diff --git a/package/boost/Config.in b/package/boost/Config.in
index a9ab4836b5..7b78345798 100644
--- a/package/boost/Config.in
+++ b/package/boost/Config.in
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
 	  A set of date-time libraries based on generic programming
 	  concepts.
 
+	  This library is header only since boost 1.77.0. Building a
+	  stub library is still supported for backward compatibility.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_EXCEPTION
 	bool "boost-exception"
 	help
@@ -200,7 +203,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_LOG
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS # boost-atomic
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # boost-thread
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ATOMIC
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_REGEX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_THREAD
@@ -359,7 +361,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_WAVE
 	depends on !BR2_m68k_cf
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_ALWAYS_LOCKFREE_ATOMIC_INTS # boost-thread
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # boost-thread
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_THREAD
 	help