diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0744d7e3..a0eafa4b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,23 +40,8 @@ else(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
 endif(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
 
 if (WIN32)
-    if (EXISTS "C:/Proton/qpid-proton-winsdk/2015")
-        set(Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS "C:/Boost2015" CACHE String "Boost include directory")
-        set(Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS "C:/Boost2015/lib64-msvc-14.0" CACHE String "Boost library directory")
-    else()
-        set(Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS "C:/Boost" CACHE String "Boost include directory")
-        set(Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS "C:/Boost/lib64-msvc-12.0" CACHE String "Boost library directory")
-    endif()
-
     set(PROTON_INCLUDE_DIR "C:/Proton/qpid-proton-winsdk/include" CACHE String "Proton include directory")
     set(PROTON_LIBRARY_DIR "C:/Proton/qpid-proton-winsdk/lib" CACHE String "Proton library directory")
-else (WIN32)
-    include(FindBoost)
-    find_package(Boost
-        1.41.0  # CentOS/RHEL 6
-        REQUIRED
-        COMPONENTS filesystem regex system
-        )
 endif (WIN32)
 
 set(ENABLE_QPID_PROTON ON CACHE BOOL "Enable qpid proton clients")
@@ -77,18 +62,6 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
     )
 endif (NOT WIN32)
 
-if (EXISTS "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-    include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-else (EXISTS "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Boost ${BOOST_VERSION} headers were not found in ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-endif (EXISTS "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-
-if (EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
-    link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-else (EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Boost ${BOOST_VERSION} libraries were not found in ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
-endif (EXISTS "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
-
 if (WIN32)
     if (EXISTS "${PROTON_INCLUDE_DIR}")
         include_directories(${PROTON_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/src/api/qpid-proton/CMakeLists.txt b/src/api/qpid-proton/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cead1b4..92100628 100644
--- a/src/api/qpid-proton/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/api/qpid-proton/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ else (WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(
         dtests-proton-common
 
-        boost_regex
         dtests-cpp-contrib
         dtests-cpp-common
         dtests-cpp-common-options
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a4a41fd..4d1a8b23 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ if (WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(dtests-cpp-common)
 else (WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(dtests-cpp-common
-        boost_filesystem
-        boost_system
         pthread
     )
 endif (WIN32)
diff --git a/src/common/Utils.cpp b/src/common/Utils.cpp
index c8bb8597..a708ad9b 100644
--- a/src/common/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Utils.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
-#include <boost/format.hpp>
+#include <string>
+#include <cstdio>
 
 #include "Utils.h"
 
+//MAX_INT is 2^64 so the number can take a maximum of 20 characters
+//INT_CONSTANT is 32 just to be sure
+#define INT_CONSTANT 32
 
 // get_time ()
 // get current time downto miliseconds (as double) since epoch
@@ -106,23 +109,18 @@ void set_stdx_unbuffered()
  */
 std::string str_fmt(const std::string& in_str, int in_indx)
 {
-    std::string str_int(in_str);
-
-    if (!in_str.empty()) {
-        // string not empty
-        boost::regex regex("%[ 0-9]*[ds]"); // boost regexp
-
-        if (boost::regex_search(in_str, regex)) {
-            // formating *printf substring found
-            std::ostringstream stm;
-            stm << boost::format(in_str) % in_indx;
-
-            str_int = stm.str();
-        }
+    std::string outputString;
+    char *str_int = new char[sizeof(*str_int) *
+                             (in_str.size() + INT_CONSTANT)];
+    if (sprintf(str_int, in_str.c_str(), in_indx) > 0) {
+        outputString = str_int;
+    } else {
+        outputString = in_str;
     }
+    delete [] str_int;
 
     // return the string value
-    return (str_int);
+    return (outputString);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.cpp b/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.cpp
index dc81851a..bf5f46f5 100644
--- a/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.cpp
+++ b/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.cpp
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
  *      Author: opiske
  */
 
+#include <fstream>
 #include "OptionsHelper.h"
 #include "logger/LoggerWrapper.h"
 
 
-namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
-
 using namespace dtests::common;
 using namespace dtests::common::log;
 
-
+static bool fileExists(const std::string& name)
+{
+    std::ifstream f(name);
+    return f.is_open();
+}
 
 OptionsSetter::OptionsSetter(const optparse::Values &options)
     : options(options)
@@ -34,15 +37,13 @@ string OptionsSetter::getContent() const
     } else if(options.is_set("msg-content-from-file")) {
         const string contentFile = options["msg-content-from-file"];
 
-        fs::path file(contentFile);
-
-        if (!exists(file)) {
+        if (!fileExists(contentFile)) {
             logger(error) << "The file " << contentFile << " does"
                     << " not exist";
             throw IOException("The file " + contentFile + " does not exist");
         }
 
-        fs::ifstream inputStream(file);
+        std::ifstream inputStream(contentFile);
 
         string content;
 
diff --git a/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.h b/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.h
index 35edd075..a6ff69c6 100644
--- a/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.h
+++ b/src/common/options/OptionsHelper.h
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 #ifndef DTESTS_COMMON_OPTIONSHELPER_H_
 #define DTESTS_COMMON_OPTIONSHELPER_H_
 
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
-
 #include <optparse/OptionParser.h>
 
 #include <vector>