diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 033d4f9ddb..8ddd7e207b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ include_directories("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}")
 include_directories("${PADDLE_SOURCE_DIR}/paddle/cuda/include")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/proto")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/go/pserver/client/c")
-include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 set(EXTERNAL_LIBS
     ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 857d3f3e5f..6ac9901ac6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     curl sed grep graphviz libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev  \
     python-matplotlib gcc-4.8 g++-4.8 \
     automake locales clang-format swig doxygen cmake  \
-    liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev libboost-dev \
+    liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev \
     clang-3.8 llvm-3.8 libclang-3.8-dev \
     net-tools libtool && \
     apt-get clean -y
diff --git a/cmake/external/boost.cmake b/cmake/external/boost.cmake
index fea26c3f89..137f11da7f 100644
--- a/cmake/external/boost.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/boost.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-INCLUDE(ExternalProject)
+include(ExternalProject)
 
 set(BOOST_PROJECT       "extern_boost")
 set(BOOST_VER           "1.66.0")
@@ -20,24 +20,9 @@ set(BOOST_TAR           "boost_1_66_0")
 set(BOOST_URL           "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/${BOOST_VER}/source/${BOOST_TAR}.tar.gz")
 set(BOOST_SOURCES_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/boost)
 set(BOOST_DOWNLOAD_DIR  "${BOOST_SOURCES_DIR}/src/${BOOST_PROJECT}")
-set(BOOST_INSTALL_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_PATH}/install/boost)
-set(BOOST_ROOT ${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR} CACHE FILEPATH "boost root directory." FORCE)
-set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR "${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR}/include" CACHE PATH "boost include directory." FORCE)
+set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR "${BOOST_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${BOOST_TAR}" CACHE PATH "boost include directory." FORCE)
 
-set(BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_CMD)
-set(BOOST_B2_CMD)
-
-if(UNIX)
-  set(BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_CMD ./bootstrap.sh)
-  set(BOOST_B2_CMD ./b2)
-else()
-  if(WIN32)
-    set(BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_CMD bootstrap.bat)
-    set(BOOST_B2_CMD b2.exe)
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories(${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 ExternalProject_Add(
     ${BOOST_PROJECT}
@@ -47,8 +32,8 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
                           && tar zxf ${BOOST_TAR}.tar.gz
     DOWNLOAD_NO_PROGRESS  1
     PREFIX                ${BOOST_SOURCES_DIR}
-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND     sh -c "cd <SOURCE_DIR>/${BOOST_TAR} && ${BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_CMD} --prefix=${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR}"
-    BUILD_COMMAND         cd <SOURCE_DIR>/${BOOST_TAR} && ${BOOST_B2_CMD} install --prefix=${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR} --with-program_options
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND     ""
+    BUILD_COMMAND         ""
     INSTALL_COMMAND       ""
     UPDATE_COMMAND        ""
 )
@@ -61,13 +46,6 @@ else()
     add_library(boost INTERFACE)
 endif()
 
-ADD_DEPENDENCIES(boost ${BOOST_PROJECT})
-LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies boost)
-if(WIN32)
-  set(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR ${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR}/include/boost)
-  set(BOOST_ROOT ${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR} )
-else()
-  set(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR ${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR}/include)
-endif()
-
-set(Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${BOOST_INSTALL_DIR}/lib)
+add_dependencies(boost ${BOOST_PROJECT})
+list(APPEND external_project_dependencies boost)
+set(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/tools/manylinux1/Dockerfile.x64 b/tools/manylinux1/Dockerfile.x64
index 2c6ba650a5..0f1b833130 100644
--- a/tools/manylinux1/Dockerfile.x64
+++ b/tools/manylinux1/Dockerfile.x64
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RUN cd /opt && wget -q --no-check-certificate https://github.com/google/protobuf
     cd protobuf-3.1.0 && ./configure && make -j4 && make install && cd .. && rm -f protobuf-cpp-3.1.0.tar.gz
 
 
-RUN yum install -y sqlite-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel boost boost-devel pcre-devel vim tk-devel tkinter libtool
+RUN yum install -y sqlite-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel pcre-devel vim tk-devel tkinter libtool
 
 RUN wget -O /root/requirements.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/develop/python/requirements.txt