diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c71b0e28..dab9f78a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,85 +148,39 @@ message(STATUS "MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH : ${MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH}")
 # #################################
 
 message( STATUS "-------- Boost detection -------------")
-# Check user input for BOOST_SOURCE_DIR
-# If user has defined BOOST_SOURCE_DIR in environment variable, 
-# and not overruled in on the command line -DBOOST_SOURCE_DIR, we take it
-# If -DBOOST_SOURCE_DIR is not set, nor is the env variable BOOST_SOURCE_DIR,
-# we take the installed one.
-set (BOOST_SOURCE_DIR_ENV $ENV{BOOST_SOURCE_DIR})
-if (NOT BOOST_SOURCE_DIR AND BOOST_SOURCE_DIR_ENV)
- set (BOOST_SOURCE_DIR ${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR_ENV})
+
+# if static build, request static lib
+if(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
+ set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS        ON)
+else()
+ set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS        OFF)
 endif()
-if(BOOST_SOURCE_DIR)
- if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE ${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR})
-  Message(FATAL_ERROR "You must specify an absolute path for BOOST_SOURCE_DIR.")
- endif(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE ${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR})
- STRING(REGEX MATCH "~\\/" TILDE "${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR}")
- if(TILDE)
-  Message(FATAL_ERROR "You should not use the tilde symbol ~. Please write the full absolute path for BOOST_SOURCE_DIR.")
- endif(TILDE)
 
- # compile boost if necessary
- set(ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME "boost_for_triqs" ) 
- set(ALPS_HAVE_MPI 1)
- set(ALPS_HAVE_BOOST_MPI 1)
- set(BUILD_BOOST_MPI TRUE)
- set(BUILD_BOOST_PYTHON TRUE)
- add_subdirectory(foreignlibs/boost)
- include_directories(SYSTEM ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR})
-
-else(BOOST_SOURCE_DIR)
-
- if (NOT Boost_ROOT_DIR_found)
-  set( Boost_ROOT_DIR ${BOOST_ROOT_DIR})
- endif (NOT Boost_ROOT_DIR_found)
-
- # if static build, request static lib
- if(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
-  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS        ON)
- else()
-  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS        OFF)
- endif()
- # icc requires a higher version
- if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_ICC)
-  set(BOOST_VERSION 1.53)
- else()
-  set(BOOST_VERSION 1.46)
- endif()
- if (PythonSupport)
-  find_package(Boost ${BOOST_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS mpi python serialization system ) #filesystem  )
- Else()
-  find_package(Boost ${BOOST_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS mpi serialization system ) #filesystem  )
- endif()
- if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Boost not found")
- endif()
- message(STATUS "BOOST has been detected")
- include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
- #include_directories(${BOOST_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR}/include)
- set(BOOST_LIBRARY ${Boost_LIBRARIES}) #${BOOST_PYTHON_LIB} ${BOOST_SERIALIZATION_LIB} ${BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB} ${BOOST_MPI_LIB})
- set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-endif(BOOST_SOURCE_DIR)
-
-message(STATUS  "Boost include dir : ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-message(STATUS  "Boost libraries : ${BOOST_LIBRARY}")
-
-#------------------------
-# copy boost into pytriqs/boost
-#------------------------
+# icc requires a higher version
+if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_ICC)
+ set(BOOST_VERSION 1.53)
+else()
+ set(BOOST_VERSION 1.46)
+endif()
 if (PythonSupport)
- if(NOT BOOST_SOURCE_DIR)
-  if(NOT BOOST_MODULE_DIR)
-   EXEC_PYTHON_SCRIPT ("import boost; print boost.__path__[0]" BOOST_MODULE_DIR)
-  endif(NOT BOOST_MODULE_DIR)
-  # first create the dir, since pytriqs will be configured later
-  execute_process(COMMAND mkdir -p ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pytriqs/ )
-  execute_process(COMMAND ln -fs ${BOOST_MODULE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pytriqs/)
-  install (DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pytriqs/boost DESTINATION ${TRIQS_PYTHON_LIB_DEST})
- endif(NOT BOOST_SOURCE_DIR)
-endif (PythonSupport)
+ find_package(Boost ${BOOST_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS mpi python serialization system )
+else()
+ find_package(Boost ${BOOST_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS mpi serialization system )
+endif()
+if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "Boost not found")
+endif()
 
+include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+set(BOOST_LIBRARY ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+message(STATUS  "Boost include dir: ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+message(STATUS  "Boost libraries: ${BOOST_LIBRARY}")
+
+# #################################
 # on 64 bit machines
+# #################################
 if (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8) # for 64 bits machines
  message( STATUS "64 bit machine : Adding -fpic ")
  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fpic" )
diff --git a/cmake/CompileBoost.cmake b/cmake/CompileBoost.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 472a5bb4..00000000
--- a/cmake/CompileBoost.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,302 +0,0 @@
-#  Copyright Olivier Parcollet 2011 : modified to remove pyalps install
-#  Copyright Matthias Troyer 2009 - 2010.
