diff --git a/.jenkins.d/README.md b/.jenkins.d/README.md
index f6e3167..a69ef9e 100644
--- a/.jenkins.d/README.md
+++ b/.jenkins.d/README.md
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 
   * `[OS_TYPE]`: `Linux`
   * `[DISTRO_TYPE]`: `Ubuntu`
-  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `Ubuntu-14.04`, `Ubuntu-16.04`
+  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `Ubuntu-16.04`, `Ubuntu-18.04`
 
   Possible values for OS X / macOS:
 
   * `[OS_TYPE]`: `OSX`
   * `[DISTRO_TYPE]`: `OSX` (can be absent)
-  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `OSX-10.10`, `OSX-10.11`, `OSX-10.12`
+  * `[DISTRO_VERSION]`: `OSX-10.11`, `OSX-10.12`, `OSX-10.13`
 
 - `JOB_NAME`: optional variable to define type of the job.  Depending on the defined job type,
   the build scripts can perform different tasks.
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bc71186..fb2ec6f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 language: cpp
-dist: trusty
+dist: xenial
 sudo: required
 env:
   global:
@@ -11,92 +11,34 @@
     # Linux/gcc
     # https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test/+packages
     - os: linux
-      env: COMPILER=g++-4.8
-    - os: linux
-      env: COMPILER=g++-4.9
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-          packages: g++-4.9
-    - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=g++-5
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-          packages: g++-5
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=g++-6
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-          packages: g++-6
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=g++-7
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-          packages: g++-7
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=g++-8
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-          packages: g++-8
 
     # Linux/clang
     # https://apt.llvm.org/
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-3.5
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          packages: clang-3.5
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-3.6
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          packages: clang-3.6
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-3.7 DISABLE_ASAN=yes
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ["llvm-toolchain-precise-3.7", "ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"]
-          packages: clang-3.7
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-3.8
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ["llvm-toolchain-precise-3.8", "ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"]
-          packages: clang-3.8
     - os: linux
-      env: COMPILER=clang++-3.9 DISABLE_ASAN=yes
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ["llvm-toolchain-trusty-3.9", "ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"]
-          packages: clang-3.9
+      env: COMPILER=clang++-3.9
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-4.0
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ["llvm-toolchain-trusty-4.0", "ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"]
-          packages: clang-4.0
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-5.0
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ["llvm-toolchain-trusty-5.0", "ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"]
-          packages: clang-5.0
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-6.0
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ["llvm-toolchain-trusty-6.0", "ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"]
-          packages: clang-6.0
     - os: linux
       env: COMPILER=clang++-7
-      addons:
-        apt:
-          sources: ["llvm-toolchain-trusty", "ubuntu-toolchain-r-test"]
-          packages: clang-7
 
     # macOS/clang
     # https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/reference/osx/#OS-X-Version
@@ -114,13 +56,40 @@
       env: OSX_VERSION=10.13 USE_OPENSSL_1_1=yes
 
   allow_failures:
+    - env: COMPILER=g++-6
+    - env: COMPILER=g++-7
+    - env: COMPILER=g++-8
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.5
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.6
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-3.7 DISABLE_ASAN=yes
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-4.0
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-5.0
+    - env: COMPILER=clang++-6.0
     - env: COMPILER=clang++-7
     - env: OSX_VERSION=10.13 USE_OPENSSL_1_1=yes
 
