diff --git a/download.lst b/download.lst
index 7102ed63a3b1..38b9ded0ee4d 100644
--- a/download.lst
+++ b/download.lst
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 export ABW_SHA256SUM := e763a9dc21c3d2667402d66e202e3f8ef4db51b34b79ef41f56cacb86dcd6eed
 export ABW_TARBALL := libabw-0.1.3.tar.xz
 # please repack the tarball using external/boost/repack_tarball.sh
-export BOOST_SHA256SUM := 9b334d6c6d7af5a0687280788cd84444398b8e0b472cd88e52bbc3c3ef11d98e
-export BOOST_TARBALL := boost_1_77_0.tar.xz
+export BOOST_SHA256SUM := 0df00d3699c2c7c7fd490c5e165a3e72641861ea5d26428de2f008fb9a75659f
+export BOOST_TARBALL := boost_1_78_0.tar.xz
 export BOX2D_SHA256SUM := d6b4650ff897ee1ead27cf77a5933ea197cbeef6705638dd181adc2e816b23c2
 export BOX2D_TARBALL := box2d-2.4.1.tar.gz
 export BREAKPAD_SHA256SUM := c44a2e898895cfc13b42d2371ba4b88b0777d7782214d6cdc91c33720f3b0d91
diff --git a/external/boost/UnpackedTarball_boost.mk b/external/boost/UnpackedTarball_boost.mk
index 9e6a12bc4116..96bf85583673 100644
--- a/external/boost/UnpackedTarball_boost.mk
+++ b/external/boost/UnpackedTarball_boost.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ boost_patches += boost_1_59_0.property_tree.wreturn-type.patch
 
 boost_patches += clang-cl.patch.0
 
-boost_patches += boost_1_60_0.undef.warning.patch
 boost_patches += boost_1_63_0.undef.warning.patch.1
 
 boost_patches += windows-no-utf8-locales.patch.0
diff --git a/external/boost/boost_1_60_0.undef.warning.patch b/external/boost/boost_1_60_0.undef.warning.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e72d4e17a90..000000000000
--- a/external/boost/boost_1_60_0.undef.warning.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/b/boost/boost/config/workaround.hpp
-+++ a/b/boost/boost/config/workaround.hpp
-@@ -237,6 +237,13 @@
- #else
- #define BOOST_INTEL_WORKAROUND_GUARD 0
- #endif
-+
-+#ifndef __clang_major__
-+#define __clang_major___WORKAROUND_GUARD 1
-+#else
-+#define __clang_major___WORKAROUND_GUARD 0
-+#endif
-+
- // Always define to zero, if it's used it'll be defined my MPL:
- #define BOOST_MPL_CFG_GCC_WORKAROUND_GUARD 0
-