diff --git a/depends/packages/boost.mk b/depends/packages/boost.mk
index 2d027c6839d..b86b80c706d 100644
--- a/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash = 913ca43d49e93d1b158c9862009add1518a4c665e7853b349a6492d
 $(package)_build_subdir = build
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-  $(package)_config_opts = -DBOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES="multi_index;signals2;test"
+  $(package)_config_opts = -DBOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES="multi_index;test"
   $(package)_config_opts += -DBOOST_TEST_HEADERS_ONLY=ON
   $(package)_config_opts += -DBOOST_ENABLE_MPI=OFF
   $(package)_config_opts += -DBOOST_ENABLE_PYTHON=OFF
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index e034c791645..49906808c8f 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "builtin-baseline": "120deac3062162151622ca4860575a33844ba10b",
   "dependencies": [
     "boost-multi-index",
-    "boost-signals2",
     "libevent"
   ],
   "default-features": [