diff --git a/Src/CMakeLists.txt b/Src/CMakeLists.txt
index a34298e4f1fe160a928d814ccad9435dc4bd76b5..42c290de7a418927a7eafc8d9a8b04f8f7cdc496 100644
--- a/Src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ target_link_libraries (${target} robofish-behavior_loader)
 find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Gui Xml Network Widgets Multimedia MultimediaWidgets OpenGL)
 target_link_libraries (${target} Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Xml Qt5::Network Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Multimedia Qt5::MultimediaWidgets Qt5::OpenGL)
 
-set(Boost_REALPATH ON)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem program_options)
 target_link_libraries(${target} Boost::headers Boost::system Boost::filesystem Boost::program_options)
 
@@ -75,8 +74,6 @@ if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Windows")
         deploy_qt5(${target} DESTINATION .)
     endif()
 
-    locate_boost(shared_libraries COMPONENTS system filesystem program_options)
-
     set(INSTALL_CUDA_COMPONENTS "" CACHE STRING "CUDA components to install")
     locate_cuda(shared_libraries COMPONENTS ${INSTALL_CUDA_COMPONENTS})
 
@@ -140,8 +137,6 @@ if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Linux")
         install(DIRECTORY "${Pylon5_LIBRARY_DIR}/" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
     endif()
 
-    install(FILES "${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE}" "${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE}" "${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY_RELEASE}" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
-
     get_target_property(shared_library biotracker-interfaces LOCATION)
     install(FILES "${shared_library}" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
 
diff --git a/ci/configure.py b/ci/configure.py
index 0aa461b8429a77998d3b43a82f061e32b0f5b6b9..dc511ef98616d2ccb2f541c1b4ced75674abf636 100755
--- a/ci/configure.py
+++ b/ci/configure.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     command += define("CMAKE_SKIP_PACKAGE_ALL_DEPENDENCY", "ON")
     command += define_env("VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET")
 
+    command += define("Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS", "ON")
+
     if system() == "Windows":
         command += define("PACKAGE_MSI", "ON")
         command += define("INSTALL_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES", "ON")