diff --git a/wangle/acceptor/BUCK b/wangle/acceptor/BUCK
index 9b4a45959..e73b8abc6 100644
--- a/wangle/acceptor/BUCK
+++ b/wangle/acceptor/BUCK
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ cpp_library(
         "//wangle/ssl:ssl_util",
         "//wangle/ssl:tls_ticket_key_seeds",
     ],
-    exported_external_deps = [
-        ("boost", None, "boost_optional"),
-    ],
 )
 
 cpp_library(
diff --git a/wangle/acceptor/ServerSocketConfig.h b/wangle/acceptor/ServerSocketConfig.h
index ad770c2f7..bd91666b9 100644
--- a/wangle/acceptor/ServerSocketConfig.h
+++ b/wangle/acceptor/ServerSocketConfig.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <wangle/ssl/SSLUtil.h>
 #include <wangle/ssl/TLSTicketKeySeeds.h>
 
-#include <boost/optional.hpp>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <folly/Random.h>
 #include <folly/SocketAddress.h>