diff --git a/depends/packages/boost.mk b/depends/packages/boost.mk
index e7aa48ddf..d27a70134 100644
--- a/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package=boost
-$(package)_version=1_55_0
-$(package)_download_path=http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.55.0
+$(package)_version=1_58_0
+$(package)_download_path=http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.58.0
 $(package)_file_name=$(package)_$($(package)_version).tar.bz2
-$(package)_sha256_hash=fff00023dd79486d444c8e29922f4072e1d451fc5a4d2b6075852ead7f2b7b52
-$(package)_patches=darwin_boost_atomic-1.patch darwin_boost_atomic-2.patch gcc_5_no_cxx11.patch
+$(package)_sha256_hash=fdfc204fc33ec79c99b9a74944c3e54bd78be4f7f15e260c0e2700a36dc7d3e5
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts_release=variant=release
@@ -26,9 +25,6 @@ $(package)_cxxflags_linux=-fPIC
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-  patch -p2 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/darwin_boost_atomic-1.patch && \
-  patch -p2 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/darwin_boost_atomic-2.patch && \
-  patch -p2 < $($(package)_patch_dir)/gcc_5_no_cxx11.patch && \
   echo "using $(boost_toolset_$(host_os)) : : $($(package)_cxx) : <cxxflags>\"$($(package)_cxxflags) $($(package)_cppflags)\" <linkflags>\"$($(package)_ldflags)\" <archiver>\"$(boost_archiver_$(host_os))\" <striper>\"$(host_STRIP)\"  <ranlib>\"$(host_RANLIB)\" <rc>\"$(host_WINDRES)\" : ;" > user-config.jam
 endef