diff --git a/office/abiword/patches/boost_asio.patch b/office/abiword/patches/boost_asio.patch
index 0632f8ff79..b4535655ca 100644
--- a/office/abiword/patches/boost_asio.patch
+++ b/office/abiword/patches/boost_asio.patch
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  if test "$enable_collab_backend_tcp" == "yes" || \
     test "$enable_collab_backend_service" == "yes"; then
 -	COLLAB_LIBS="$COLLAB_LIBS -lgcrypt -lpthread"
-+	COLLAB_LIBS="$COLLAB_LIBS -lgcrypt -lpthread -lboost_system-mt -lboost_thread-mt"
++	COLLAB_LIBS="$COLLAB_LIBS -lgcrypt -lpthread -lboost_system -lboost_thread"
  fi
  
  test "$enable_collab" == "auto" && PLUGINS="$PLUGINS collab"