diff --git a/src/node/coinstats.cpp b/src/node/coinstats.cpp
index 23269cd4b0..a818f06d51 100644
--- a/src/node/coinstats.cpp
+++ b/src/node/coinstats.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <map>
 
-#include <boost/thread.hpp>
-
-
 static void ApplyStats(CCoinsStats &stats, CHashWriter& ss, const uint256& hash, const std::map<uint32_t, Coin>& outputs)
 {
     assert(!outputs.empty());
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ bool GetUTXOStats(CCoinsView *view, CCoinsStats &stats)
     uint256 prevkey;
     std::map<uint32_t, Coin> outputs;
     while (pcursor->Valid()) {
-        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
         COutPoint key;
         Coin coin;
         if (pcursor->GetKey(key) && pcursor->GetValue(coin)) {
diff --git a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
index d2ac12f3cf..2f4b4412f5 100644
--- a/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/blockchain.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 
 #include <univalue.h>
 
-#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp> // boost::thread::interrupt
-
 #include <condition_variable>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
@@ -1976,7 +1974,6 @@ bool FindScriptPubKey(std::atomic<int>& scan_progress, const std::atomic<bool>&
         Coin coin;
         if (!cursor->GetKey(key) || !cursor->GetValue(coin)) return false;
         if (++count % 8192 == 0) {
-            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
             if (should_abort) {
                 // allow to abort the scan via the abort reference
                 return false;