diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e10f88f46bbb591c218a06f82d2aca521a7dba09..2b4aa0f0102c42aa1aec01181c18aef239d17401 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -65,20 +65,6 @@ AX_PROG_LN_S
 
 AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 
-# We need 1.36 because of unordered_{set,hash} used by Dynare++
-AX_BOOST_BASE([1.36], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find Boost >= 1.36])])
-
-CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find Boost Graph Library])])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find Boost String Library])])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find Boost String Library])])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([boost/lexical_cast.hpp], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find Boost Lexical Cast Header])])
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
-
-# Don't use deprecated hash structures
-AC_DEFINE([BOOST_NO_HASH], [], [Don't use deprecated STL hash structures])
-
 AX_CXX11_THREAD
 
 # Check for libmatio, needed by Dynare++