diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ebbd18d..b4ff5e2d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(Filesystem REQUIRED)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system program_options iostreams)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options iostreams)
 find_package(Wt REQUIRED COMPONENTS Wt Dbo DboSqlite3 HTTP)
 find_package(Pugixml CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/src/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt
index a1ef7c32..d25b4264 100644
--- a/src/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ target_link_libraries(lmscore PRIVATE
 	)
 
 target_link_libraries(lmscore PUBLIC
-	Boost::system
 	std::filesystem
 	Wt::Wt
 	)
diff --git a/src/libs/services/auth/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/services/auth/CMakeLists.txt
index c664ca98..f5244ff4 100644
--- a/src/libs/services/auth/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/services/auth/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ target_include_directories(lmsauth PRIVATE
 	)
 
 target_link_libraries(lmsauth PUBLIC
-	Boost::system
 	Wt::Wt
 	lmscore
 	lmsdatabase