diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dbb47ab1605e91fc4f0e59c175d669aef0616190..e6235e861f373acb6f7b2f8456fbf663df73b702 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ if ( ENABLE_CPACK )
         # common packages
         set ( DEPENDS_LIST "libboost-date-time${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION},"
                            "libboost-regex${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION},"
-                           "libboost-serialization${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION},"
                            "libboost-python${Boost_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Boost_MINOR_VERSION}.${Boost_SUBMINOR_VERSION},"
                            "libnexus0 (>= 4.3),"
                            "libgsl0ldbl,"
diff --git a/Framework/Parallel/CMakeLists.txt b/Framework/Parallel/CMakeLists.txt
index 687cf67b19895119c8c526045bcd983a4b35e8be..9b50e6c965be407ad3ae0582df3eb5b1c6928388 100644
--- a/Framework/Parallel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Framework/Parallel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ endif ()
 # Add to the 'Framework' group in VS
 set_property ( TARGET Parallel PROPERTY FOLDER "MantidFramework" )
 
-target_link_libraries ( Parallel LINK_PRIVATE ${TCMALLOC_LIBRARIES_LINKTIME} 
+target_link_libraries ( Parallel LINK_PRIVATE ${TCMALLOC_LIBRARIES_LINKTIME}
                         ${GSL_LIBRARIES} ${MANTIDLIBS} )
 
 # Add the unit tests directory
diff --git a/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake b/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake
index 8d9c82f7daff0deac3148d1ab4b8dcc41548fb81..d374042a93a42193f493d5f97405e3f321eea736 100644
--- a/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake
+++ b/buildconfig/CMake/CommonSetup.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ set ( TESTING_TIMEOUT 300 CACHE INTEGER
 ###########################################################################
 
 set ( Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE TRUE )
-find_package ( Boost 1.53.0 REQUIRED date_time regex serialization )
+find_package ( Boost 1.53.0 REQUIRED date_time regex )
 include_directories( SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 add_definitions ( -DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB )
 # Need this defined globally for our log time values