-#  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
-#      (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
-#          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-#
-# libboost
-#
-
-set (Boost_ROOT_DIR ${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR})
-
-set(BOOST_SOURCES "")
-set(BOOST_MPI_PYTHON_SOURCES "")
-set(BOOST_LINK_LIBS "")
-
-# Boost.Date_Time
-if(BUILD_BOOST_DATE_TIME)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/date_time/src")
-  set(SOURCES gregorian/date_generators.cpp gregorian/greg_month.cpp gregorian/greg_weekday.cpp
-      gregorian/gregorian_types.cpp posix_time/posix_time_types.cpp)
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_DATE_TIME)
-
-# Boost.Filesystem
-if(BUILD_BOOST_FILESYSTEM)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/filesystem")
-  set(SOURCES
-    codecvt_error_category.cpp operations.cpp path.cpp path_traits.cpp
-    portability.cpp unique_path.cpp utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp 
-    windows_file_codecvt.cpp v2_operations.cpp v2_path.cpp v2_portability.cpp)
-  foreach (D ${DIRECTORY}/src ${DIRECTORY}/v2/src ${DIRECTORY}/v3/src)
-    foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-      if(EXISTS ${D}/${S})
-        set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${D}/${S})
-      endif(EXISTS ${D}/${S})
-    endforeach(S)
-  endforeach(D)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_FILESYSTEM)
-
-# Boost.ProgramOptions
-if(BUILD_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/program_options/src")
-  set(SOURCES cmdline.cpp config_file.cpp options_description.cpp parsers.cpp
-      variables_map.cpp value_semantic.cpp positional_options.cpp utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp
-      convert.cpp winmain.cpp)
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS)
-
-# Boost.Regex
-if(BUILD_BOOST_REGEX)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/regex/src")
-  set(SOURCES c_regex_traits.cpp cpp_regex_traits.cpp cregex.cpp fileiter.cpp icu.cpp
-      instances.cpp posix_api.cpp regex.cpp regex_debug.cpp regex_raw_buffer.cpp
-      regex_traits_defaults.cpp static_mutex.cpp usinstances.cpp w32_regex_traits.cpp
-      wc_regex_traits.cpp wide_posix_api.cpp winstances.cpp)
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_REGEX)
-
-
-# Boost.Serialization
-if(BUILD_BOOST_SERIALIZATION)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/serialization/src")
-  set(SOURCES archive_exception.cpp basic_archive.cpp
-      basic_iarchive.cpp basic_iserializer.cpp basic_oarchive.cpp
-      basic_oserializer.cpp basic_pointer_iserializer.cpp
-      basic_pointer_oserializer.cpp basic_serializer_map.cpp
-      basic_text_iprimitive.cpp basic_text_oprimitive.cpp
-      basic_text_wiprimitive.cpp basic_text_woprimitive.cpp
-      basic_xml_archive.cpp binary_iarchive.cpp binary_oarchive.cpp
-      binary_wiarchive.cpp binary_woarchive.cpp codecvt_null.cpp
-      extended_type_info.cpp extended_type_info_no_rtti.cpp
-      extended_type_info_typeid.cpp polymorphic_iarchive.cpp
-      polymorphic_oarchive.cpp shared_ptr_helper.cpp stl_port.cpp
-      text_iarchive.cpp text_oarchive.cpp text_wiarchive.cpp
-      text_woarchive.cpp utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp void_cast.cpp
-      xml_archive_exception.cpp xml_grammar.cpp xml_iarchive.cpp
-      xml_oarchive.cpp xml_wgrammar.cpp xml_wiarchive.cpp
-      xml_woarchive.cpp)
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_SERIALIZATION)
-
-# Boost.Python
-if(BUILD_BOOST_PYTHON)
-  set(BOOST_LINK_LIBS ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS} ${PYTHON_LIBRARY} ${PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS})
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/python/src")
-  set(SOURCES dict.cpp errors.cpp exec.cpp import.cpp list.cpp long.cpp
-      module.cpp numeric.cpp object_operators.cpp object_protocol.cpp slice.cpp
