diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix
index edb726a0997e5..e9aa27bd9e21a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fenics/default.nix
@@ -164,7 +164,17 @@ let
         url = "https://bitbucket.org/josef_kemetmueller/dolfin/commits/328e94acd426ebaf2243c072b806be3379fd4340/raw";
         sha256 = "1zj7k3y7vsx0hz3gwwlxhq6gdqamqpcw90d4ishwx5ps5ckcsb9r";
       })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://bitbucket.org/fenics-project/dolfin/issues/attachments/1116/fenics-project/dolfin/1602778118.04/1116/0001-Use-__BYTE_ORDER__-instead-of-removed-Boost-endian.h.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-wPaDmPU+jaD3ce3nNEbvM5p8e3zBdLozamLTJ/0ai2c=";
+      })
     ];
+    # https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=dolfin&id=a965ad934f7b3d49a5e77fa6fb5e3c710ec2163e
+    postPatch = ''
+      sed -i '20 a #include <algorithm>' dolfin/geometry/IntersectionConstruction.cpp
+      sed -i '26 a #include <algorithm>' dolfin/mesh/MeshFunction.h
+      sed -i '25 a #include <cstdint>' dolfin/mesh/MeshConnectivity.h
+    '';
     propagatedBuildInputs = [
       dijitso
       fiat
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3a1693f83d0e9..d24acd32caa96 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3530,7 +3530,6 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   fenics = callPackage ../development/python-modules/fenics {
     hdf5 = pkgs.hdf5_1_10;
-    boost = pkgs.boost172;
   };
 
   ffcv = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ffcv { };