diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a10042210f70214c504ab5450ef0c14825cd446..8937baf0560bff3f27bbe5343d665bbc50d23ca0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ find_package(SuiteSparse OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS UMFPACK)
 find_package(Vc)
 find_package(OpenMP)
 find_package(HIP)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS unit_test_framework filesystem system thread)
 
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH TRUE)
 
diff --git a/openfpm_io b/openfpm_io
index 1a8e1bb010f3562596263fea2c01e8b3514ef015..a4897a436e98b9b1f360e63e9a37f19d187bc284 160000
--- a/openfpm_io
+++ b/openfpm_io
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1a8e1bb010f3562596263fea2c01e8b3514ef015
+Subproject commit a4897a436e98b9b1f360e63e9a37f19d187bc284