diff --git a/libs/boost/BUILD b/libs/boost/BUILD
index 3432a979164..72927e2b937 100644
--- a/libs/boost/BUILD
+++ b/libs/boost/BUILD
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 (
 
-  patch_it $SOURCE2 0 &&
-
 # use bootstrap so we can use their supplied bjam/b2.
   ./bootstrap.sh &&
-  
+
   export EXPAT_INCLUDE=/usr/include/ &&
   export EXPAT_LIBPATH=/usr/lib/ &&
 
diff --git a/libs/boost/DETAILS b/libs/boost/DETAILS
index 52127222f86..7ba41c8bfb2 100644
--- a/libs/boost/DETAILS
+++ b/libs/boost/DETAILS
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
           MODULE=boost
-         VERSION=1.49.0
-             VER=_1_49_0
+         VERSION=1.50.0
+             VER=_1_50_0
           SOURCE=$MODULE$VER.tar.bz2
-         SOURCE2=boost-1.47.0-exceptions.01.patch
 SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$MODULE$VER
       SOURCE_URL=$SFORGE_URL/$MODULE
-     SOURCE2_URL=$PATCH_URL
-      SOURCE_VFY=sha1:26a52840e9d12f829e3008589abf0a925ce88524
-     SOURCE2_VFY=sha1:dc1b62cb481d2ad6e766239ab7ae84462ea23f3a
+      SOURCE_VFY=sha1:ee06f89ed472cf369573f8acf9819fbc7173344e
         WEB_SITE=http://www.boost.org
          ENTERED=20041115
-         UPDATED=20120227
+         UPDATED=20120716
            SHORT="A cross-platform supplement to the C++ standard library"
 
 cat << EOF