diff --git a/srcpkgs/log4cxx/template b/srcpkgs/log4cxx/template
index f0b153c5594..1b724641a2a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/log4cxx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/log4cxx/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.0.0
 revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config zip"
-makedepends="libxml2-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel gdbm-devel boost-devel"
+makedepends="libxml2-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel gdbm-devel"
 short_desc="C++ Logging Library based on Log4J"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"