diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index f9213f2..e7146d8 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -126,14 +126,10 @@
         boost_libs.append('unit_test_framework')
 
     conf.check_boost(lib=boost_libs, mt=True)
-    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 105800:
+    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 106501:
         conf.fatal('The minimum supported version of Boost is 1.65.1.\n'
                    'Please upgrade your distribution or manually install a newer version of Boost.\n'
                    'For more information, see https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Boost')
-    elif conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 106501:
-        Logs.warn('WARNING: Using a version of Boost older than 1.65.1 is not officially supported and may not work.\n'
-                  'If you encounter any problems, please upgrade your distribution or manually install a newer version of Boost.\n'
-                  'For more information, see https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Boost')
 
     # Workaround for bug 4860
     if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 106900 and conf.env.CXX_NAME == 'clang':