   fast_finish: true
 
+install: |
+    case ${COMPILER} in
+      g++-[6789])
+        travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq update
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qy install "${COMPILER}"
+        ;;
+      clang++-*)
+        CLANG_VERSION=${COMPILER/clang++}
+        if [[ ${CLANG_VERSION} != "-3."* ]]; then
+          wget -O - "https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key" | sudo apt-key add -
+          travis_retry sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://apt.llvm.org/xenial/ llvm-toolchain-xenial${CLANG_VERSION/-7} main"
+        fi
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq update
+        travis_retry sudo apt-get -qy install "clang${CLANG_VERSION}"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
 before_script:
-  - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == linux ]]; then export NODE_LABELS="Linux Ubuntu Ubuntu-14.04"; fi
+  - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == linux ]]; then export NODE_LABELS="Linux Ubuntu Ubuntu-16.04"; fi
   - if [[ ${TRAVIS_OS_NAME} == osx ]]; then export NODE_LABELS="OSX OSX-${OSX_VERSION}"; fi
   - if [[ -n ${COMPILER} ]]; then export CXX=${COMPILER}; fi
   - ${CXX:-c++} --version
diff --git a/.waf-tools/compiler-features.py b/.waf-tools/compiler-features.py
index 502596c..1602f16 100644
--- a/.waf-tools/compiler-features.py
+++ b/.waf-tools/compiler-features.py
@@ -23,31 +23,8 @@
 @conf
 def check_std_to_string(self):
     if self.check_cxx(msg='Checking for std::to_string',
-                      fragment=STD_TO_STRING,
-                      features='cxx', mandatory=False):
+                      fragment=STD_TO_STRING, mandatory=False):
         self.define('HAVE_STD_TO_STRING', 1)
 
-VECTOR_INSERT_ERASE_CONST_ITERATOR = '''
-#include <vector>
-int
-main()
-{
-  std::vector<int> v;
-  std::vector<int>::const_iterator it = v.cbegin();
-
-  v.insert(it, 2);
-  it = v.cend() - 1;
-  v.erase(it);
-}
-'''
-
-@conf
-def check_vector_const_iterators(self):
-    if self.check_cxx(msg='Checking for std::vector::insert with const_iterator',
-                      fragment=VECTOR_INSERT_ERASE_CONST_ITERATOR,
-                      features='cxx', mandatory=False):
-        self.define('HAVE_VECTOR_INSERT_ERASE_CONST_ITERATOR', 1)
-
 def configure(conf):
     conf.check_std_to_string()
-    conf.check_vector_const_iterators()
diff --git a/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py b/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py
index 54db7ea..e9fdcc6 100644
--- a/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py
+++ b/.waf-tools/default-compiler-flags.py
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
     errmsg = ''
     warnmsg = ''
     if cxx == 'gcc':
-        if ccver < (4, 8, 2):
+        if ccver < (5, 3, 0):
             errmsg = ('The version of gcc you are using is too old.\n'
-                      'The minimum supported gcc version is 4.8.2.')
+                      'The minimum supported gcc version is 5.3.0.')
         conf.flags = GccFlags()
     elif cxx == 'clang':
-        if ccver < (3, 4, 0):
+        if ccver < (3, 5, 0):
             errmsg = ('The version of clang you are using is too old.\n'
-                      'The minimum supported clang version is 3.4.0.')
+                      'The minimum supported clang version is 3.5.0.')
         conf.flags = ClangFlags()
     else:
         warnmsg = 'Note: %s compiler is unsupported' % cxx
@@ -164,16 +164,12 @@
 class GccFlags(GccBasicFlags):
     def getDebugFlags(self, conf):
         flags = super(GccFlags, self).getDebugFlags(conf)
-        if self.getCompilerVersion(conf) < (5, 1, 0):
-            flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-Wno-missing-field-initializers']
-        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color'] # gcc >= 4.9
+        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color']
         return flags
 
     def getOptimizedFlags(self, conf):
         flags = super(GccFlags, self).getOptimizedFlags(conf)
-        if self.getCompilerVersion(conf) < (5, 1, 0):
-            flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-Wno-missing-field-initializers']
-        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color'] # gcc >= 4.9
+        flags['CXXFLAGS'] += ['-fdiagnostics-color']
         return flags
 
 class ClangFlags(GccBasicFlags):
diff --git a/.waf-tools/type_traits.py b/.waf-tools/type_traits.py
deleted file mode 100644
index efc4e3d..0000000
--- a/.waf-tools/type_traits.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
-
-def checkForTypeProperty(conf, prop, tparams):
-    if conf.check_cxx(msg=('Checking for std::%s' % prop),
-                      fragment=('#include <type_traits>\nstatic_assert(std::%s<%s>::value, "");' %
-                                (prop, tparams)),
-                      features='cxx', mandatory=False):
-        define = 'HAVE_' + prop.upper()
-        conf.define(define, 1)
-        conf.env[define] = True
-
-def configure(conf):
-    checkForTypeProperty(conf, 'is_default_constructible', 'int')
-    checkForTypeProperty(conf, 'is_nothrow_move_constructible', 'int')
-    checkForTypeProperty(conf, 'is_nothrow_move_assignable', 'int')
diff --git a/README-dev.md b/README-dev.md
index d9af4c9..8dd53d1 100644
--- a/README-dev.md
+++ b/README-dev.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
     ./build/unit-tests
 
