diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f7ee45a..4b0e75be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 find_package(pugixml REQUIRED)
 find_package(imgui REQUIRED)
 find_package(RapidJSON REQUIRED)
-find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options filesystem nowide REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options nowide REQUIRED)
 find_package(libzip REQUIRED)
 find_package(glslang REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index a1d5b8ab..6ce9333b 100644
--- a/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ target_link_libraries(CemuCommon PRIVATE
 	CemuConfig
 	CemuComponents
 	Boost::nowide
-	Boost::filesystem
 	glm::glm
 )
 
diff --git a/src/Common/precompiled.h b/src/Common/precompiled.h
index 795bc351..828a7e53 100644
--- a/src/Common/precompiled.h
+++ b/src/Common/precompiled.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 #include <boost/nowide/convert.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <glm/glm.hpp>
 #include <glm/gtc/quaternion.hpp>
 
diff --git a/src/input/InputManager.cpp b/src/input/InputManager.cpp
index 4ae43ce3..48fc63d6 100644
--- a/src/input/InputManager.cpp
+++ b/src/input/InputManager.cpp
@@ -808,9 +808,6 @@ std::vector<std::string> InputManager::get_profiles()
 
 bool InputManager::is_valid_profilename(const std::string& name)
 {
-	if (!boost::filesystem::windows_name(name))
-		return false;
-
 	// dont allow default profile names
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < kMaxController; i++)
 	{