-      str.cpp tuple.cpp wrapper.cpp converter/arg_to_python_base.cpp
-      converter/builtin_converters.cpp converter/from_python.cpp
-      converter/registry.cpp converter/type_id.cpp object/class.cpp
-      object/enum.cpp object/function.cpp object/function_doc_signature.cpp
-      object/inheritance.cpp object/iterator.cpp object/life_support.cpp
-      object/pickle_support.cpp object/stl_iterator.cpp
-  )
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-  add_definitions(-DBOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_PYTHON)
-
-# Boost.System
-if(BUILD_BOOST_SYSTEM)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/system/src")
-  set(SOURCES error_code.cpp)
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_SYSTEM)
-
-# Boost.MPI
-if(BUILD_BOOST_MPI)
-  IF(NOT WIN32)
-    set(BOOST_LINK_LIBS ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS} ${MPI_LIBRARIES})
-  ENDIF(NOT WIN32)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/mpi/src")
-  set(SOURCES broadcast.cpp communicator.cpp computation_tree.cpp 
-      content_oarchive.cpp environment.cpp exception.cpp graph_communicator.cpp
-      group.cpp intercommunicator.cpp mpi_datatype_cache.cpp 
-      mpi_datatype_oarchive.cpp packed_iarchive.cpp packed_oarchive.cpp
-      packed_skeleton_iarchive.cpp packed_skeleton_oarchive.cpp
-      point_to_point.cpp request.cpp timer.cpp
-  )
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_MPI)
-
-# Boost.Thread
-if(BUILD_BOOST_THREAD)
-  if (NOT WIN32)
-    set(BOOST_LINK_LIBS ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS} ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
-  endif (NOT WIN32)
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/thread/src")
-  if (WIN32)
-    set(SOURCES win32/thread.cpp win32/tss_dll.cpp win32/tss_pe.cpp)
-  else (WIN32)
-    set(SOURCES pthread/once.cpp pthread/thread.cpp)
-  endif(WIN32)
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_SOURCES ${BOOST_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-endif(BUILD_BOOST_THREAD)
-
-
-# Boost.MPI Python bindings
-if (BUILD_BOOST_MPI AND BUILD_BOOST_PYTHON AND NOT ALPS_BUILD_SOURCE AND Boost_ROOT_DIR)
-
-  set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/mpi/src/python")
-  set(SOURCES collectives.cpp py_communicator.cpp datatypes.cpp 
-      documentation.cpp py_environment.cpp py_nonblocking.cpp py_exception.cpp
-      module.cpp py_request.cpp skeleton_and_content.cpp status.cpp py_timer.cpp 
-      serialize.cpp
-  )
-  foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-    if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      set(BOOST_MPI_PYTHON_SOURCES ${BOOST_MPI_PYTHON_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-    endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-  endforeach(S)
-
-  if (BOOST_MPI_PYTHON_SOURCES)
-    python_add_module(mpi ${BOOST_MPI_PYTHON_SOURCES})
-    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      set_target_properties(mpi PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${ALPS_SHARED_CPPFLAGS}")
-    if(WIN32 AND NOT UNIX)
-      set_target_properties(mpi PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".pyd")
-    endif(WIN32 AND NOT UNIX)
-    endif (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-
-    set_target_properties(mpi PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
-    target_link_libraries(mpi ${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME} ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS})
-
-  endif(BOOST_MPI_PYTHON_SOURCES)
-  
-endif (BUILD_BOOST_MPI AND BUILD_BOOST_PYTHON AND NOT ALPS_BUILD_SOURCE AND Boost_ROOT_DIR)
-
-
-#######################################################################
-# install
-#######################################################################
-
-# Setting "boost" target not needed when precompiled Boost libraries found.