-[Boost.Test framework](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html)
+[Boost.Test framework](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html)
 is very flexible and allows a number of run-time customization of what tests should be run.
 For example, it is possible to choose to run only a specific test suite, only a specific
 test case within a suite, or specific test cases within specific test suites:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 There are many more command line options available, information about which can be obtained
 either from the command line using `--help` switch, or online on
-[Boost.Test library](http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html)
+[Boost.Test library](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/test/doc/html/index.html)
 website.
 
 **Warning:** If you have customized parameters for NDN platform using `client.conf` in
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.rst b/docs/INSTALL.rst
index 019ed5b..0eaf52a 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 ndn-cxx uses continuous integration and has been tested on the following
 platforms:
 
--  Ubuntu 14.04 (amd64)
 -  Ubuntu 16.04 (amd64, armhf, i386)
 -  Ubuntu 18.04 (amd64)
 -  OS X 10.11
@@ -30,11 +29,12 @@
 Required:
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
+-  GCC >= 5.3, or clang >= 3.5
 -  ``python2`` >= 2.7, or ``python3`` >= 3.4
 -  ``libsqlite3``
--  OpenSSL >= 1.0.1
+-  OpenSSL >= 1.0.2
 -  ``pkg-config``
--  Boost libraries >= 1.54
+-  Boost libraries >= 1.58
 -  OSX Security framework (on OSX/macOS platform only)
 
 Following are the detailed steps for each platform to install the compiler, all necessary
diff --git a/docs/code-style.rst b/docs/code-style.rst
index 1450598..bf0ffee 100644
--- a/docs/code-style.rst
+++ b/docs/code-style.rst
@@ -1087,6 +1087,6 @@
 
 3.31. The recommended way to throw an exception derived from ``std::exception`` is to use
 the ``BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION``
-`macro <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/libs/exception/doc/BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION.html>`__.
+`macro <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/exception/doc/BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION.html>`__.
 Exceptions thrown using this macro will be augmented with additional diagnostic information,
 including file name, line number, and function name from where the exception was thrown.
diff --git a/docs/examples.rst b/docs/examples.rst
index 8689e4f..729a6c5 100644
--- a/docs/examples.rst
+++ b/docs/examples.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 events for execution at specific points of time.
 
 The library internally uses `boost::asio::io_service
-<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/io_service.html>`_ to
+<https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/io_service.html>`_ to
 implement fully asynchronous NDN operations (i.e., sending and receiving Interests and
 Data).  In addition to network-related operations, ``boost::asio::io_service`` can be used
 to execute any arbitrary callback within the processing thread (run either explicitly via
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/utils-ndn-regex.rst b/docs/tutorials/utils-ndn-regex.rst
index 6492a96..af107c0 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/utils-ndn-regex.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorials/utils-ndn-regex.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 A name component matcher, enclosed in ``<`` and ``>``, specifies the pattern of a name component. The
 component pattern is expressed with the `Perl Regular Expression Syntax
-<http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html>`__.
+<https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/syntax/perl_syntax.html>`__.
 For example, ``<ab*c>`` matches the 1st, 3rd, and 4th components of ``/ac/dc/abc/abbc``, but does
 not match the 2nd component. A special case is that ``<>`` denotes a wildcard matcher that can match
 **ANY** name component.
diff --git a/src/encoding/block.cpp b/src/encoding/block.cpp
index 2113064..ed8f5c9 100644
--- a/src/encoding/block.cpp
+++ b/src/encoding/block.cpp
@@ -34,15 +34,10 @@
 namespace ndn {
 
