diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "1.2.1")
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
-set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.2.0")
-set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.1.0")
+set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.7.0")
+set(KF5_MIN_VERSION "5.37.0")
 
 # Silence a warning
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0037 OLD)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
-*   Qt >= 5.2
+*   Qt >= 5.7
+*   KF5 >= 5.37
 *   KF5Auth
 *   KF5ConfigWidgets
 *   KF5CoreAddons
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 *   KF5WidgetsAddons
 *   Systemd
 
-For compilers not supporting C++11, Boost >= 1.45 is needed as well.
+KF5 >= 5.37 depends on Qt >= 5.7, which requires C++11 compiler support.
 
 
 Execution
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
 include (CheckCxxFeatures)
 cxx_check_feature ("c++11" "std-chrono" "none" HAVE_CXX11_CHRONO "${ADDITIONAL_DEFINITIONS}")
 
-# Fall back to boost::chrono if std::chrono feature detection failed
-if (NOT HAVE_CXX11_CHRONO)
-  message (WARNING "Your C++ compiler does not support std::chrono properly, using boost::chrono instead.")
-  find_package(Boost 1.45.0 COMPONENTS chrono system REQUIRED)
-endif ()
-
 configure_file (kcm-systemd-features.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/kcm-systemd-features.h)
 
 include_directories (${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src)
@@ -34,7 +28,6 @@
                       KF5::I18n
                       KF5::KIOCore
                       KF5::WidgetsAddons
-                      ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
                       ${JOURNALD_LIBRARIES})
 install(TARGETS kcm_systemd DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PLUGINDIR})
 
diff --git a/src/confoption.h b/src/confoption.h
--- a/src/confoption.h
+++ b/src/confoption.h
@@ -22,19 +22,11 @@
 #include <QVariant>
 #include "kcm-systemd-features.h"
 
-#if defined(HAVE_CXX11_CHRONO)
 #include <ratio>
 #include <chrono>
 
 namespace ratio = std;
 namespace chrono = std::chrono;
-#else
-#include <boost/ratio.hpp>
-#include <boost/chrono.hpp>
-
-namespace ratio = boost;
-namespace chrono = boost::chrono;
-#endif
 
 enum settingType
 {