diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/boost/bjam-native_1.60.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/boost/bjam-native_1.61.0.bb
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/recipes-support/boost/bjam-native_1.60.0.bb
rename to meta/recipes-support/boost/bjam-native_1.61.0.bb
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost-1.60.0.inc b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost-1.61.0.inc
similarity index 83%
rename from meta/recipes-support/boost/boost-1.60.0.inc
rename to meta/recipes-support/boost/boost-1.61.0.inc
index a38693e25d..4553677b26 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost-1.60.0.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost-1.61.0.inc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BOOST_P = "boost_${BOOST_VER}"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/boost/${BOOST_P}.tar.bz2"
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "65a840e1a0b13a558ff19eeb2c4f0cbe"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "686affff989ac2488f79a97b9479efb9f2abae035b5ed4d8226de6857933fd3b"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "6095876341956f65f9d35939ccea1a9f"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a547bd06c2fd9a71ba1d169d9cf0339da7ebf4753849a8f7d6fdb8feee99b640"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/${BOOST_P}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost/0001-Do-not-qualify-fenv.h-names-that-might-be-macros.patch b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost/0001-Do-not-qualify-fenv.h-names-that-might-be-macros.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index df7e71fea6..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost/0001-Do-not-qualify-fenv.h-names-that-might-be-macros.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-From f50e7bc9fed323c5705c0ed992c03e80eeec1dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:05:24 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Do not qualify <fenv.h> names that might be macros.
-
-The patch was imported from the boost-test git repository
-(https://github.com/boostorg/test) as of commit id
-f50e7bc9fed323c5705c0ed992c03e80eeec1dd6.
-  
-Upstream-Status: Accepted [commit f50e7bc9fed in develop branch]
-
-Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@oss.bmw-carit.de>
----
- include/boost/test/impl/execution_monitor.ipp | 8 ++++----
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/include/boost/test/impl/execution_monitor.ipp b/include/boost/test/impl/execution_monitor.ipp
-index b3e873e..a7bdce2 100644
---- a/include/boost/test/impl/execution_monitor.ipp
-+++ b/include/boost/test/impl/execution_monitor.ipp
-@@ -1380,8 +1380,8 @@ enable( unsigned mask )
- 
-     return ~old_cw & BOOST_FPE_ALL;
- #elif defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__USE_GNU) && !defined(BOOST_CLANG) && !defined(BOOST_NO_FENV_H)
--    ::feclearexcept(BOOST_FPE_ALL);
--    int res = ::feenableexcept( mask );
-+    feclearexcept(BOOST_FPE_ALL);
-+    int res = feenableexcept( mask );
-     return res == -1 ? (unsigned)BOOST_FPE_INV : (unsigned)res;
- #else
-     /* Not Implemented  */
-@@ -1417,8 +1417,8 @@ disable( unsigned mask )
- 
-     return ~old_cw & BOOST_FPE_ALL;
- #elif defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__USE_GNU) && !defined(BOOST_CLANG) && !defined(BOOST_NO_FENV_H)
--    ::feclearexcept(BOOST_FPE_ALL);
--    int res = ::fedisableexcept( mask );
-+    feclearexcept(BOOST_FPE_ALL);
-+    int res = fedisableexcept( mask );
-     return res == -1 ? (unsigned)BOOST_FPE_INV : (unsigned)res;
- #else
-     /* Not Implemented */
--- 
-1.9.1
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.60.0.bb b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.61.0.bb
similarity index 59%
rename from meta/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.60.0.bb
rename to meta/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.61.0.bb
index 4d824c85b5..d8b14fed7b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.60.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost_1.61.0.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ include boost.inc
 
 SRC_URI += "\
     file://arm-intrinsics.patch \
-    file://0001-Do-not-qualify-fenv.h-names-that-might-be-macros.patch;striplevel=2 \
     file://consider-hardfp.patch \
 "