diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1f702f8d..d45e7a054 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 - Dev: Removed duplicate scale in settings dialog. (#5069)
 - Dev: Fix `NotebookTab` emitting updates for every message. (#5068)
 - Dev: Added benchmark for parsing and building recent messages. (#5071)
+- Dev: Boost is depended on as a header-only library when using conan. (#5107)
 
 ## 2.4.6
 
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 0dd32c730..45955432e 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Chatterino(ConanFile):
         "with_benchmark": False,
         "with_openssl3": False,
         "openssl*:shared": True,
+        "boost*:header_only": True,
     }
     options = {
         "with_benchmark": [True, False],
@@ -29,13 +30,15 @@ class Chatterino(ConanFile):
             self.requires("openssl/1.1.1t")
 
     def generate(self):
-        copy_bin = lambda dep, selector, subdir: copy(
-            self,
-            selector,
-            dep.cpp_info.bindirs[0],
-            path.join(self.build_folder, subdir),
-            keep_path=False,
-        )
+        def copy_bin(dep, selector, subdir):
+            src = path.realpath(dep.cpp_info.bindirs[0])
+            dst = path.realpath(path.join(self.build_folder, subdir))
+
+            if src == dst:
+                return
+
+            copy(self, selector, src, dst, keep_path=False)
+
         for dep in self.dependencies.values():
             # macOS
             copy_bin(dep, "*.dylib", "bin")