diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/7.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/7.nix
index 0830ff4ddf54..45c6b132d59b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/7.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ardour/7.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   fetchpatch2,
   alsa-lib,
   aubio,
-  boost,
+  boost186,
   cairomm,
   cppunit,
   curl,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [
       alsa-lib
       aubio
-      boost
+      boost186
       cairomm
       cppunit
       curl