 BOOST_CONCEPT_ASSERT((boost::EqualityComparable<Block>));
-#if NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<Block>::value,
               "Block must be MoveConstructible with noexcept");
-#endif // NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
-
-#if NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_ASSIGNABLE
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<Block>::value,
               "Block must be MoveAssignable with noexcept");
-#endif // NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_ASSIGNABLE
 
 const size_t MAX_SIZE_OF_BLOCK_FROM_STREAM = MAX_NDN_PACKET_SIZE;
 
@@ -454,30 +449,14 @@
 Block::erase(Block::element_const_iterator position)
 {
   resetWire();
-
-#ifdef NDN_CXX_HAVE_VECTOR_INSERT_ERASE_CONST_ITERATOR
   return m_elements.erase(position);
-#else
-  element_iterator it = m_elements.begin();
-  std::advance(it, std::distance(m_elements.cbegin(), position));
-  return m_elements.erase(it);
-#endif
 }
 
 Block::element_iterator
 Block::erase(Block::element_const_iterator first, Block::element_const_iterator last)
 {
   resetWire();
-
-#ifdef NDN_CXX_HAVE_VECTOR_INSERT_ERASE_CONST_ITERATOR
   return m_elements.erase(first, last);
-#else
-  element_iterator itStart = m_elements.begin();
-  element_iterator itEnd = m_elements.begin();
-  std::advance(itStart, std::distance(m_elements.cbegin(), first));
-  std::advance(itEnd, std::distance(m_elements.cbegin(), last));
-  return m_elements.erase(itStart, itEnd);
-#endif
 }
 
 void
@@ -491,14 +470,7 @@
 Block::insert(Block::element_const_iterator pos, const Block& element)
 {
   resetWire();
-
-#ifdef NDN_CXX_HAVE_VECTOR_INSERT_ERASE_CONST_ITERATOR
   return m_elements.insert(pos, element);
-#else
-  element_iterator it = m_elements.begin();
-  std::advance(it, std::distance(m_elements.cbegin(), pos));
-  return m_elements.insert(it, element);
-#endif
 }
 
 // ---- misc ----
diff --git a/src/encoding/buffer.cpp b/src/encoding/buffer.cpp
index ce4c880..531e9fa 100644
--- a/src/encoding/buffer.cpp
+++ b/src/encoding/buffer.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 
 namespace ndn {
 
-#if NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<Buffer>::value,
               "Buffer must be MoveConstructible with noexcept");
-#endif // NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
-
-#if NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_ASSIGNABLE
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<Buffer>::value,
               "Buffer must be MoveAssignable with noexcept");
-#endif // NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_ASSIGNABLE
 
 Buffer::Buffer() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/net/address-converter.cpp b/src/net/address-converter.cpp
index d84f757..e29c0c0 100644
--- a/src/net/address-converter.cpp
+++ b/src/net/address-converter.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California,
  *                         Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                         Colorado State University,
  *                         University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -27,13 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "address-converter.hpp"
 
-#if BOOST_VERSION < 105800
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
-#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
-#include <vector>
-#endif // BOOST_VERSION < 105800
-
-#include <net/if.h> // for if_nametoindex and if_indextoname
+#include <net/if.h> // for if_indextoname()
 
