diff --git a/cmake/geos.cmake b/cmake/geos.cmake
index 90b79d9..4e144a6 100644
--- a/cmake/geos.cmake
+++ b/cmake/geos.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 #
 # GEOS (required)
 #
-find_package(GEOS QUIET 3.3)
+include(SelectLibraryConfigurations)
+find_library(GEOS_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES geos_c libgeos_c)
+find_library(GEOS_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES geos_cd libgeos_cd)
+select_library_configurations(GEOS)
+find_path(GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR geos_c.h)
 set_package_properties(GEOS PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED
     PURPOSE "Provides general purpose geometry support")
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
index 8178418..31b54d6 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
@@ -80,4 +80,11 @@ find_package_handle_standard_args(PostgreSQL
   POSTGRESQL_LIBRARIES
   POSTGRESQL_VERSION)
 
-mark_as_advanced(POSTGRESQL_INCLUDE_DIR POSTGRESQL_LIBRARIES)
+include (CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+set(POSTGRESQL_LIBRARIES ${POSTGRESQL_LIBRARIES} OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+if (WIN32)
+    set(POSTGRESQL_LIBRARIES ${POSTGRESQL_LIBRARIES} Secur32)
+endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(POSTGRESQL_INCLUDE_DIR POSTGRESQL_LIBRARIES)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 42cca1e..43b0ced 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ if (WITH_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(dimbuilder)
-add_subdirectory(vendor/pdalboost)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/arbiter)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/kazhdan)
 if (NOT PDAL_HAVE_JSONCPP)
diff --git a/PDALConfig.cmake.in b/PDALConfig.cmake.in
index ea695cf..21b66a1 100644
--- a/PDALConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/PDALConfig.cmake.in
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ endforeach(_dir)
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 find_dependency(GeoTIFF)
 find_dependency(CURL)
+find_dependency(Boost COMPONENTS system filesystem)
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/PDALTargets.cmake")
 
 if (WIN32)
diff --git a/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt b/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 19a2dd1..d498080 100644
--- a/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pdal/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ endif()
 
 include(${PDAL_CMAKE_DIR}/execinfo.cmake)
 
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS system filesystem REQUIRED)
+
 set(PDAL_UTIL_SOURCES
     "${PDAL_UTIL_DIR}/Bounds.cpp"
     "${PDAL_UTIL_DIR}/Charbuf.cpp"
@@ -16,14 +18,14 @@ set(PDAL_UTIL_SOURCES
     "${PDAL_UTIL_DIR}/Utils.cpp"
     )
 
-PDAL_ADD_FREE_LIBRARY(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME} SHARED ${PDAL_UTIL_SOURCES})
+PDAL_ADD_FREE_LIBRARY(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME} ${PDAL_UTIL_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME}
     PRIVATE
         ${EXECINFO_LIBRARY}
-        ${PDAL_BOOST_LIB_NAME}
+    PUBLIC
+        Boost::system
+        Boost::filesystem
 )
-target_include_directories(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME} PRIVATE
-    ${PDAL_VENDOR_DIR}/pdalboost)
 
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     target_link_libraries(${PDAL_UTIL_LIB_NAME}
diff --git a/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp b/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp
index 7679f22..b18b674 100644
--- a/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/pdal/util/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -124,19 +124,19 @@ std::ostream *createFile(std::string const& name, bool asBinary)
 bool directoryExists(const std::string& dirname)
 {
     //ABELL - Seems we should be calling is_directory
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::exists(dirname);
+    return boost::filesystem::exists(dirname);
 }
 
 
 bool createDirectory(const std::string& dirname)
 {
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::create_directory(dirname);
+    return boost::filesystem::create_directory(dirname);
 }
 
 
 void deleteDirectory(const std::string& dirname)
 {
-    pdalboost::filesystem::remove_all(dirname);
+    boost::filesystem::remove_all(dirname);
 }
 
 
@@ -146,15 +146,15 @@ std::vector<std::string> directoryList(const std::string& dir)
 
     try
     {
-        pdalboost::filesystem::directory_iterator it(dir);
-        pdalboost::filesystem::directory_iterator end;
+        boost::filesystem::directory_iterator it(dir);
+        boost::filesystem::directory_iterator end;
         while (it != end)
         {
             files.push_back(it->path().string());
             it++;
         }
     }
-    catch (pdalboost::filesystem::filesystem_error)
+    catch (boost::filesystem::filesystem_error)
     {
         files.clear();
     }
@@ -194,13 +194,13 @@ void closeFile(std::istream* in)
 
 bool deleteFile(const std::string& file)
 {
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::remove(file);
+    return boost::filesystem::remove(file);
 }
 
 
 void renameFile(const std::string& dest, const std::string& src)
 {
-    pdalboost::filesystem::rename(src, dest);
+    boost::filesystem::rename(src, dest);
 }
 
 
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ bool fileExists(const std::string& name)
 
     try
     {
-        return pdalboost::filesystem::exists(name);
+        return boost::filesystem::exists(name);
     }
-    catch (pdalboost::filesystem::filesystem_error)
+    catch (boost::filesystem::filesystem_error)
     {
     }
     return false;
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ bool fileExists(const std::string& name)
 
 uintmax_t fileSize(const std::string& file)
 {
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::file_size(file);
+    return boost::filesystem::file_size(file);
 }
 
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ std::string readFileIntoString(const std::string& filename)
 
 std::string getcwd()
 {
-    const pdalboost::filesystem::path p = pdalboost::filesystem::current_path();
+    const boost::filesystem::path p = boost::filesystem::current_path();
     return addTrailingSlash(p.string());
 }
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ std::string toAbsolutePath(const std::string& filename)
 // otherwise, make it absolute (relative to current working dir) and return that
 std::string toAbsolutePath(const std::string& filename)
 {
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::absolute(filename).string();
+    return boost::filesystem::absolute(filename).string();
 }
 
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ std::string toAbsolutePath(const std::string& filename)
 std::string toAbsolutePath(const std::string& filename, const std::string base)
 {
     const std::string newbase = toAbsolutePath(base);
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::absolute(filename, newbase).string();
+    return boost::filesystem::absolute(filename, newbase).string();
 }
 
 std::string getFilename(const std::string& path)
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ std::string getFilename(const std::string& path)
 // Get the directory part of a filename.
 std::string getDirectory(const std::string& path)
 {
-    const pdalboost::filesystem::path dir =
-         pdalboost::filesystem::path(path).parent_path();
+    const boost::filesystem::path dir =
+         boost::filesystem::path(path).parent_path();
     return addTrailingSlash(dir.string());
 }
 
@@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ std::string stem(const std::string& path)
 // Determine if the path represents a directory.
 bool isDirectory(const std::string& path)
 {
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::is_directory(path);
+    return boost::filesystem::is_directory(path);
 }
 
 // Determine if the path is an absolute path
 bool isAbsolutePath(const std::string& path)
 {
-    return pdalboost::filesystem::path(path).is_absolute();
+    return boost::filesystem::path(path).is_absolute();
 }