diff --git a/srcpkgs/yoshimi/template b/srcpkgs/yoshimi/template
index 5b075d6036e..95c7f262a80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/yoshimi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/yoshimi/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_wrksrc=src
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR=/usr/share"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config fltk"
-makedepends="boost-devel jack-devel fltk-devel fftw-devel mxml-devel cairo-devel
+makedepends="jack-devel fltk-devel fftw-devel mxml-devel cairo-devel
  lv2 readline-devel ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="ZynAddSubFX fork with improved JACK audio & MIDI IO"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"