 namespace ndn {
 namespace ip {
@@ -49,69 +43,10 @@
   return nullopt;
 }
 
-#if BOOST_VERSION < 105800
-static unsigned int
-scopeIdFromString(const std::string& scope)
-{
-  auto id = if_nametoindex(scope.c_str());
-  if (id != 0) {
-    return id;
-  }
-
-  // cannot find a corresponding index, assume it's not a name but an interface index
-  try {
-    return boost::lexical_cast<unsigned int>(scope);
-  }
-  catch (const boost::bad_lexical_cast&) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-}
-
-struct ParsedAddress
-{
-  boost::asio::ip::address addr;
-  std::string scope;
-};
-
-static ParsedAddress
-parseAddressFromString(const std::string& address, boost::system::error_code& ec)
-{
-  std::vector<std::string> parseResult;
-  boost::algorithm::split(parseResult, address, boost::is_any_of("%"));
-  auto addr = boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(parseResult[0], ec);
-
-  switch (parseResult.size()) {
-  case 1:
-    // regular address
-    return {addr, ""};
-  case 2:
-    // the presence of % in either an IPv4 address or a regular IPv6 address is invalid
-    if (!ec && addr.is_v6() && addr.to_v6().is_link_local()) {
-      return {addr, parseResult[1]};
-    }
-    NDN_CXX_FALLTHROUGH;
-  default:
-    ec = boost::asio::error::invalid_argument;
-    return {};
-  }
-}
-#endif // BOOST_VERSION < 105800
-
 boost::asio::ip::address
 addressFromString(const std::string& address, boost::system::error_code& ec)
 {
-  // boost < 1.58 cannot recognize scope-id in link-local IPv6 address
-#if BOOST_VERSION < 105800
-  auto parsedAddress = parseAddressFromString(address, ec);
-  if (ec || parsedAddress.addr.is_v4()) {
-    return parsedAddress.addr;
-  }
-  auto addr = parsedAddress.addr.to_v6();
-  addr.scope_id(scopeIdFromString(parsedAddress.scope));
-  return addr;
-#else
   return boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(address, ec);
-#endif // BOOST_VERSION < 105800
 }
 
 boost::asio::ip::address
diff --git a/src/security/transform/verifier-filter.cpp b/src/security/transform/verifier-filter.cpp
index fca982a..f4b8e84 100644
--- a/src/security/transform/verifier-filter.cpp
+++ b/src/security/transform/verifier-filter.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -75,13 +75,7 @@
 void
 VerifierFilter::finalize()
 {
-  int res = EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(m_impl->ctx,
-#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x1000200fL
-                                  const_cast<uint8_t*>(m_impl->sig),
-#else
-                                  m_impl->sig,
-#endif
-                                  m_impl->siglen);
+  int res = EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(m_impl->ctx, m_impl->sig, m_impl->siglen);
 
   auto buffer = make_unique<OBuffer>(1);
   (*buffer)[0] = (res == 1) ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/src/util/backports-optional.hpp b/src/util/backports-optional.hpp
index accae69..73e1068 100644
--- a/src/util/backports-optional.hpp
+++ b/src/util/backports-optional.hpp
@@ -107,18 +107,7 @@
 };
 constexpr nullopt_t nullopt{0};
 
-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
 using boost::bad_optional_access;
-#else
-class bad_optional_access : public std::logic_error
-{
-public:
-  bad_optional_access()
-    : std::logic_error("bad optional access")
-  {
-  }
-};
-#endif
 
 template<typename T>
 constexpr bool
@@ -241,25 +230,14 @@
   T&
   value()
   {
-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
     return m_boostOptional.value();
-#else
-    if (!m_boostOptional) {
-      BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(bad_optional_access());
-    }
-    return m_boostOptional.get();
-#endif
   }
 
   template<typename U>
   constexpr T
   value_or(U&& default_value) const
   {
-#if BOOST_VERSION >= 105600
     return m_boostOptional.value_or(default_value);
-#else
-    return m_boostOptional.get_value_or(default_value);
-#endif
   }
 
 public: // modifiers
diff --git a/src/util/regex/regex-component-matcher.cpp b/src/util/regex/regex-component-matcher.cpp
index 8d1e824..aca35c1 100644
--- a/src/util/regex/regex-component-matcher.cpp
+++ b/src/util/regex/regex-component-matcher.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@
 
 namespace ndn {
 
-// Re: http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_56_0.html
-//
-//   Breaking change: corrected behavior of basic_regex<>::mark_count() to match existing
-//   documentation, basic_regex<>::subexpression(n) changed to match, see
-//   https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9227
-//
-static constexpr size_t BOOST_REGEXP_MARK_COUNT_CORRECTION =
-#if BOOST_VERSION < 105600
-    1;
-#else
-    0;
-#endif
-
 RegexComponentMatcher::RegexComponentMatcher(const std::string& expr,
                                              shared_ptr<RegexBackrefManager> backrefManager,
                                              bool isExactMatch)
@@ -56,7 +43,7 @@
   m_pseudoMatchers.clear();
   m_pseudoMatchers.push_back(make_shared<RegexPseudoMatcher>());
 
