diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 176335324b8..fd139892af6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7719,7 +7719,6 @@ let
   mariadb = callPackage ../servers/sql/mariadb {};
 
   mongodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/mongodb {
-    boost = boost156;
     sasl = cyrus_sasl;
   };