diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 04611b75a..2b614bca5 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1327,7 +1327,6 @@ if addInstallActions:
 linkLibs = ['cantera']
 linkSharedLibs = ['cantera_shared']
 
-
 if env['use_sundials'] == 'y':
     env['sundials_libs'] = ['sundials_cvodes', 'sundials_ida', 'sundials_nvecserial']
     linkLibs.extend(('sundials_cvodes', 'sundials_ida', 'sundials_nvecserial'))
@@ -1363,6 +1362,9 @@ elif not env['single_library']:
     linkLibs.append('ctf2c')
     linkSharedLibs.append('ctf2c_shared')
 
+linkLibs.extend(env['boost_libs'])
+linkSharedLibs.extend(env['boost_libs'])
+
 # Store the list of needed static link libraries in the environment
 env['cantera_libs'] = linkLibs
 env['cantera_shared_libs'] = linkSharedLibs
diff --git a/src/apps/SConscript b/src/apps/SConscript
index 9c913cbc1..c0730c97f 100644
--- a/src/apps/SConscript
+++ b/src/apps/SConscript
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ localenv.Prepend(CPPPATH=['#src', '#include', '#src/apps'])
 def buildProgram(name, src):
     prog = build(localenv.Program(target=pjoin('#build/bin', name),
                                   source=src,
-                                  LIBS=env['cantera_libs']+env['boost_libs']))
+                                  LIBS=env['cantera_libs']))
     install('$inst_bindir', prog)
 
 buildProgram('cti2ctml', ['cti2ctml.cpp'])