diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b93fac654..021d620896 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,18 +120,6 @@ set(NANO_ROCKSDB_TOOLS
     OFF
     CACHE BOOL "")
 
-option(NANO_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE
-       "Use BOOST_STACKTRACE_USE_BACKTRACE in stacktraces, for POSIX" OFF)
-
-if(NANO_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE)
-  add_definitions(-DNANO_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE)
-  add_definitions(-DBOOST_STACKTRACE_USE_BACKTRACE)
-  if(NANO_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE)
-    add_definitions(
-      -DBOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE_FILE=${NANO_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE})
-  endif()
-endif()
-
 # Enable NANO_TRACING by default in Debug builds
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
   option(NANO_TRACING "Enable trace logging" ON)
@@ -497,6 +485,17 @@ include_directories(${BOOST_LIBRARY_INCLUDES})
 add_library(Boost::stacktrace ALIAS boost_stacktrace_basic)
 add_definitions(-DBOOST_STACKTRACE_GNU_SOURCE_NOT_REQUIRED)
 
+if(WIN32)
+  # Windows-specific configuration
+  target_link_libraries(boost_stacktrace_basic PRIVATE dbghelp)
+else()
+  # Unix-like systems (Linux, macOS)
+  target_link_libraries(boost_stacktrace_basic PRIVATE dl)
+
+  # Add -rdynamic linker flag for better symbol resolution
+  target_link_options(boost_stacktrace_basic PRIVATE -rdynamic)
+endif()
+
 # Workaround for missing reference errata in the boost property_tree module
 target_link_libraries(boost_property_tree INTERFACE Boost::any)
 target_link_libraries(boost_property_tree INTERFACE Boost::format)
diff --git a/ci/build-ci.sh b/ci/build-ci.sh
index 31a65eed7f..906be43f30 100755
--- a/ci/build-ci.sh
+++ b/ci/build-ci.sh
@@ -28,17 +28,6 @@ fi
 
 ulimit -S -n 8192
 
-if [[ "$OS" == 'Linux' ]]; then
-    if clang --version && [ ${LCOV:-0} == 0 ]; then
-        BACKTRACE="-DNANO_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE=ON \
-        -DNANO_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE=</tmp/backtrace.h>"
-    else
-        BACKTRACE="-DNANO_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE=ON"
-    fi
-else
-    BACKTRACE=""
-fi
-
 cmake \
 -G'Unix Makefiles' \
 -DACTIVE_NETWORK=nano_dev_network \
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 090aecbe86..c913344136 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ fi
 SRC=${SRC:-${PWD}}
 OS=$(uname)
 
-CMAKE_BACKTRACE=""
-if [[ ${OS} == 'Linux' ]]; then
-    CMAKE_BACKTRACE="-DNANO_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE=ON"
-
-    if [[ ${COMPILER:-} == 'clang' ]]; then
-        CMAKE_BACKTRACE="${CMAKE_BACKTRACE} -DNANO_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE=</tmp/backtrace.h>"
-    fi
-fi
-
 CMAKE_QT_DIR=""
 if [[ ${QT_DIR:-} ]]; then
     CMAKE_QT_DIR="-DQt5_DIR=${QT_DIR}"
diff --git a/ci/prepare/linux/prepare-clang.sh b/ci/prepare/linux/prepare-clang.sh
index ce35402e2e..5820a51f79 100755
--- a/ci/prepare/linux/prepare-clang.sh
+++ b/ci/prepare/linux/prepare-clang.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,3 @@ curl -O https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh && chmod +x llvm.sh && ./llvm.sh $CLANG_VER
 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/clang-$CLANG_VERSION 100
 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/clang++-$CLANG_VERSION 100
 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/lldb lldb /usr/bin/lldb-$CLANG_VERSION 100
-
-# Workaround to get a path that can be easily passed into cmake for BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
-# See https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/doc/html/stacktrace/configuration_and_build.html#stacktrace.configuration_and_build.f3
-backtrace_file=$(find /usr/lib/gcc/ -name 'backtrace.h' | head -n 1) && test -f $backtrace_file && ln -s $backtrace_file /tmp/backtrace.h
diff --git a/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt b/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d01f6e796..eb2ec101ed 100644
--- a/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ add_executable(
   request_aggregator.cpp
   signal_manager.cpp
   socket.cpp
+  stacktrace.cpp
   system.cpp
   telemetry.cpp
   throttle.cpp
diff --git a/nano/core_test/stacktrace.cpp b/nano/core_test/stacktrace.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3ea21ece5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nano/core_test/stacktrace.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <nano/lib/stacktrace.hpp>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+// Check that the stacktrace contains the current function name
+// This depends on the way testcase names are compiled by gtest
+// Current name: "stacktrace_human_readable_Test::TestBody()"
+TEST (stacktrace, human_readable)
+{
+	auto stacktrace = nano::generate_stacktrace ();
+	ASSERT_FALSE (stacktrace.empty ());
+	ASSERT_TRUE (stacktrace.find ("stacktrace_human_readable_Test") != std::string::npos);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 702cb84fa3..a353a8eea9 100644
--- a/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,10 +135,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
   Boost::property_tree
   Boost::stacktrace)
 
-if(NANO_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE)
-  target_link_libraries(nano_lib backtrace)
-endif()
-
 target_compile_definitions(
   nano_lib
   PRIVATE -DMAJOR_VERSION_STRING=${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}