-  for (size_t i = 1; i <= m_componentRegex.mark_count() - BOOST_REGEXP_MARK_COUNT_CORRECTION; i++) {
+  for (size_t i = 1; i <= m_componentRegex.mark_count(); i++) {
     m_pseudoMatchers.push_back(make_shared<RegexPseudoMatcher>());
     m_backrefManager->pushRef(m_pseudoMatchers.back());
   }
@@ -78,7 +65,7 @@
   boost::smatch subResult;
   std::string targetStr = name.get(offset).toUri();
   if (boost::regex_match(targetStr, subResult, m_componentRegex)) {
-    for (size_t i = 1; i <= m_componentRegex.mark_count() - BOOST_REGEXP_MARK_COUNT_CORRECTION; i++) {
+    for (size_t i = 1; i <= m_componentRegex.mark_count(); i++) {
       m_pseudoMatchers[i]->resetMatchResult();
       m_pseudoMatchers[i]->setMatchResult(subResult[i]);
     }
diff --git a/src/util/scheduler-scoped-event-id.cpp b/src/util/scheduler-scoped-event-id.cpp
index f5378c8..0ca7d13 100644
--- a/src/util/scheduler-scoped-event-id.cpp
+++ b/src/util/scheduler-scoped-event-id.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Regents of the University of California.
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 namespace util {
 namespace scheduler {
 
-#if NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<ScopedEventId>::value,
               "ScopedEventId must be MoveConstructible with noexcept");
-#endif // NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
 
 ScopedEventId::ScopedEventId(Scheduler& scheduler)
   : m_scheduler(&scheduler)
diff --git a/src/util/signal/scoped-connection.cpp b/src/util/signal/scoped-connection.cpp
index cbbfaba..3fed4a3 100644
--- a/src/util/signal/scoped-connection.cpp
+++ b/src/util/signal/scoped-connection.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -25,14 +25,10 @@
 namespace util {
 namespace signal {
 
-#if NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
 static_assert(std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<ScopedConnection>::value,
               "ScopedConnection must be MoveConstructible with noexcept");
-#endif // NDN_CXX_HAVE_IS_NOTHROW_MOVE_CONSTRUCTIBLE
 
-ScopedConnection::ScopedConnection()
-{
-}
+ScopedConnection::ScopedConnection() = default;
 
 ScopedConnection::ScopedConnection(const Connection& connection)
   : m_connection(connection)
diff --git a/src/util/signal/signal.hpp b/src/util/signal/signal.hpp
index 9b502ab..8c76e13 100644
--- a/src/util/signal/signal.hpp
+++ b/src/util/signal/signal.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Regents of the University of California.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Regents of the University of California.
  *
  * This file is part of ndn-cxx library (NDN C++ library with eXperimental eXtensions).
  *
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define NDN_UTIL_SIGNAL_SIGNAL_HPP
 
 #include "connection.hpp"
+
 #include <list>
 
 namespace ndn {
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@
 Connection
 Signal<Owner, TArgs...>::connect(const Handler& handler)
 {
-  typename SlotList::iterator it = m_slots.insert(m_slots.end(), {handler, nullptr});
+  auto it = m_slots.insert(m_slots.end(), {handler, nullptr});
   it->disconnect = make_shared<function<void()>>(bind(&Self::disconnect, this, it));
 
   return signal::Connection(weak_ptr<function<void()>>(it->disconnect));
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@
 Connection
 Signal<Owner, TArgs...>::connectSingleShot(const Handler& handler)
 {
-  typename SlotList::iterator it = m_slots.insert(m_slots.end(), {nullptr, nullptr});
+  auto it = m_slots.insert(m_slots.end(), {nullptr, nullptr});
   it->disconnect = make_shared<function<void()>>(bind(&Self::disconnect, this, it));
   signal::Connection conn(weak_ptr<function<void()>>(it->disconnect));
 
