diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 56e8739bbf257aabb6c76a3db3a5be1db4fec9f8..f05322cd992461d141ef71738eecfa2e505f4bf0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ else ()
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${DISABLE_MSC_WARNINGS}")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /MP")
 endif ()
-set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_NIL -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_CONVERT")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DMSGPACK_NO_BOOST -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_NIL -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_CONVERT")
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dacbb110f405ce453bdf3f9afe14a3e3323e803d..eb197b7f80799b07e53d0f8b3aae28fe7c8b093b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ AM_COND_IF([PROXY_CLIENT_OR_SERVER], [
     AS_IF([test "x$http_parser_headers" != "xyes"], AC_MSG_ERROR([Missing HttpParser headers files]))
 ])
 
-CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_NIL -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_CONVERT"
+CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -DMSGPACK_NO_BOOST -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_NIL -DMSGPACK_DISABLE_LEGACY_CONVERT"
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([tools], AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-tools],[Disable tools (CLI DHT node)]),,build_tools=yes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_TOOLS, test x$build_tools == xyes)