diff --git a/example/boost/CMakeLists.txt b/example/boost/CMakeLists.txt
index ad9c979ce..6464513b3 100644
--- a/example/boost/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/boost/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system)
+FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE (Threads REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE (ZLIB REQUIRED)
 
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ FOREACH (source_file ${exec_PROGRAMS})
     )
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (${source_file_we} PRIVATE
         msgpack-cxx
-        Boost::system
         Threads::Threads
     )
     IF (ZLIB_FOUND)
diff --git a/example/x3/CMakeLists.txt b/example/x3/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fc6c1afa..963d6da4f 100644
--- a/example/x3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/x3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 IF (MSGPACK_USE_X3_PARSE AND MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 1)
-    FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS context system)
+    FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS context)
     FIND_PACKAGE (Threads REQUIRED)
 
     LIST (APPEND exec_PROGRAMS
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ IF (MSGPACK_USE_X3_PARSE AND MSGPACK_DEFAULT_API_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 1)
         TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (${source_file_we} PRIVATE
             msgpack-cxx
             Boost::context
-            Boost::system
             Threads::Threads
         )
         IF ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang" OR "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
diff --git a/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt b/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
index 819130ed2..977968741 100644
--- a/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FIND_PACKAGE (Threads REQUIRED)
-FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem unit_test_framework)
+FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem unit_test_framework)
 
 LIST (APPEND check_PROGRAMS
     regression_runner.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ FOREACH (source_file ${check_PROGRAMS})
         msgpack-cxx
         Threads::Threads
         Boost::filesystem
-        Boost::system
         Boost::unit_test_framework
     )
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index e0ebf2583..a0233dd35 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FIND_PACKAGE (Threads REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE (ZLIB)
-FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS unit_test_framework system)
+FIND_PACKAGE (Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS unit_test_framework)
 
 LIST (APPEND check_PROGRAMS
     array_ref.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ FOREACH (source_file ${check_PROGRAMS})
 
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (${source_file_we}
         msgpack-cxx
-        Boost::system
         Boost::unit_test_framework
         Threads::Threads
         ZLIB::ZLIB