diff --git a/eosio_build.sh b/eosio_build.sh
index e97823cbe1f8f78ff3a0a42cdf3dda239a4501fc..b1b98267c9a28d365f1a1390d645f85cc1074856 100755
--- a/eosio_build.sh
+++ b/eosio_build.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 
 	printf "\n\tBeginning build version: ${VERSION}\n"
 	printf "\t$( date -u )\n"
+	printf "\tUser: $( whoami )\n"
 	printf "\tgit head id: $( cat .git/refs/heads/master )\n"
 	printf "\tCurrent branch: $( git branch | grep \* )\n"
 	printf "\n\tARCHITECTURE: ${ARCH}\n"
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@
 		FILE=${WORK_DIR}/scripts/eosio_build_darwin.sh
 		CXX_COMPILER=clang++
 		C_COMPILER=clang
+		export BOOST_ROOT=/usr/local
 		MONGOD_CONF=/usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
 		OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl
 		export WASM_ROOT=/usr/local/wasm
diff --git a/scripts/eosio_build_darwin.sh b/scripts/eosio_build_darwin.sh
index e14b8ea71c43c0e16871577e305c77722a1cb4c0..7a7d31c641ab58b3cc051bb1211fa893bbd7695c 100644
--- a/scripts/eosio_build_darwin.sh
+++ b/scripts/eosio_build_darwin.sh
@@ -97,19 +97,6 @@
 	do
 		printf "\tChecking $name ... "
 		if [ ${tester} ${testee} ]; then
-			# check boost version, it should be 1_66
-			if [ "${brewname}" = "boost" ]; then
-				BVERSION=`cat "${testee}" 2>/dev/null | grep "#define BOOST_VERSION" | tail -1 \
-				| tr -s ' ' | cut -d\  -f3`
-				if [ ${BVERSION} < 106600 ]; then
-					BOOST_CHECK=1
-					DEP=$DEP"${brewname} "
-					DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}${COUNT}. ${name}\n\t"
-					printf "\t\t ${name} ${bldred}needs updating.${txtrst}.\n"
-					let COUNT++
-					continue
-				fi
-			fi
 			printf '\t\t %s found\n' "$name"
 			continue
 		fi
@@ -183,6 +170,73 @@
 		printf "\n\tNo required Home Brew dependencies to install.\n"
 	fi
 		
+	printf "\n\tChecking boost library installation.\n"
+	BVERSION=`cat "${BOOST_ROOT}/include/boost/version.hpp" 2>/dev/null | grep BOOST_LIB_VERSION | tail -1 | tr -s ' ' | cut -d\  -f3 | sed 's/[^0-9_]//g'`
+	if [ "${BVERSION}" != "1_67" ]; then
+		if [ ! -z "${BVERSION}" ]; then
+			printf "\tFound Boost Version ${BVERSION}.\n"
+			printf "\tEOS.IO requires Boost version 1.66.\n"
+			printf "\tWould you like to uninstall version ${BVERSION} and install Boost version 1.66.\n"
+			select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
+				case $yn in
+					[Yy]* )
+						printf "\tRemoving Boost Version ${BVERSION}.\n"
+						if [ -L "/usr/local/include/boost/version.hpp" ]; then 
+							brew remove boost 2>/dev/null
+							if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+								printf "\tUnable to remove boost libraries at this time. 0\n"
+								printf "\tExiting now.\n\n"
+								exit 1;
+							fi
+						else
+							sudo rm -rf "${BOOST_ROOT}/include/boost"
+							if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+								printf "\tUnable to remove boost libraries at this time. 1\n"
+								printf "\tExiting now.\n\n"
+								exit;
+							fi
+							sudo rm -rf "${BOOST_ROOT}/lib/libboost*"
+							if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+								printf "\tUnable to remove boost libraries at this time. 2\n"
+								printf "\tExiting now.\n\n"
+								exit;
+							fi
+						fi
+					break;;
+					[Nn]* ) echo "User cancalled installation of Boost libraries, Exiting now."; exit;;
+					* ) echo "Please type 1 for yes or 2 for no.";;
+				esac
+			done
+		fi
+		printf "\tInstalling boost libraries.\n"
+		cd ${TEMP_DIR}
+		STATUS=$(curl -LO -w '%{http_code}' --connect-timeout 30 https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/boost_1_66_0.tar.bz2)
+		if [ "${STATUS}" -ne 200 ]; then
+			printf "\tUnable to download Boost libraries at this time.\n"
+			printf "\tExiting now.\n\n"
+			exit;
+		fi
+		tar xf ${TEMP_DIR}/boost_1_66_0.tar.bz2
+		rm -f  ${TEMP_DIR}/boost_1_66_0.tar.bz2
+		cd ${TEMP_DIR}/boost_1_66_0/
+		./bootstrap.sh "--prefix=$BOOST_ROOT"
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+			printf "\n\tInstallation of boost libraries failed. 0\n"
+			printf "\n\tExiting now.\n"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		./b2 install
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+			printf "\n\tInstallation of boost libraries failed. 1\n"
+			printf "\n\tExiting now.\n"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		rm -rf ${TEMP_DIR}/boost_1_66_0/
+		printf "\tBoost 1.66.0 successfully installed @ ${BOOST_ROOT}.\n"
+	else
+		printf "\tBoost 1.66.0 found at ${BOOST_ROOT}.\n"
+	fi
+
 	printf "\n\tChecking MongoDB C++ driver installation.\n"
     if [ ! -e /usr/local/lib/libmongocxx-static.a ]; then
 		cd ${TEMP_DIR}
diff --git a/scripts/eosio_build_dep b/scripts/eosio_build_dep
index 38b866ffdb67ca6ff59572a91a34208c8b62660b..7123baf02f5e7200cbb4aa62e3b645f1a3090c6e 100644
--- a/scripts/eosio_build_dep
+++ b/scripts/eosio_build_dep
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ OpenSSL,-f,/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.a,openssl,https://www.openssl.org/s
 llvm,-x,/usr/local/opt/llvm@4/bin/clang-4.0,llvm@4,http://releases.llvm.org/5.0.1/llvm-5.0.1.src.tar.xz
 wget,-x,/usr/local/bin/wget,wget,https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.19.2.tar.gz
 CMake,-x,/usr/local/bin/cmake,cmake,https://cmake.org/files/v3.10/cmake-3.10.1-Darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
-Boost,-f,/usr/local/opt/boost/include/boost/version.hpp,boost,https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.66.0/source/boost_1_66_0.tar.gz
 GMP,-f,/usr/local/opt/gmp/include/gmpxx.h,gmp,https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-6.1.2.tar.bz2
 gettext,-x,/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin/gettext,gettext,https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-latest.tar.gz
 MongoDB,-x,/usr/local/opt/mongodb/bin/mongod,mongodb,https://fastdl.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-ssl-x86_64-3.6.3.tgz