diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf7cba2..f48c6c5 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ git clone https://github.com/monero-project/monero
 
 cd monero/
 
-
 make
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/tools.cpp b/src/tools.cpp
index 3a4461a..84b7c3d 100755
--- a/src/tools.cpp
+++ b/src/tools.cpp
@@ -799,16 +799,6 @@ timestamps_time_scale(const vector<uint64_t>& timestamps,
     return make_pair(empty_time, scale);
 }
 
-// useful reference to get epoch time in correct timezon
-// http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_41_0/doc/html/date_time/examples.html#date_time.examples.seconds_since_epoch
-time_t
-ptime_to_time_t(const pt::ptime& in_ptime)
-{
-    static pt::ptime epoch(gt::date(1970, 1, 1));
-    pt::time_duration::sec_type no_seconds = (in_ptime - epoch).total_seconds();
-    return time_t(no_seconds);
-}
-
 bool
 decode_ringct(const rct::rctSig& rv,
               const crypto::public_key &pub,
diff --git a/src/tools.h b/src/tools.h
index 7eeb9f1..5e27bb7 100755
--- a/src/tools.h
+++ b/src/tools.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/optional.hpp>
-#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 
 
 #include <string>
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ using namespace crypto;
 using namespace std;
 
 namespace bf = boost::filesystem;
-namespace pt = boost::posix_time;
-namespace gt = boost::gregorian;
-namespace lt = boost::local_time;
+//namespace pt = boost::posix_time;
+//namespace gt = boost::gregorian;
 
 
 using json = nlohmann::json;
@@ -184,8 +183,6 @@ timestamps_time_scale(const vector<uint64_t>& timestamps,
                   uint64_t time0 = 1397818193 /* timestamp of the second block */);
 
 
-time_t
-ptime_to_time_t(const pt::ptime& in_ptime);
 
 bool
 decode_ringct(const rct::rctSig & rv,