diff --git a/cmake/BornAgain/Dependences.cmake b/cmake/BornAgain/Dependences.cmake
index 5f23a41613532d84569111d75cdeef5a2e948a14..849b6c9abaf270db9d54d26486adfb711c0407c4 100644
--- a/cmake/BornAgain/Dependences.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BornAgain/Dependences.cmake
@@ -58,33 +58,20 @@ add_definitions(-DBOOST_UUID_FORCE_AUTO_LINK) # line is needed to link bcrypt fo
 
 # Boost component libraries (do not list headers here)
 set(boost_libraries_required iostreams program_options)
+# NOTE: `FindBoost` CMake module internally adds Boost::regex as an extra dependency for Boost::iostream
+
 if(WIN32)
-    # system seems to be indirectly required
-    list(APPEND boost_libraries_required system)
-    find_package(BZip2 REQUIRED)
-    find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-    find_package(LibLZMA REQUIRED)
-    find_library(ZSTD_LIBRARY NAMES zstd)
+    # On Windows, additional libaries are required for Boost::iostream
+    list(APPEND boost_libraries_required zlib bzip2)
 endif()
+
+message(STATUS "Boost required libraries: ${boost_libraries_required}")
 find_package(Boost 1.65.1 COMPONENTS ${boost_libraries_required})
 message(STATUS "Boost: includes at ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}, libraries at ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
 if(NOT Boost_FOUND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Not all required Boost component libraries were found")
 endif()
 
-# requires these libs in target_link_libraries for win only
-set(Boost_Additional_Libraries "")
-if(WIN32)
-    list(APPEND Boost_Additional_Libraries ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES} ${ZSTD_LIBRARY})
-endif()
-
-if(Boost_Additional_Libraries)
-    message(STATUS "Additional libraries required for Boost:")
-    foreach(lib ${Boost_Additional_Libraries})
-        message("    ${lib}")
-    endforeach()
-endif()
-
 # === optional packages ===
 
 # --- MPI support ---