diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libetonyek/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libetonyek/package.nix
index 393f542a9ea9..ec7b9b4a82d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libetonyek/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libetonyek/package.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
-# fails on older Boost due to https://github.com/boostorg/phoenix/issues/111
-, boost184
+, boost
 , cppunit
 , glm
 , gperf
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    boost184
+    boost
     cppunit
     glm
     gperf