diff --git a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
index bf3e805b5..649fb0f28 100644
--- a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
 # Contributor: Luca Roccia <little_rock@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
-#  - build armv6h with -march=armv6k
 #  - specify arm architecture to b2 for aarch64
 
 pkgname=('boost' 'boost-libs')
-pkgver=1.78.0
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=1.79.0
+pkgrel=1
 _srcname=boost_${pkgver//./_}
 pkgdesc="Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -23,20 +22,15 @@ url="https://www.boost.org/"
 license=('custom')
 makedepends=('icu' 'python' 'python-numpy' 'bzip2' 'zlib' 'openmpi' 'zstd')
 source=(https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/$pkgver/source/$_srcname.tar.gz
-        $pkgname-b2-fix-lib-install.patch::https://github.com/bfgroup/b2/commit/78fd284a42ca.patch
         $pkgname-locale-empty-vector.patch::https://github.com/boostorg/locale/commit/1ff0ead837b3.patch
         $pkgname-ublas-c++20-iterator.patch::https://github.com/boostorg/ublas/commit/a31e5cffa85f.patch)
-sha256sums=('94ced8b72956591c4775ae2207a9763d3600b30d9d7446562c552f0a14a63be7'
-            'd233b16920ad7da8bb6e02bf5fb4e429592057b4f4db28d4babf3850e837a8db'
+sha256sums=('273f1be93238a068aba4f9735a4a2b003019af067b9c183ed227780b8f36062c'
             '6c05bd362bc18908a7e23eec3b4a714f82c15c722bda4c340778e2f5b1a9bf25'
             'aa38addb40d5f44b4a8472029b475e7e6aef1c460509eb7d8edf03491dc1b5ee')
 
 prepare() {
   cd $_srcname
 
-  # https://github.com/bfgroup/b2/issues/104
-  patch -Np1 -d tools/build <../$pkgname-b2-fix-lib-install.patch
-
   # https://github.com/boostorg/locale/issues/52
   patch -Np1 -d libs/locale <../$pkgname-locale-empty-vector.patch
 
@@ -45,7 +39,6 @@ prepare() {
 }
 
 build() {
-  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e 's/armv6/armv6k/'` && CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
   local JOBS="$(sed 's/.*\(-j *[0-9]\+\).*/\1/' <<<$MAKEFLAGS)"
 
   pushd $_srcname/tools/build