diff --git a/cmake/modules/DuneIstlMacros.cmake b/cmake/modules/DuneIstlMacros.cmake
index 65414e59e00dae45862222d6c265ff062b4f0d71..a01def74aa2650f45729a0366be16ed2d45075c8 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/DuneIstlMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/DuneIstlMacros.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-include(DuneBoost)
-find_package(BoostFusion)
 find_package(METIS)
 find_package(ParMETIS)
 include(AddParMETISFlags)
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 30043b2b71d1d0ce1a3bd9ec05ed3e30b58a332b..d419a47cf9663f047c1ee74eb34cd5983c754331 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@
 
 /* end private */
 
-/* define if the Boost::Fusion headers are available */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_BOOST_FUSION
-
-/* Define to ENABLE_BOOST if the Boost library is available */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_BOOST ENABLE_BOOST
-
 /* Define to ENABLE_SUPERLU if the SuperLU library is available */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SUPERLU ENABLE_SUPERLU
 
diff --git a/dune/istl/tutorial/CMakeLists.txt b/dune/istl/tutorial/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b6f93928b51879436163b5d2ac31faab9de4b08..b9775a1dbdd8e97dddfb82ea64478e20cb2cbe1f 100644
--- a/dune/istl/tutorial/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dune/istl/tutorial/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 add_executable(example "example.cc")
 add_dune_mpi_flags(example)
-add_dune_boost_flags(example)
 target_link_libraries(example "dunecommon")
diff --git a/dune/istl/tutorial/Makefile.am b/dune/istl/tutorial/Makefile.am
index e63125f878eeec95824e5b75814e97aaa6e68c35..2cacdf66c2a9b7c057e9066a017d0992206e1c2c 100644
--- a/dune/istl/tutorial/Makefile.am
+++ b/dune/istl/tutorial/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dist_noinst_DATA = example.cc
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = example
 example_SOURCES = example.cc
-example_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BOOST_CPPFLAGS) $(DUNE_CPPFLAGS)
+example_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(DUNE_CPPFLAGS)
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
 
diff --git a/m4/dune_istl.m4 b/m4/dune_istl.m4
index 10b61d944fd6225e74eea28fa9502b1228d99ff7..b076f319da07fa38c1aeee2a96bdd588d2676dd6 100644
--- a/m4/dune_istl.m4
+++ b/m4/dune_istl.m4
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_ISTL_CHECKS],
   AC_REQUIRE([__AC_FC_NAME_MANGLING])
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_F77])
   AC_REQUIRE([ACX_BLAS])
-  AC_REQUIRE([DUNE_BOOST_BASE])
-  DUNE_BOOST_BASE(, [ DUNE_BOOST_FUSION ] , [] )
 
   # add summary entries for tests not maintained by dune
   DUNE_ADD_SUMMARY_ENTRY([METIS],[$with_metis])