diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e14dff8e68..525cfd9bbd 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -844,9 +844,9 @@ fi
 if test x$use_boost = xyes; then
 
 dnl Minimum required Boost version
-define(MINIMUM_REQUIRED_BOOST, 1.47.0)
+define(MINIMUM_REQUIRED_BOOST, 1.58.0)
 
-dnl Check for boost libs
+dnl Check for Boost libs
 AX_BOOST_BASE([MINIMUM_REQUIRED_BOOST])
 AX_BOOST_SYSTEM
 AX_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
@@ -861,25 +861,7 @@ dnl counter implementations. In 1.63 and later the std::atomic approach is defau
 m4_pattern_allow(DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC) dnl otherwise it's treated like a macro
 BOOST_CPPFLAGS="-DBOOST_SP_USE_STD_ATOMIC -DBOOST_AC_USE_STD_ATOMIC $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
 
-if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working boost reduced exports])
-  TEMP_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-  CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS"
-  AC_PREPROC_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-      @%:@include <boost/version.hpp>
-    ]], [[
-      #if BOOST_VERSION >= 104900
-      // Everything is okay
-      #else
-      #  error Boost version is too old
-      #endif
-    ]])],[
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    ],[
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([boost versions < 1.49 are known to be broken with reduced exports. Use --disable-reduce-exports.])
-  ])
-  CPPFLAGS="$TEMP_CPPFLAGS"
-fi
+BOOST_LIBS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS $BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_THREAD_LIB"
 fi
 
 if test x$use_reduce_exports = xyes; then
@@ -923,41 +905,6 @@ if test x$use_boost = xyes; then
 
 BOOST_LIBS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS $BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_FILESYSTEM_LIB $BOOST_ZLIB_LIB $BOOST_IOSTREAMS_LIB $BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIB $BOOST_THREAD_LIB $BOOST_CHRONO_LIB $BOOST_ZLIB_LIB"
 
-dnl If boost (prior to 1.57) was built without c++11, it emulated scoped enums
-dnl using c++98 constructs. Unfortunately, this implementation detail leaked into
-dnl the abi. This was fixed in 1.57.
-
-dnl When building against that installed version using c++11, the headers pick up
-dnl on the native c++11 scoped enum support and enable it, however it will fail to
-dnl link. This can be worked around by disabling c++11 scoped enums if linking will
-dnl fail.
-dnl BOOST_NO_SCOPED_ENUMS was changed to BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS in 1.51.
-
-TEMP_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="$BOOST_LIBS $LIBS"
-TEMP_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mismatched boost c++11 scoped enums])
-AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
-  #include "boost/config.hpp"
-  #include "boost/version.hpp"
-  #if !defined(BOOST_NO_SCOPED_ENUMS) && !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS) && BOOST_VERSION < 105700
-  #define BOOST_NO_SCOPED_ENUMS
-  #define BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS
-  #define CHECK
-  #endif
-  #include "boost/filesystem.hpp"
-  ]],[[
-  #if defined(CHECK)
-    boost::filesystem::copy_file("foo", "bar");
-  #else
-    choke;
-  #endif
-  ]])],
-  [AC_MSG_RESULT(mismatched); BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_NO_SCOPED_ENUMS -DBOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS"], [AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)])
-LIBS="$TEMP_LIBS"
-CPPFLAGS="$TEMP_CPPFLAGS"
-
 dnl Boost >= 1.50 uses sleep_for rather than the now-deprecated sleep, however
 dnl it was broken from 1.50 to 1.52 when backed by nanosleep. Use sleep_for if
 dnl a working version is available, else fall back to sleep. sleep was removed
diff --git a/gridcoinresearch.pro b/gridcoinresearch.pro
index b73dde67c7..d57db277c2 100755
--- a/gridcoinresearch.pro
+++ b/gridcoinresearch.pro
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ win32 {
 # use: BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-...
 # or when linking against a specific BerkelyDB version: BDB_LIB_SUFFIX=-4.8
 
-# boost-1.55 has a bug where building with C++11 causes undefined references to
-# copy_file. This is fixed in boost-1.57 and backported to 1.56. This workaround
-# can be removed once boost is upgraded.
-DEFINES += BOOST_NO_CXX11_SCOPED_ENUMS
-
 # Dependency library locations can be customized with:
 #    BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH, BOOST_LIB_PATH, BDB_INCLUDE_PATH,
 #    BDB_LIB_PATH, OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH and OPENSSL_LIB_PATH