diff --git a/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts.yml
index edb67e28c..671d78b6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: build_auto_setup_job
     runs-on: macOS-11
     timeout-minutes: 90
-    env:
-      BOOST_ROOT: /tmp/boost
     steps:
       - name: Set the tag and the pre-release version
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts_latest_release_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts_latest_release_branch.yml
index 02fc87820..0d1bdb6ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts_latest_release_branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/beta_artifacts_latest_release_branch.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: build_auto_setup_job
     runs-on: macOS-11
     timeout-minutes: 90
-    env:
-      BOOST_ROOT: /tmp/boost
     steps:
       - name: Set the tag and the pre-release version
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 2623c8260..1079804f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       LCOV: 1
       COMPILER: gcc
-      BOOST_ROOT: /tmp/boost
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -yqq build-essential g++ wget python zlib1g-dev qt5-default \
           valgrind xorg xvfb xauth xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic ocl-icd-opencl-dev \
           git lcov python3-pip
-          util/build_prep/fetch_boost.sh
           wget -O cmake_install.sh https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.15.4/cmake-3.15.4-Linux-x86_64.sh
           chmod +x cmake_install.sh
           sudo ./cmake_install.sh --prefix=/usr --exclude-subdir --skip-license
diff --git a/.github/workflows/live_artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/live_artifacts.yml
index cffe78e02..0f18ad095 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/live_artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/live_artifacts.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ jobs:
   osx_job:
     runs-on: macOS-11
     timeout-minutes: 90
-    env:
-      BOOST_ROOT: /tmp/boost
     steps:
       - name: tag
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_network_artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/test_network_artifacts.yml
index 57dfffd32..9cdb1ba48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_network_artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_network_artifacts.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ jobs:
   osx_job:
     runs-on: macOS-11
     timeout-minutes: 90
-    env:
-      BOOST_ROOT: /tmp/boost
     steps:
       - name: tag
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index ec73be183..a3d65f69f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
         RELEASE:
           - ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
     env:
-      BOOST_ROOT: /tmp/boost
       TEST_USE_ROCKSDB: ${{ matrix.TEST_USE_ROCKSDB }}
       RELEASE: ${{ matrix.RELEASE }}
     runs-on: macOS-11
diff --git a/ci/actions/osx/install_deps.sh b/ci/actions/osx/install_deps.sh
index 6a89fc3d4..bef02a96f 100755
--- a/ci/actions/osx/install_deps.sh
+++ b/ci/actions/osx/install_deps.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 brew update
 brew install coreutils
 brew cask install xquartz
-sudo util/build_prep/fetch_boost.sh
 util/build_prep/macosx/build_qt.sh
diff --git a/ci/build-ci.sh b/ci/build-ci.sh
index 1823acf8e..74f2342dd 100755
--- a/ci/build-ci.sh
+++ b/ci/build-ci.sh
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ cmake \
 -DNANO_WARN_TO_ERR=ON \
 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE:-Debug} \
 -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
--DBOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT:-/tmp/boost/} \
--DNANO_SHARED_BOOST=ON \
 -DQt5_DIR=${qt_dir} \
 -DCI_TEST="1" \
 ${BACKTRACE:-} \
diff --git a/ci/build-deploy.sh b/ci/build-deploy.sh
index 086bf835f..25f716e90 100755
--- a/ci/build-deploy.sh
+++ b/ci/build-deploy.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ cmake \
 -DPORTABLE=1 \
 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CONFIGURATION} \
 -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
--DBOOST_ROOT=/tmp/boost/ \
--DNANO_SHARED_BOOST=ON \
 -DQt5_DIR=${qt_dir} \
 -DCI_BUILD=true \
 -DCI_VERSION_PRE_RELEASE="${ci_version_pre_release}" \
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-base b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-base
index 11e9fd638..1feccdee4 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-base
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-base
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ g++ \
 wget \
 python \
 zlib1g-dev \
-cmake
+cmake \
+git
 
 RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -yqq \
 qt5-default \
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang
index f2db08354..4ab0c6601 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ FROM ${ENV_REPOSITORY}:base
 
 RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -yqq \
 clang \
-lldb \
-git \
-libboost-all-dev
+lldb
 
 ENV CXX=/usr/bin/clang++
 ENV CC=/usr/bin/clang
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc
index 7e3b786f1..992f710ab 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ ARG ENV_REPOSITORY=nanocurrency/nano-env
 FROM ${ENV_REPOSITORY}:base
 
 RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -yqq \
-git \
-libboost-all-dev
+..
 
