diff --git a/recipes-support/boost-url/boost-url_%.bbappend b/recipes-support/boost-url/boost-url_%.bbappend
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+EXTRA_OECMAKE_append_openbmc-phosphor = "-DBOOST_URL_STANDALONE=ON"
diff --git a/recipes-support/boost/boost_%.bbappend b/recipes-support/boost/boost_%.bbappend
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+#This is largely to improve our build times by not building or installing
+#modules that OpenBMC does not use by our coding standard.  Another thing to
+#note is that for most targets, coroutine and context libraries are also added
+#with a BOOST_LIBS_append_<platform> for most targets.  Chrono/Thread should not
+#be relied directly, but are required dependencies of context and coroutine.
+#See the relevant portion of the openbmc coding standard with regards to boost
+#libraries
+#
+#https://github.com/openbmc/docs/blob/master/cpp-style-and-conventions.md#boost
+#
+BOOST_LIBS_openbmc-phosphor = "chrono thread"
+