diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
index ac90e0c4cb2..07726ba90a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/ledger/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib" ];
+
   # Skip byte-compiling of emacs-lisp files because this is currently
   # broken in ledger...
   postInstall = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29121b7c315..14161743097 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13880,9 +13880,7 @@ in
   linuxband = callPackage ../applications/audio/linuxband { };
 
   ledger2 = callPackage ../applications/office/ledger/2.6.3.nix { };
-  ledger3 = callPackage ../applications/office/ledger {
-    boost = boost155;
-  };
+  ledger3 = callPackage ../applications/office/ledger { };
   ledger = self.ledger3;
   ledger-web = callPackage ../applications/office/ledger-web { };