 ARG REPOSITORY=nanocurrency/nano-node
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/$REPOSITORY
diff --git a/util/build_prep/bootstrap_boost.sh b/util/build_prep/bootstrap_boost.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 980a8be6f..000000000
--- a/util/build_prep/bootstrap_boost.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,150 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-bootstrapArgs=()
-buildArgs=()
-useClang='false'
-useLibCXX='false'
-keepArchive='false'
-LINK_TYPE=('link=static')
-debugLevel=0
-buildThreads=1
-buildCArgs=()
-buildCXXArgs=()
-buildLDArgs=()
-boostVersion='1.70'
-while getopts 'hmscCkpvB:j:' OPT; do
-	case "${OPT}" in
-	h)
-		echo "Usage: bootstrap_boost.sh [-hmcCkpv] [-B <boostVersion>]"
-		echo "   -h                 This help"
-		echo "   -s                 Build Shared and static libs, default is static only"
-		echo "   -m                 Build a minimal set of libraries needed for Nano"
-		echo "   -j <threads> 		Number of threads to build with"
-		echo "   -c                 Use Clang"
-		echo "   -C                 Use libc++ when using Clang"
-		echo "   -k                 Keep the downloaded archive file"
-		echo "   -p                 Build a PIC version of the objects"
-		echo "   -v                 Increase debug level, may be repeated to increase it"
-		echo "                      further"
-		echo "   -B <boostVersion>  Specify version of Boost to build"
-		exit 0
-		;;
-	s)
-		LINK_TYPE+=('link=shared')
-		;;
-	m)
-		bootstrapArgs+=('--with-libraries=system,thread,log,filesystem,program_options,coroutine,context')
-		;;
-	j)
-		buildThreads=${OPTARG}
-		;;
-	c)
-		useClang='true'
-		;;
-	C)
-		useLibCXX='true'
-		;;
-	k)
-		keepArchive='true'
-		;;
-	p)
-		buildCXXArgs+=(-fPIC)
-		buildCArgs+=(-fPIC)
-		;;
-	v)
-		debugLevel=$(($debugLevel + 1))
-		;;
-	B)
-		boostVersion="${OPTARG}"
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o xtrace
-
-if ! c++ --version >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-	useClang='true'
-
-	if ! clang++ --version >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-		echo "Unable to find a usable toolset" >&2
-
-		exit 1
-	fi
-fi
-
-if [ "${useClang}" = 'true' ]; then
-	bootstrapArgs+=(--with-toolset=clang)
-	buildArgs+=(toolset=clang)
-	if [ "${useLibCXX}" = 'true' ]; then
-		buildCXXArgs+=(-stdlib=libc++)
-		buildLDArgs+=(-stdlib=libc++)
-	fi
-fi
-
-case "${boostVersion}" in
-1.70)
-	BOOST_BASENAME=boost_1_70_0
-	BOOST_URL=https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.70.0/${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.bz2/download
-	BOOST_ARCHIVE_SHA256='430ae8354789de4fd19ee52f3b1f739e1fba576f0aded0897c3c2bc00fb38778'
-	;;
-1.72)
-	BOOST_BASENAME=boost_1_72_0
-	BOOST_URL=https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.72.0/${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.bz2/download
-	BOOST_ARCHIVE_SHA256='59c9b274bc451cf91a9ba1dd2c7fdcaf5d60b1b3aa83f2c9fa143417cc660722'
-	;;
-1.73)
-	BOOST_BASENAME=boost_1_73_0
-	BOOST_URL=https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.73.0/${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.bz2/download
-	BOOST_ARCHIVE_SHA256='4eb3b8d442b426dc35346235c8733b5ae35ba431690e38c6a8263dce9fcbb402'
-	;;
-1.75)
-	BOOST_BASENAME=boost_1_75_0
-	BOOST_URL=https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.75.0/${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.bz2/download
-	BOOST_ARCHIVE_SHA256='953db31e016db7bb207f11432bef7df100516eeb746843fa0486a222e3fd49cb'
-	;;
-*)
-	echo "Unsupported Boost version: ${boostVersion}" >&2
-	exit 1
-	;;
-esac
-BOOST_ARCHIVE="${BOOST_BASENAME}.tar.bz2"
-BOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT-/usr/local/boost}
-
-if [ ! -f "${BOOST_ARCHIVE}" ]; then
-	wget --quiet -O "${BOOST_ARCHIVE}.new" "${BOOST_URL}"
-	checkHash="$(openssl dgst -sha256 "${BOOST_ARCHIVE}.new" | sed 's@^.*= *@@')"
-	if [ "${checkHash}" != "${BOOST_ARCHIVE_SHA256}" ]; then
-		echo "Checksum mismatch.  Expected ${BOOST_ARCHIVE_SHA256}, got ${checkHash}" >&2
-
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	mv "${BOOST_ARCHIVE}.new" "${BOOST_ARCHIVE}" || exit 1
-else
-	keepArchive='true'
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${buildCArgs[*]}" ]; then
-	buildArgs+=(cflags="${buildCArgs[*]}")
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${buildCXXArgs[*]}" ]; then
-	buildArgs+=(cxxflags="${buildCXXArgs[*]}")
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${buildLDArgs[*]}" ]; then
-	buildArgs+=(linkflags="${buildLDArgs[*]}")
-fi
-
-rm -rf "${BOOST_BASENAME}"
-tar xf "${BOOST_ARCHIVE}"
-
-pushd "${BOOST_BASENAME}"
-./bootstrap.sh "${bootstrapArgs[@]}"
-./b2 -d${debugLevel} -j${buildThreads} hardcode-dll-paths=true dll-path="'\$ORIGIN/../lib'" --prefix="${BOOST_ROOT}" ${LINK_TYPE[@]} "${buildArgs[@]}" install
-popd
-
-rm -rf "${BOOST_BASENAME}"
-if [ "${keepArchive}" != 'true' ]; then
-	rm -f "${BOOST_ARCHIVE}"
-fi
diff --git a/util/build_prep/fetch_boost.sh b/util/build_prep/fetch_boost.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index aade08f43..000000000
--- a/util/build_prep/fetch_boost.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-OS=$(uname)
-
-COMPILER="${COMPILER:-clang}"
-
-pushd /tmp
-if [[ "$OS" == 'Linux' ]]; then
-    wget -O boost-$OS-$COMPILER.tgz https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/repo.nano.org/artifacts/boost-$OS-$COMPILER-1.70-18.tgz
-else
-    wget -O boost-$OS-$COMPILER.tgz https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/repo.nano.org/artifacts/boost-$OS-$COMPILER-1.70-full.tgz
-fi
-tar -zxf boost-$OS-$COMPILER.tgz
-mv tmp/* .
-rm -fr tmp
-popd