@@ -189,8 +190,6 @@
 void
 Signal<Owner, TArgs...>::disconnect(typename SlotList::iterator it)
 {
-  // 'it' could be const_iterator, but gcc 4.6 doesn't support std::list::erase(const_iterator)
-
   if (m_isExecuting) {
     // during signal emission, only the currently executing handler can be disconnected
     BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(it == m_currentSlot, "cannot disconnect another handler from a handler");
diff --git a/src/util/time.hpp b/src/util/time.hpp
index cf497af..0d1250d 100644
--- a/src/util/time.hpp
+++ b/src/util/time.hpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
  * \param format desired output format (default: `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S`)
  * \param locale desired locale (default: "C" locale)
  *
- * \sa http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html#date_time.format_flags
+ * \sa https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html#date_time.format_flags
  *     describes possible formatting flags
  **/
 std::string
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
  * \param format input output format (default: `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S`)
  * \param locale input locale (default: "C" locale)
  *
- * \sa http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_54_0/doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html#date_time.format_flags
+ * \sa https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/doc/html/date_time/date_time_io.html#date_time.format_flags
  *     describes possible formatting flags
  */
 system_clock::TimePoint
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 96740c3..f37418d 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 def options(opt):
     opt.load(['compiler_cxx', 'gnu_dirs', 'c_osx'])
-    opt.load(['default-compiler-flags', 'compiler-features', 'type_traits',
+    opt.load(['default-compiler-flags', 'compiler-features',
               'coverage', 'pch', 'sanitizers', 'osx-frameworks',
               'boost', 'openssl', 'sqlite3',
               'doxygen', 'sphinx_build'],
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         conf.fatal('Either static library or shared library must be enabled')
 
     conf.load(['compiler_cxx', 'gnu_dirs', 'c_osx',
-               'default-compiler-flags', 'compiler-features', 'type_traits',
+               'default-compiler-flags', 'compiler-features',
                'pch', 'osx-frameworks', 'boost', 'openssl', 'sqlite3',
                'doxygen', 'sphinx_build'])
 
@@ -89,15 +89,13 @@
                                    'linux/netlink.h', 'linux/rtnetlink.h']):
         conf.env['HAVE_RTNETLINK'] = True
         conf.check_cxx(msg='Checking for IFA_FLAGS', define_name='HAVE_IFA_FLAGS', mandatory=False,
-                       fragment='''
-                       #include <linux/if_addr.h>
-                       int main() { return IFA_FLAGS; }
-                       ''')
+                       fragment='''#include <linux/if_addr.h>
+                                   int main() { return IFA_FLAGS; }''')
 
     conf.check_osx_frameworks()
 
     conf.check_sqlite3(mandatory=True)
-    conf.check_openssl(mandatory=True, atleast_version=0x10001000) # 1.0.1
+    conf.check_openssl(mandatory=True, atleast_version=0x1000200f) # 1.0.2
 
     USED_BOOST_LIBS = ['system', 'filesystem', 'date_time', 'iostreams',
                        'regex', 'program_options', 'chrono', 'thread',
@@ -108,14 +106,11 @@
         conf.define('HAVE_TESTS', 1)
 
     conf.check_boost(lib=USED_BOOST_LIBS, mandatory=True, mt=True)
-    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 105400:
-        conf.fatal('Minimum required Boost version is 1.54.0\n'
+    if conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 105800:
+        conf.fatal('Minimum required Boost version is 1.58.0\n'
                    'Please upgrade your distribution or manually install a newer version of Boost'
                    ' (https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/nfd/wiki/Boost_FAQ)')
 
-    if conf.env['CXX_NAME'] == 'clang' and conf.env.BOOST_VERSION_NUMBER < 105800:
-        conf.env.append_value('DEFINES', 'BOOST_ASIO_HAS_STD_ARRAY=1') # Bug #4096
-
     if not conf.options.with_sqlite_locking:
         conf.define('DISABLE_SQLITE3_FS_LOCKING', 1)