diff --git a/src/event/meson.build b/src/event/meson.build
index c20a38028..d53fc5dce 100644
--- a/src/event/meson.build
+++ b/src/event/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ event_features.set('USE_EVENTFD', is_linux and get_option('eventfd'))
 event_features.set('USE_SIGNALFD', is_linux and get_option('signalfd'))
 event_features.set('USE_EPOLL', is_linux and get_option('epoll'))
 event_features.set('HAVE_THREADED_EVENT_LOOP', true)
+event_features.set('NO_BOOST', true)
 configure_file(output: 'Features.h', configuration: event_features)
 
 event_sources = []
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ event = static_library(
   event_sources,
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: [
-    boost_dep,
     log_dep,
     uring_dep,
   ],
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ event_dep = declare_dependency(
     thread_dep,
     net_dep,
     system_dep,
-    boost_dep,
     uring_dep,
   ],
 )