-
-if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
-  add_library(${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME} ${BOOST_SOURCES})
-  target_link_libraries(${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME} ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS})
-
-    # Boost.Test
-    if(BUILD_BOOST_TEST AND NOT ALPS_FOR_VISTRAILS)
-      set(DIRECTORY "${Boost_ROOT_DIR}/libs/test/src")
-      
-      set(SOURCES compiler_log_formatter.cpp debug.cpp 
-          execution_monitor.cpp framework.cpp 
-          interaction_based.cpp logged_expectations.cpp plain_report_formatter.cpp
-          progress_monitor.cpp results_collector.cpp results_reporter.cpp
-          test_tools.cpp unit_test_log.cpp unit_test_main.cpp
-          unit_test_monitor.cpp unit_test_parameters.cpp unit_test_suite.cpp
-          xml_log_formatter.cpp xml_report_formatter.cpp
-      )
-      set (TEST_EXEC_MON_SOURCES "")
-      foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-        if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-          set(TEST_EXEC_MON_SOURCES ${TEST_EXEC_MON_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-        endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      endforeach(S)
-
-      set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} exception_safety.cpp)
-      set (UTF_SOURCES "")
-      foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-        if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-          set(UTF_SOURCES ${UTF_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-        endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      endforeach(S)
-
-      set(SOURCES execution_monitor.cpp debug.cpp cpp_main.cpp  )
-      set (PRG_EXEC_MON_SOURCES "")
-      foreach(S ${SOURCES})
-        if(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-          set(PRG_EXEC_MON_SOURCES ${PRG_EXEC_MON_SOURCES} ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-        endif(EXISTS ${DIRECTORY}/${S})
-      endforeach(S)
-
-      add_library(boost_unit_test_framework ${UTF_SOURCES})
-      add_library(boost_test_exec_monitor ${TEST_EXEC_MON_SOURCES})
-      add_library(boost_prg_exec_monitor ${PRG_EXEC_MON_SOURCES})
-      
-      if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-        set_target_properties(boost_unit_test_framework PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK=1)
-        set_target_properties(boost_test_exec_monitor PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK=1)
-        set_target_properties(boost_prg_exec_monitor PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK=1)
-      endif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-
-    endif(BUILD_BOOST_TEST AND NOT ALPS_FOR_VISTRAILS)
-
-
-  if(WIN32)
-    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      set_target_properties(boost PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_DLL=1)
-    else(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-      set_target_properties(boost PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB=1)
-    endif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  endif(WIN32)
-
-  if (NOT ALPS_BUILD_SOURCE)
-    if(MSVC)
-      get_target_property(LIB_NAME ${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME} LOCATION)
-      add_custom_command(TARGET ${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME} POST_BUILD
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${LIB_NAME} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
-    endif(MSVC)
-
-    if (ALPS_FOR_VISTRAILS)
-      SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME}
-        PROPERTIES BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH ON
-        INSTALL_NAME_DIR "@executable_path/../Frameworks"
-      )
-    endif (ALPS_FOR_VISTRAILS)
-
-    if (ALPS_INSTALL_VISTRAILS_PACKAGES)
-      install(TARGETS ${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME}  COMPONENT vistrails
-              RUNTIME DESTINATION ${VISTRAILS_DYLIB_DIR}
-              ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${VISTRAILS_DYLIB_DIR}
-              LIBRARY DESTINATION ${VISTRAILS_DYLIB_DIR})
-    endif (ALPS_INSTALL_VISTRAILS_PACKAGES)
-    if (NOT ALPS_FOR_VISTRAILS)
-      install(TARGETS ${ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME} COMPONENT libraries
-              RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-              ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-              LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
-      if (ALPS_INSTALL_BOOST_TEST)
-        install(TARGETS boost_unit_test_framework boost_test_exec_monitor boost_prg_exec_monitor
-              COMPONENT libraries
-              RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-              ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-              LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
-      endif(ALPS_INSTALL_BOOST_TEST)
-    endif (NOT ALPS_FOR_VISTRAILS)
-  endif (NOT ALPS_BUILD_SOURCE)
-endif (NOT Boost_FOUND)
diff --git a/foreignlibs/boost/CMakeLists.txt b/foreignlibs/boost/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 938ab32d..00000000
--- a/foreignlibs/boost/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-# boost libraries
-# python and mpi have already be set before.
-# here add the other boost part we want to compile
-
-# we can not be here if boost is installed.. just check
-if(NOT BOOST_SOURCE_DIR)
- message( FATAL_ERROR " cmake error in boost")
-endif(NOT BOOST_SOURCE_DIR)
-
-# Extract Boost_VERSION and Boost_LIB_VERSION from version.hpp
-# Read the whole file:
-#
-set(BOOST_VERSION 0)
-set(BOOST_LIB_VERSION "")
-file(READ "${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR}/boost/version.hpp" _boost_VERSION_HPP_CONTENTS)
-# message(STATUS "[ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} ] " "location of version.hpp: ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}/boost/version.hpp")
-
-string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define BOOST_VERSION ([0-9]+).*" "\\1" Boost_VERSION "${_boost_VERSION_HPP_CONTENTS}")
-string(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define BOOST_LIB_VERSION \"([0-9_]+)\".*" "\\1" Boost_LIB_VERSION "${_boost_VERSION_HPP_CONTENTS}")
-
-if(NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
- math(EXPR Boost_MAJOR_VERSION "${Boost_VERSION} / 100000")
- math(EXPR Boost_MINOR_VERSION "${Boost_VERSION} / 100 % 1000")
- math(EXPR Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION "${Boost_VERSION} % 100")
-
- set(Boost_ERROR_REASON
-  "${Boost_ERROR_REASON}Boost version: ${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION}\nBoost include path: ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-endif(NOT "${Boost_VERSION}" STREQUAL "0")
-
-message(STATUS "[ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} ] "
-  "version.hpp reveals boost "
-  "${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION}")
-
- ###
-set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR ${BOOST_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR}/include  PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-# Test version is high enough ...
