diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/PlistCpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/PlistCpp/default.nix
index c2d5e6dceac..4eea44e3ba0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/PlistCpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/PlistCpp/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "10jn6bvm9vn6492zix2pd724v5h4lccmkqg3lxfw8r0qg3av0yzv";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "1i #include <algorithm>" src/Plist.cpp
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ boost NSPlist pugixml ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 34955002822..0b167eb2d54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -40427,9 +40427,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   NSPlist = callPackage ../development/libraries/NSPlist { };
 
-  PlistCpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/PlistCpp {
-    boost = boost172;
-  };
+  PlistCpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/PlistCpp { };
 
   xib2nib = callPackage ../development/tools/xib2nib { };