diff --git a/.travis/install-dependencies.sh b/.travis/install-dependencies.sh
index 8f44b138b..86e374065 100755
--- a/.travis/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.travis/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "$PYTHON" == "2.7" ]] && [[ "$platform" == "linux" ]]; then
   sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential autoconf curl libtool python-dev python-numpy python-pip libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev unzip
+  sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential autoconf curl libtool python-dev python-numpy python-pip unzip
   # Install miniconda.
   wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda2-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
   bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if [[ "$PYTHON" == "2.7" ]] && [[ "$platform" == "linux" ]]; then
   pip install numpy cloudpickle==0.3.0 cython cmake funcsigs click colorama psutil redis tensorflow gym flatbuffers opencv-python
 elif [[ "$PYTHON" == "3.5" ]] && [[ "$platform" == "linux" ]]; then
   sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config python-dev python-numpy build-essential autoconf curl libtool libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev unzip
+  sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config python-dev python-numpy build-essential autoconf curl libtool unzip
   # Install miniconda.
   wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
   bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ elif [[ "$PYTHON" == "3.5" ]] && [[ "$platform" == "macosx" ]]; then
   pip install numpy cloudpickle==0.3.0 cython cmake funcsigs click colorama psutil redis tensorflow gym flatbuffers opencv-python
 elif [[ "$LINT" == "1" ]]; then
   sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt-get install -y cmake build-essential autoconf curl libtool libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev unzip
+  sudo apt-get install -y cmake build-essential autoconf curl libtool unzip
   # Install miniconda.
   wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh
   bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
diff --git a/doc/source/install-on-ubuntu.rst b/doc/source/install-on-ubuntu.rst
index 5bbe0cc32..b39f7d319 100644
--- a/doc/source/install-on-ubuntu.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install-on-ubuntu.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ To build Ray, first install the following dependencies. We recommend using
 .. code-block:: bash
 
   sudo apt-get update
-  sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential autoconf curl libtool libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev unzip python # we install python here because python2 is required to build the webui
+  sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential autoconf curl libtool unzip python # we install python here because python2 is required to build the webui
 
   # If you are not using Anaconda, you need the following.
   sudo apt-get install python-dev  # For Python 2.
diff --git a/docker/base-deps/Dockerfile b/docker/base-deps/Dockerfile
index 4cac62c62..23215119e 100644
--- a/docker/base-deps/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/base-deps/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 FROM ubuntu:xenial
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y vim git wget \
-    && apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential autoconf curl libtool libboost-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev unzip
+    && apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config build-essential autoconf curl libtool unzip
 RUN echo 'export PATH=/opt/conda/bin:$PATH' > /etc/profile.d/conda.sh \
     && wget --quiet 'https://repo.continuum.io/archive/Anaconda2-4.2.0-Linux-x86_64.sh' -O /tmp/anaconda.sh \
     && /bin/bash /tmp/anaconda.sh -b -p /opt/conda \