-if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_ICC)
- if ( "${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "1.53.0")
-  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "With Intel compiler, you need boost version >= 1.53, while this is ${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION} ")
- endif()
-endif()
-
-MESSAGE(STATUS "I am using boost sources from ${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR} to compile a mini boost_for_triqs ")
-
-# what to compile ?
-SET( BUILD_BOOST_SERIALIZATION ON)
-#SET( BUILD_BOOST_FILESYSTEM ON)
-SET( BUILD_BOOST_SYSTEM ON)
-
-SET( BUILD_BOOST_FILESYSTEM OFF)
-SET (BUILD_BOOST_THREAD ON)
-SET (BUILD_BOOST_DATE_TIME OFF )
-SET (BUILD_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS OFF)
-SET (BUILD_BOOST_REGEX OFF) 
-
-set(ALPS_BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME "boost_for_triqs" )
-include (CompileBoost)
-
-include_directories(${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR}) # this one is for the compilation in this dir
-if(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
- set(BOOST_LIBRARY boost_for_triqs mpi ${ALPS_EXTRA_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE )
-else(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
- set(BOOST_LIBRARY boost_for_triqs ${ALPS_EXTRA_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE )
-endif(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
-set(BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR ${BOOST_SOURCE_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE) # this is for later compilation in the project
-
-# install the python sources 
-SET(PYTHON_SOURCES 
- ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/__init__.py 
- )
-
-if(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
-
- set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY Modules_actually_compiled mpi)
-
-else(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
-
- install (FILES ${PYTHON_SOURCES} DESTINATION ${TRIQS_PYTHON_LIB_DEST}/boost)
- install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mpi.so  DESTINATION ${TRIQS_PYTHON_LIB_DEST}/boost)
-
- # for tests
- FILE  (COPY ${PYTHON_SOURCES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/pytriqs/boost)
- execute_process(COMMAND ln -fs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mpi.so  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/pytriqs/boost)
-
-endif(TRIQS_BUILD_STATIC)
-
-if(Install_dev)
- install(DIRECTORY numeric DESTINATION include/boost)
-endif(Install_dev)
diff --git a/foreignlibs/boost/__init__.py b/foreignlibs/boost/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ffd3862e..00000000
--- a/foreignlibs/boost/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-if sys.platform == 'linux2':
-    import DLFCN as dl
-    flags = sys.getdlopenflags()
-    sys.setdlopenflags(dl.RTLD_NOW|dl.RTLD_GLOBAL)
-    import mpi
-    sys.setdlopenflags(flags)
-else:
-    import mpi
-
diff --git a/pytriqs/utility/mpi.py b/pytriqs/utility/mpi.py
index 190b67be..b17de56f 100644
--- a/pytriqs/utility/mpi.py
+++ b/pytriqs/utility/mpi.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ myprint_out = lambda x : sys.stdout.write("%s\n"%x)
 if 'additional_builtin_modules' in dir(sys) and 'mpi' in sys.additional_builtin_modules: #link is static
   from mpi import *
 else : 
-  from pytriqs.boost.mpi import *
+  from boost.mpi import *
 
 if rank==0 :
     myprint_err ("Starting on %s Nodes at : %s"%(size,str(datetime.datetime.now())))
diff --git a/pytriqs/utility/mpi_mpi4py.py b/pytriqs/utility/mpi_mpi4py.py
index 696ea449..453015b3 100644
--- a/pytriqs/utility/mpi_mpi4py.py
+++ b/pytriqs/utility/mpi_mpi4py.py
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ import os,sys,datetime
 myprint_err = lambda x : sys.stderr.write("%s\n"%x)
 myprint_out = lambda x : sys.stdout.write("%s\n"%x)
 
-#if 'additional_builtin_modules' in dir(sys) and 'mpi' in sys.additional_builtin_modules: #link is static
-#  from mpi import *
-#else : 
-#  from pytriqs.boost.mpi import *
-
 from mpi4py import MPI
 
 world = MPI.COMM_WORLD