diff --git a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
index 5cf9b043ea9..cb863bda191 100644
--- a/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoin-tx.cpp
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ public:
 static void MutateTx(CMutableTransaction& tx, const string& command,
                      const string& commandVal)
 {
-    boost::scoped_ptr<Secp256k1Init> ecc;
+    std::unique_ptr<Secp256k1Init> ecc;
 
     if (command == "nversion")
         MutateTxVersion(tx, commandVal);
diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.cpp b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
index 09c68fbe550..4fa06135d28 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> CDBWrapper::CreateObfuscateKey() const
 
 bool CDBWrapper::IsEmpty()
 {
-    boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> it(NewIterator());
+    std::unique_ptr<CDBIterator> it(NewIterator());
     it->SeekToFirst();
     return !(it->Valid());
 }
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 9bd820852c7..27843fa8823 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public:
 
 static CCoinsViewDB *pcoinsdbview = NULL;
 static CCoinsViewErrorCatcher *pcoinscatcher = NULL;
-static boost::scoped_ptr<ECCVerifyHandle> globalVerifyHandle;
+static std::unique_ptr<ECCVerifyHandle> globalVerifyHandle;
 
 void Interrupt(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
 {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 30edc5dbeba..f19fada113b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ namespace {
      *
      * Memory used: 1.3 MB
      */
-    boost::scoped_ptr<CRollingBloomFilter> recentRejects;
+    std::unique_ptr<CRollingBloomFilter> recentRejects;
     uint256 hashRecentRejectsChainTip;
 
     /** Blocks that are in flight, and that are in the queue to be downloaded. Protected by cs_main. */
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index e3c32d905af..0f3edde1457 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ struct CCoinsStats
 //! Calculate statistics about the unspent transaction output set
 static bool GetUTXOStats(CCoinsView *view, CCoinsStats &stats)
 {
-    boost::scoped_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> pcursor(view->Cursor());
+    std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewCursor> pcursor(view->Cursor());
 
     CHashWriter ss(SER_GETHASH, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
     stats.hashBlock = pcursor->GetBestBlock();
diff --git a/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp b/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp
index a0bdcf4afbc..d4d825d1994 100644
--- a/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/dbwrapper_tests.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(dbwrapper_iterator)
         uint256 in2 = GetRandHash();
         BOOST_CHECK(dbw.Write(key2, in2));
 
-        boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> it(const_cast<CDBWrapper*>(&dbw)->NewIterator());
+        std::unique_ptr<CDBIterator> it(const_cast<CDBWrapper*>(&dbw)->NewIterator());
 
         // Be sure to seek past the obfuscation key (if it exists)
         it->Seek(key);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(iterator_ordering)
         BOOST_CHECK(dbw.Write(key, value));
     }
 
-    boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> it(const_cast<CDBWrapper*>(&dbw)->NewIterator());
+    std::unique_ptr<CDBIterator> it(const_cast<CDBWrapper*>(&dbw)->NewIterator());
     for (int c=0; c<2; ++c) {
         int seek_start;
         if (c == 0)
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(iterator_string_ordering)
         }
     }
 
-    boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> it(const_cast<CDBWrapper*>(&dbw)->NewIterator());
+    std::unique_ptr<CDBIterator> it(const_cast<CDBWrapper*>(&dbw)->NewIterator());
     for (int c=0; c<2; ++c) {
         int seek_start;
         if (c == 0)
diff --git a/src/txdb.cpp b/src/txdb.cpp
index 078c29def31..4f11c7b9517 100644
--- a/src/txdb.cpp
+++ b/src/txdb.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadFlag(const std::string &name, bool &fValue) {
 
 bool CBlockTreeDB::LoadBlockIndexGuts(boost::function<CBlockIndex*(const uint256&)> insertBlockIndex)
 {
-    boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> pcursor(NewIterator());
+    std::unique_ptr<CDBIterator> pcursor(NewIterator());
 
     pcursor->Seek(make_pair(DB_BLOCK_INDEX, uint256()));
 
diff --git a/src/txdb.h b/src/txdb.h
index 5b98d2792c5..adb3f663272 100644
--- a/src/txdb.h
+++ b/src/txdb.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public:
 private:
     CCoinsViewDBCursor(CDBIterator* pcursorIn, const uint256 &hashBlockIn):
         CCoinsViewCursor(hashBlockIn), pcursor(pcursorIn) {}
-    boost::scoped_ptr<CDBIterator> pcursor;
+    std::unique_ptr<CDBIterator> pcursor;
     std::pair<char, uint256> keyTmp;
 
     friend class CCoinsViewDB;
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index 9de0671ea21..239b1ac9b54 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <boost/version.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
-#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -941,7 +940,7 @@ bool CWalletDB::Recover(CDBEnv& dbenv, const std::string& filename, bool fOnlyKe
     }
     LogPrintf("Salvage(aggressive) found %u records\n", salvagedData.size());
 
-    boost::scoped_ptr<Db> pdbCopy(new Db(dbenv.dbenv, 0));
+    std::unique_ptr<Db> pdbCopy(new Db(dbenv.dbenv, 0));
     int ret = pdbCopy->open(NULL,               // Txn pointer
                             filename.c_str(),   // Filename
                             "main",             // Logical db name