diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94c00b02c06922a64c3e9d265bc3a9d55a42d37a..f9f12c7ee7518bf6c8c378d639e4289c68501e66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ target_include_directories(
 target_link_libraries(matrix_client
                       PUBLIC
                       MatrixStructs::MatrixStructs
-                      Boost::boost
-                      Boost::system
                       ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
                       OpenSSL::Crypto
                       OpenSSL::SSL