diff --git a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
index 28d4c2bed..554ccf5fa 100644
--- a/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/boost/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,23 +14,15 @@
 
 pkgbase=boost
 pkgname=('boost-libs' 'boost')
-pkgver=1.60.0
+pkgver=1.61.0
 _boostver=${pkgver//./_}
-pkgrel=5
+pkgrel=2
 url='http://www.boost.org/'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 license=('custom')
 makedepends=('icu>=55.1' 'python>=3.5' 'python<3.6' 'python2' 'bzip2' 'zlib' 'openmpi')
-source=(https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/${pkgbase}/${pkgbase}/${pkgver}/${pkgbase}_${_boostver}.tar.bz2
-        cuda_float128.patch::"https://github.com/boostorg/config/commit/a332112317450457c715675686386ec81214b863.patch")
-sha1sums=('7f56ab507d3258610391b47fef6b11635861175a'
-          'bdc6486e0d90368bbfd872fed8ee3d3c73483933')
-
-prepare() {
-  cd ${pkgbase}_${_boostver}
-  # fix https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11852
-  patch -p2 -i ../cuda_float128.patch
-}
+source=(https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/${pkgbase}/${pkgbase}/${pkgver}/${pkgbase}_${_boostver}.tar.bz2)
+sha1sums=('f84b1a1ce764108ec3c2b7bd7704cf8dfd3c9d01')
 
 build() {
    CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e 's/armv6/armv6k/'` && CXXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
@@ -71,7 +63,9 @@ build() {
       link=shared,static \
       toolset=gcc \
       python=2.7 \
-      cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -O3" linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
+      cflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -O3" \
+      cxxflags="${CPPFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS} -std=c++14 -fPIC -O3" \
+      linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
       --layout=system \
       --prefix="${_stagedir}" \
       ${JOBS} \
@@ -82,8 +76,7 @@ package_boost() {
    pkgdesc='Free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries - development headers'
    depends=("boost-libs=${pkgver}")
    optdepends=('python: for python bindings'
-               'python2: for python2 bindings'
-               'boost-build: to use boost jam for building your project.')
+               'python2: for python2 bindings')
    options=('staticlibs')
 
    install -dm755 "${pkgdir}"/usr