diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e7fb4a927..54d92c238 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fi
 if test "x$CXXFLAGS_overridden" = "xno"; then
   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-self-assign"
 fi
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS"
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([utils],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-utils],
diff --git a/src/rpcprotocol.cpp b/src/rpcprotocol.cpp
index 684feb823..ecc1d952a 100644
--- a/src/rpcprotocol.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcprotocol.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ int ReadHTTPMessage(std::basic_istream<char>& stream, map<string,
  *
  * 1.0 spec: http://json-rpc.org/wiki/specification
  * 1.2 spec: http://jsonrpc.org/historical/json-rpc-over-http.html
- * http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/JSON_Spirit.aspx
  */
 
 string JSONRPCRequest(const string& strMethod, const UniValue& params, const UniValue& id)