diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e55958..6953a83 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(plasp CXX)
 
 option(PLASP_BUILD_TESTS "Build unit tests" OFF)
 
-find_package(Boost 1.55.0 COMPONENTS program_options iostreams system filesystem REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost 1.55.0 COMPONENTS program_options iostreams system REQUIRED)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")
diff --git a/include/plasp/pddl/Description.h b/include/plasp/pddl/Description.h
index 40b309d..8a79f62 100644
--- a/include/plasp/pddl/Description.h
+++ b/include/plasp/pddl/Description.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef __PLASP__PDDL__DESCRIPTION_H
 #define __PLASP__PDDL__DESCRIPTION_H
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
-
 #include <plasp/pddl/Domain.h>
 #include <plasp/pddl/Problem.h>
 
diff --git a/src/plasp/pddl/Description.cpp b/src/plasp/pddl/Description.cpp
index bf84b1e..5f789f8 100644
--- a/src/plasp/pddl/Description.cpp
+++ b/src/plasp/pddl/Description.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-
 #include <plasp/pddl/ConsistencyException.h>
 #include <plasp/pddl/IO.h>