diff --git a/depends/packages/boost.mk b/depends/packages/boost.mk
index ceeac117c..aa1501f95 100644
--- a/depends/packages/boost.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/boost.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $(package)_sha256_hash=5721818253e6a0989583192f96782c4a98eb6204965316df9f5ad7581
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts_release=variant=release
 $(package)_config_opts_debug=variant=debug
-$(package)_config_opts=--layout=tagged --build-type=complete --user-config=user-config.jam
+$(package)_config_opts=--layout=system --user-config=user-config.jam
 $(package)_config_opts+=threading=multi link=static -sNO_BZIP2=1 -sNO_ZLIB=1
 $(package)_config_opts_linux=threadapi=pthread runtime-link=shared
 $(package)_config_opts_darwin=--toolset=darwin-4.2.1 runtime-link=shared