diff --git a/package/omxplayer/Config.in b/package/omxplayer/Config.in
index b8946e91e1..b417aa3b0b 100644
--- a/package/omxplayer/Config.in
+++ b/package/omxplayer/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OMXPLAYER
 	bool "omxplayer"
 	depends on BR2_arm
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS # boost
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS # ffmpeg
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # boost
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # boost, libusb
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OMXPLAYER
 comment "omxplayer needs rpi-userland and a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_arm
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_RPI_USERLAND
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \