diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 98023d7b5..1fde57f27 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ if(ENABLE_SRSUE OR ENABLE_SRSENB OR ENABLE_SRSEPC)
 
   set(BOOST_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS
       program_options
-      system
   )
   if(UNIX AND EXISTS "/usr/lib64")
       list(APPEND BOOST_LIBRARYDIR "/usr/lib64") #fedora 64-bit fix
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1567c7c71..a8f186a62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Build Instructions
 
 For example, on Ubuntu 17.04, one can install the required libraries with:
 ```
-sudo apt-get install cmake libfftw3-dev libmbedtls-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev libconfig++-dev libsctp-dev
+sudo apt-get install cmake libfftw3-dev libmbedtls-dev libboost-program-options-dev libconfig++-dev libsctp-dev
 ```
 Note that depending on your flavor and version of Linux, the actual package names may be different.