diff --git a/README b/README
index beb46374f..a5a08e5cb 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ libboost-dev >= 1.33.1
 libboost-thread-dev
 libboost-date-time-dev
 libboost-filesystem-dev
-libboost-regex-dev
 libboost-serialization-dev
 libssl-dev
 zlib1g-dev