diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  libjemalloc-dev,
  libminiupnpc-dev,
  libboost-filesystem-dev,
- libboost-chrono-dev,
  libboost-system-dev,
  libboost-thread-dev,
  libboost-test-dev,
diff --git a/depends/packages/boost.mk b/depends/packages/boost.mk
--- a/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 $(package)_toolset_$(host_os)=gcc
 $(package)_archiver_$(host_os)=$($(package)_ar)
 $(package)_toolset_darwin=clang-darwin
-$(package)_config_libraries=atomic,date_time,chrono,filesystem,system,thread,test
+$(package)_config_libraries=atomic,date_time,filesystem,system,thread,test
 $(package)_cxxflags=-std=c++11 -fvisibility=hidden
 $(package)_cxxflags_linux=-fPIC
 endef
diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only
 install necessary parts of boost:
 
-        sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev
+        sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev
 
 2. If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with:
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 endif()
 
 # Boost packages
-set(BOOST_PACKAGES_REQUIRED chrono filesystem thread)
+set(BOOST_PACKAGES_REQUIRED filesystem thread)
 
 function(prepend var prefix)
 	set(listVar "")