diff --git a/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml b/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml
index 068b324ad3..6cd3752b54 100644
--- a/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <!--Dependency>openmpi-devel</Dependency-->
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
-             <Patch>boost-serialization-1.64.0-fixes.patch</Patch>
+           <!--  <Patch>boost-serialization-1.64.0-fixes.patch</Patch> -->
         </Patches>
     </Source>