diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d951d0a4678836c0da5af546dcbbf98de708fdfe..12a486c0645a80aa1e02e21bb6942c7a2a971658 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ dd4hep_configure_output( OUTPUT "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}" INSTALL "${CMAKE_INSTALL
 find_package ( ROOT REQUIRED COMPONENTS Geom GenVector Eve Gui Graf3d RGL EG)
 include(${ROOT_USE_FILE})
 message ( STATUS "ROOT_VERSION: ${ROOT_VERSION}" )
-
+#
+# Include Boost
+#
+find_package( Boost REQUIRED )
+add_definitions( -DBOOST_SPIRIT_USE_PHOENIX_V3 )
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #fg: moved to here from DD4hep.cmake to not force CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS upon dependent packages
 dd4hep_set_compiler_flags()
diff --git a/cmake/DD4hep.cmake b/cmake/DD4hep.cmake
index a861f7a617607474f7501fcd4e6d5f9be481a800..499e6ae68eb34f2be57adc3a86a17e5d0697ea69 100644
--- a/cmake/DD4hep.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DD4hep.cmake
@@ -19,22 +19,6 @@ if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
 endif()
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Need this fix, since the cmake name is Geant4 and on GEANT4
-if(DD4HEP_USE_GEANT4)
-  set ( DD4HEP_USE_BOOST ON )    # Boost is required !
-endif()
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if(DD4HEP_USE_BOOST)
-  #message(FATAL_ERROR "Boost is required   ${DD4HEP_USE_BOOST}")
-  if ( "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}" STREQUAL "" )
-    find_package( Boost REQUIRED ) 
-    ##include_directories( SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-  endif()
-  add_definitions( -DDD4HEP_USE_BOOST )
-  add_definitions( -DBOOST_SPIRIT_USE_PHOENIX_V3 )
-else()
-  set ( DD4HEP_USE_BOOST OFF )
-endif()
 # Main functional include file
 if ( "${DD4hepBuild_included}" STREQUAL "" )
   include ( DD4hepBuild )
diff --git a/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake b/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake
index 8f8122f81236569651ea99ca2128cd519535be28..1d7431de7bdd38279b0fdc80cad1c2681defd6ee 100644
--- a/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ function ( dd4hep_print_options )
   dd4hep_print ( "|  DD4hep build setup:                                                          " )
   dd4hep_print ( "|                                                                               " )
   dd4hep_print ( "|  CMAKE_MODULE_PATH:  ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}                                     " )
-  dd4hep_print ( "|  DD4HEP_USE_BOOST:   ${DD4HEP_USE_BOOST}  DD4HEP_USE_Boost:${DD4HEP_USE_Boost}" )
   dd4hep_print ( "|  DD4HEP_USE_XERCESC: ${DD4HEP_USE_XERCESC}                                    " )
   dd4hep_print ( "|  XERCESC_ROOT_DIR:   ${XERCESC_ROOT_DIR}                                      " )
   dd4hep_print ( "|  DD4HEP_USE_LCIO:    ${DD4HEP_USE_LCIO}                                       " )
diff --git a/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in
index f994e36503df6c025cae06c978333f6d8a0f7a1e..9eb51c03921f14162f1b0691fdb54cccb6422cb7 100644
--- a/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/DD4hepConfig.cmake.in
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ set ( DD4hep_DIR         "$ENV{DD4hep_DIR}" )
 set ( DD4hep_ROOT        "$ENV{DD4hep_ROOT}" )
 set ( DD4hep_VERSION     "@DD4hep_VERSION@" )
 set ( DD4hep_SOVERSION   "@DD4hep_SOVERSION@" )
-set ( DD4HEP_USE_BOOST   "@DD4HEP_USE_BOOST@" )
 set ( DD4HEP_USE_GEANT4  "@DD4HEP_USE_GEANT4@" )
 set ( DD4HEP_USE_XERCESC "@DD4HEP_USE_XERCESC@" )
 set ( DD4HEP_USE_CXX11   "@DD4HEP_USE_CXX11@" )