diff --git a/src/libexpr/meson.build b/src/libexpr/meson.build
index 43e4b9c98..f5adafae0 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/meson.build
+++ b/src/libexpr/meson.build
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ boost = dependency(
   'boost',
   modules : ['container', 'context'],
   include_type: 'system',
-  version: '>=1.82.0'
 )
 # boost is a public dependency, but not a pkg-config dependency unfortunately, so we
 # put in `deps_other`.
diff --git a/src/libutil/meson.build b/src/libutil/meson.build
index f5ad2b1f6..f48c8f3d7 100644
--- a/src/libutil/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil/meson.build
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ boost = dependency(
   'boost',
   modules : ['context', 'coroutine', 'iostreams'],
   include_type: 'system',
+  version: '>=1.82.0'
 )
 # boost is a public dependency, but not a pkg-config dependency unfortunately, so we
 # put in `deps_other`.