diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 52f4a26..50f33bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@
 ifeq ($(OS_ID),opensuse-leap)
 ifeq ($(OS_VERSION_ID),15.3)
 	RPM_SUSE_DEVEL_DEPS += curl libstdc++-devel bison gcc-c++ zlib-devel xmlto
-	RPM_SUSE_DEVEL_DEPS += libboost_headers-devel libboost_thread-devel lsb-release
+	RPM_SUSE_DEVEL_DEPS += lsb-release
 	RPM_SUSE_DEVEL_DEPS += asciidoc git
 	RPM_SUSE_PYTHON_DEPS += python3 python2-ply
 endif
 ifeq ($(OS_VERSION_ID),15.0)
-	RPM_SUSE_DEVEL_DEPS += libboost_headers-devel libboost_thread-devel gcc git curl
+	RPM_SUSE_DEVEL_DEPS += gcc git curl
 	RPM_SUSE_PYTHON_DEPS += python3-ply python2-virtualenv
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/extras/rpm/opensuse/vpp.spec b/extras/rpm/opensuse/vpp.spec
index 2d348f2..b725702 100644
--- a/extras/rpm/opensuse/vpp.spec
+++ b/extras/rpm/opensuse/vpp.spec
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel
 BuildRequires:  glibc-devel-static
-BuildRequires:  libboost_headers-devel
-BuildRequires:  libboost_thread-devel
 BuildRequires:  libnuma-devel
 BuildRequires:  libopenssl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
diff --git a/extras/rpm/vpp.spec b/extras/rpm/vpp.spec
index ac5c932..b5d5fd3 100644
--- a/extras/rpm/vpp.spec
+++ b/extras/rpm/vpp.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 Requires: vpp-lib = %{_version}-%{_release}, vpp-selinux-policy = %{_version}-%{_release}, net-tools, pciutils
 Requires: compat-openssl10
-Requires: boost-filesystem mbedtls libffi-devel
+Requires: mbedtls libffi-devel
 BuildRequires: subunit, subunit-devel
 BuildRequires: compat-openssl10-devel
 BuildRequires: python, python-devel, python-virtualenv, python-ply
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 %else
 %if 0%{rhel} >= 7
 Requires: vpp-lib = %{_version}-%{_release}, vpp-selinux-policy = %{_version}-%{_release}, net-tools, pciutils, python36
-Requires: boost-filesystem mbedtls libffi-devel
+Requires: mbedtls libffi-devel
 BuildRequires: epel-release
 BuildRequires: mbedtls-devel mbedtls
 BuildREquires: openssl-devel
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
 BuildRequires: apr-devel
 BuildRequires: numactl-devel
 BuildRequires: autoconf automake libtool byacc bison flex
-BuildRequires: boost boost-devel
 BuildRequires: selinux-policy selinux-policy-devel
 
 Source: %{name}-%{_version}-%{_release}.tar.xz