diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6960b658c9676213b1fc1e85c39f292c1fe15f6a..4c445e5f0772f9870b7958bf8eca5d17965a8366 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,17 +46,8 @@ INSTALL(TARGETS ${LIBRARY_NAME}
   DESTINATION lib)
 
 SET(EXECUTABLE_NAME dg-python)
-
-IF (${Boost_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER "1.45")
-   MESSAGE(STATUS "Adding deprecated flag to boost")
-   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DBOOST_FILESYSTEM_DEPRECATED)
-ENDIF()
-
-
-
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} dg-python.cc)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${EXECUTABLE_NAME}
-  ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
   ${LIBRARY_NAME}
   )
 INSTALL(TARGETS dg-python DESTINATION bin)