
 
   # CMake toolchain file name differ from host name
   declare -A CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@
   }
 
   function create_per-host_faketime_wrappers {
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     for prog in ${FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS}; do
         echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
@@ -107,7 +103,7 @@
   tar -C ${BASEPREFIX}/SDKs -xf ${BUILD_DIR}/Xcode-11.3.1-11C505-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers.tar.gz
 
   # Build dependencies for each host
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ${BASEPREFIX} HOST="${i}"
   done
 
@@ -119,19 +115,10 @@
 
   mkdir -p source_package
   pushd source_package
+  # Any toolchain file will work for building the source package, just pick the
+  # first one
   cmake -GNinja .. \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_WALLET=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_ZMQ=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_ZMQ=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_SEEDER=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_CLI=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_TX=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF \
-    -DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${SOURCEDIR}/cmake/platforms/${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[${HOSTS[0]}]}
 
   ninja package_source
   SOURCEDIST=`echo bitcoin-abc-*.tar.gz`
@@ -148,7 +135,7 @@
 
   ORIGPATH="$PATH"
   # Extract the release tarball into a dir for each host and build
-  for i in ${HOSTS}; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     export PATH=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/native/bin:${ORIGPATH}
     mkdir -p distsrc-${i}
     cd distsrc-${i}
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@
 - "pkg-config"
 - "python3"
 - "zip"
-# FIXME: these dependencies are only required to make CMake happy when building
-# native tools. They can be removed when the `NativeExecutable.cmake` gets
-# improved to avoid requiring all the bitcoin-abc dependencies.
-- "libboost-all-dev"
-- "libevent-dev"
-- "libssl-dev"
 repositories:
 - "distribution": "buster-backports"
   "source": "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main"
@@ -40,7 +34,9 @@
 files: []
 script: |
   WRAP_DIR=$HOME/wrapped
-  HOSTS="x86_64-w64-mingw32"
+  HOSTS=(
+    x86_64-w64-mingw32
+  )
 
   # CMake toolchain file name differ from host name
   declare -A CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
@@ -74,7 +70,7 @@
   }
 
   function create_per-host_faketime_wrappers {
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     for prog in ${FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS}; do
         echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@
   function create_per-host_linker_wrapper {
   # This is only needed for trusty, as the mingw linker leaks a few bytes of
   # heap, causing non-determinism. See discussion in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6900
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     mkdir -p ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}
     for prog in collect2; do
         echo '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}/${prog}
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@
   SOURCEDIR=`pwd`
   BASEPREFIX=`pwd`/depends
   # Build dependencies for each host
-  for i in $HOSTS; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     make ${MAKEOPTS} -C ${BASEPREFIX} HOST="${i}"
   done
 
@@ -134,18 +130,10 @@
 
   mkdir -p source_package
   pushd source_package
+  # Any toolchain file will work for building the source package, just pick the
+  # first one
   cmake -GNinja .. \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_WALLET=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_ZMQ=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_SEEDER=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_CLI=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_TX=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_BITCOIN_QT=OFF \
-    -DBUILD_LIBBITCOINCONSENSUS=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_QRCODE=OFF \
-    -DENABLE_UPNP=OFF \
-    -DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${SOURCEDIR}/cmake/platforms/${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[${HOSTS[0]}]}
 
   ninja package_source
   SOURCEDIST=`echo bitcoin-abc-*.tar.gz`
@@ -168,7 +156,7 @@
 
   ORIGPATH="$PATH"
   # Extract the release tarball into a dir for each host and build
-  for i in ${HOSTS}; do
+  for i in ${HOSTS[@]}; do
     export PATH=${BASEPREFIX}/${i}/native/bin:${WRAP_DIR}:${ORIGPATH}
     mkdir -p distsrc-${i}
     cd distsrc-${i}