diff --git a/scripts/setup-centos8.sh b/scripts/setup-centos8.sh
index 1a1157af50899..7fac916d4c628 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-centos8.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-centos8.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function install_boost {
   (
    cd boost
    ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local
-   ./b2 "-j$(nproc)" -d0 install threading=multi
+   ./b2 "-j$(nproc)" -d0 install threading=multi --without-python
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index 822027ee34f64..c71b5044edf9d 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function install_fmt {
 function install_boost {
   github_checkout boostorg/boost "${BOOST_VERSION}" --recursive
   ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr/local
-  ${SUDO} ./b2 "-j$(nproc)" -d0 install threading=multi
+  ${SUDO} ./b2 "-j$(nproc)" -d0 install threading=multi --without-python
 }
 
 function install_folly {