diff --git a/libs/evoral/ControlSet.cc b/libs/evoral/ControlSet.cc
index 19f87a40fc1..ca486cd00e1 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/ControlSet.cc
+++ b/libs/evoral/ControlSet.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "evoral/Event.h"
 
 using namespace std;
+using namespace std::placeholders;
 
 namespace Evoral {
 
diff --git a/libs/pbd/receiver.cc b/libs/pbd/receiver.cc
index 26d3a752950..180aa9bcf9e 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/receiver.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/receiver.cc
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ void
 Receiver::listen_to (Transmitter &transmitter)
 
 {
-	/* odd syntax here because boost's placeholders (_1, _2) are in an
-	   anonymous namespace which causes ambiguity with sigc++ (and will also
-	   do so with std::placeholder in the C++11 future
+	/* odd syntax here because std's placeholders (_1, _2) are in an
+	   anonymous namespace which causes ambiguity with sigc++
 	*/
 	transmitter.sender().connect_same_thread (connections, std::bind (&Receiver::receive, this, std::placeholders::_1, std::placeholders::_2));
 
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_cue_observer.cc b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_cue_observer.cc
index 0774f3c70f3..1d062571ae8 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_cue_observer.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_cue_observer.cc
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  */
 
-#include "boost/lambda/lambda.hpp"
-
 #include "pbd/control_math.h"
 
 #include "ardour/track.h"
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_global_observer.cc b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_global_observer.cc
index 7b6f82481de..dd3e3dc79ac 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_global_observer.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_global_observer.cc
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  */
 
-#include "boost/lambda/lambda.hpp"
-
 #include "pbd/control_math.h"
 
 #include "ardour/amp.h"
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_route_observer.cc b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_route_observer.cc
index 39b595790f9..27944b83325 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_route_observer.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_route_observer.cc
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  */
 
-#include "boost/lambda/lambda.hpp"
-
 #include "pbd/control_math.h"
 #include <glibmm.h>
 
diff --git a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_select_observer.cc b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_select_observer.cc
index b7eec337ae0..a038540265c 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_select_observer.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/osc/osc_select_observer.cc
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <vector>
-#include "boost/lambda/lambda.hpp"
-
 #include "pbd/control_math.h"
 
 #include "ardour/session.h"
diff --git a/tools/signal-test/signal-test.cc b/tools/signal-test/signal-test.cc
index 77a3acafd22..e8dc03d1d20 100644
--- a/tools/signal-test/signal-test.cc
+++ b/tools/signal-test/signal-test.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Rx1
 public:
 	Rx1 (Tx& sender)
 	{
-		sender.sig1.connect_same_thread (_connection, boost::bind (&Rx1::cb, this, _1));
+		sender.sig1.connect_same_thread (_connection, std::bind (&Rx1::cb, this, _1));
 	}
 
 private:
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class Rx2 : public PBD::ScopedConnectionList
 public:
 	Rx2 (Tx& sender)
 	{
-		sender.sig1.connect (*this, &_ir, boost::bind (&Rx2::cb, this, _1), &event_loop);
+		sender.sig1.connect (*this, &_ir, std::bind (&Rx2::cb, this, _1), &event_loop);
 	}
 
 private:
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 44702d2e9b2..45761cf7d72 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ int main() { return 0; }''',
             cxx_flags.append('-D_LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_UNARY_BINARY_FUNCTION')
         else:
             cxx_flags.append('-DBOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR')
-            cxx_flags.append('-DBOOST_BIND_GLOBAL_PLACEHOLDERS')
+            cxx_flags.append('-DBOOST_BIND_NO_PLACEHOLDERS')
 
     if (is_clang and platform == "darwin"):
         # Silence warnings about the non-existing osx clang compiler flags
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ int main() { return 0; }''',
 
     # need ISOC9X for llabs()
     compiler_flags.extend(
-        ('-DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED', '-DBOOST_BIND_GLOBAL_PLACEHOLDERS', '-D_ISOC9X_SOURCE',
+        ('-DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED', '-DBOOST_BIND_NO_PLACEHOLDERS', '-D_ISOC9X_SOURCE',
          '-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE', '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'))
     cxx_flags.extend(
         ('-D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS', '-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS',