diff --git a/eosio_build.sh b/eosio_build.sh
index dd1ebbec1c37eda6137a50b449ae3338df06717d..8385a1e5db28200a23483de70b7e25f35cf11b91 100755
--- a/eosio_build.sh
+++ b/eosio_build.sh
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
 				export LLVM_DIR=${HOME}/opt/wasm/lib/cmake/llvm
 				export CMAKE=${HOME}/opt/cmake/bin/cmake
 				export PATH=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/bin:$PATH
-				export BOOST_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/boost"
 			;;
 			"CentOS Linux")
 				FILE="${PWD}/scripts/eosio_build_centos.sh"
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@
 				export LLVM_DIR=${HOME}/opt/wasm/lib/cmake/llvm
 				export CMAKE=${HOME}/opt/cmake/bin/cmake
 				export PATH=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/bin:$PATH
-				export BOOST_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/boost"
 			;;
 			"elementary OS")
 				FILE="${PWD}/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh"
@@ -161,7 +159,6 @@
 				C_COMPILER=clang-4.0
 				MONGOD_CONF=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/mongod.conf
 				export PATH=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/bin:$PATH
-				export BOOST_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/boost"
 			;;
 			"Fedora")
 				FILE="${PWD}/scripts/eosio_build_fedora.sh"
@@ -169,7 +166,6 @@
 				C_COMPILER=gcc
 				MONGOD_CONF=/etc/mongod.conf
 				export LLVM_DIR=${HOME}/opt/wasm/lib/cmake/llvm
-				export BOOST_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/boost"
 			;;
 			"Linux Mint")
 				FILE="${PWD}/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh"
@@ -177,7 +173,6 @@
 				C_COMPILER=clang-4.0
 				MONGOD_CONF=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/mongod.conf
 				export PATH=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/bin:$PATH
-				export BOOST_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/boost"
 			;;
 			"Ubuntu")
 				FILE="${PWD}/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh"
@@ -185,13 +180,13 @@
 				C_COMPILER=clang-4.0
 				MONGOD_CONF=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/mongod.conf
 				export PATH=${HOME}/opt/mongodb/bin:$PATH
-				export BOOST_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/boost"
 			;;
 			*)
 				printf "\\n\\tUnsupported Linux Distribution. Exiting now.\\n\\n"
 				exit 1
 		esac
 
+		export BOOST_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/boost"
 		OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/include/openssl
 		WASM_ROOT="${HOME}/opt/wasm"
 	fi
diff --git a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
index e27372b72a23a36736d299f1b9875d4a91a37ecf..79c112330c4399c975d7ac7fa39b327b7be18385 100644
--- a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 	DEP_ARRAY=(clang-4.0 lldb-4.0 libclang-4.0-dev cmake make automake libbz2-dev libssl-dev \
 	libgmp3-dev autotools-dev build-essential libicu-dev python2.7-dev python3-dev \
-        autoconf libtool curl zlib1g-dev doxygen graphviz)
+    autoconf libtool curl zlib1g-dev doxygen graphviz)
 	COUNT=1
 	DISPLAY=""
 	DEP=""