diff --git a/test/visual/CMakeLists.txt b/test/visual/CMakeLists.txt
index 05917ba50..c459a4ff6 100644
--- a/test/visual/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/visual/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ target_link_libraries(mapnik-test-visual PRIVATE
     ICU::data ICU::i18n ICU::uc # needed for the static build (TODO: why isn't this correctly propagated from mapnik::mapnik?)
 )
 
-if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD LESS 17 OR USE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM)
-target_link_libraries(mapnik-test-visual PRIVATE
-    Boost::filesystem
-)
-endif()
-
 # needed for cleanup.hpp
 target_include_directories(mapnik-test-visual PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")