diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 83a396b..7ebcc3b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ else()
 endif()
 set(PDAL_LIB_NAME pdalcpp)
 set(PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME pdal_util)
-set(PDAL_BOOST_LIB_NAME pdal_boost)
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS filesystem system REQUIRED)
+set(PDAL_BOOST_LIB_NAME Boost::filesystem Boost::system)
 set(PDAL_KAZHDAN_LIB_NAME pdal_kazhdan)
 set(PDAL_TEST_SUPPORT_OBJS pdal_test_support)
 
@@ -179,13 +180,11 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(plugins)
 
-#include_directories(vendor/pdalboost)
 if (WITH_TESTS)
     include (${PDAL_CMAKE_DIR}/gtest.cmake)
     add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(dimbuilder)
-add_subdirectory(vendor/pdalboost)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/arbiter)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/kazhdan)
 add_subdirectory(pdal/util)
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ target_include_directories(${PDAL_BASE_LIB_NAME}
         ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/include
         ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}
         ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}/eigen
-        ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}/pdalboost
         ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR}
         ${ZSTD_INCLUDE_DIRS}
         ${NLOHMANN_INCLUDE_DIR}
diff --git a/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt b/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b3e889..8a42122 100644
--- a/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME}
         ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
         ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 )
-target_include_directories(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME} PRIVATE
-    ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}/pdalboost)
 
 set_target_properties(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES
     VERSION "${PDAL_BUILD_VERSION}"
diff --git a/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp b/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp
index ee47b55..4a57268 100644
--- a/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ inline std::string const& toNative(std::string const& in) { return in; }
 
 } // unnamed namespace
 
+namespace pdalboost
+{
+    namespace filesystem = boost::filesystem;
+    namespace system = boost::system;
+}
+
 namespace FileUtils
 {