diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/aarch64/boost b/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/aarch64/boost
deleted file mode 120000
index 807ad06be..000000000
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/aarch64/boost
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../common/aarch64/boost
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/armv6l/boost b/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/armv6l/boost
deleted file mode 120000
index 42aa7cd23..000000000
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/armv6l/boost
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../common/armv6l/boost
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/x86_64/boost b/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/x86_64/boost
deleted file mode 120000
index 9ed31e1d5..000000000
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/168/filelists/x86_64/boost
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../common/x86_64/boost
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
index daebf249e..f62c3810a 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
+++ b/config/rootfiles/core/168/update.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ rm -rvf \
 	/usr/bin/dnet-config \
 	/usr/bin/sdparm \
 	/usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so* \
-	/usr/lib/libboost_python38* \
 	/usr/lib/libdnet.la \
 	/usr/lib/libdnet.so* \
 	/usr/lib/libevent-1.4.so* \