diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b439183d9201..b95a3203264d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4813,7 +4813,6 @@ in {
 
   ledger = (toPythonModule (pkgs.ledger.override {
     usePython = true;
-    boost = pkgs.boost179; # Current default boost (1.77) doesn’t work with Python 3.10.
     python3 = python;
   })).py;