diff --git a/src/H5ChunkedWriter.cpp b/src/H5ChunkedWriter.cpp
index 7f3d293..e3e2fef 100644
--- a/src/H5ChunkedWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/H5ChunkedWriter.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <iostream>
-
 #include "H5ChunkedWriter.hpp"
 #include "h5_file_format.hpp"
 
@@ -229,5 +228,4 @@ hsize_t HDF5ChunkedWriter::prepare_storage_for_frame(size_t frame_index, size_t*
     return relative_frame_index;
 }
 
-void HDF5ChunkedWriter::write_format(h5_base& format_root, std::map<std::string, h5_value>& values) {
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+void HDF5ChunkedWriter::write_format(h5_base& format_root, std::map<std::string, h5_value>& values) {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/H5ChunkedWriter.hpp b/src/H5ChunkedWriter.hpp
index bb7f029..b4946fc 100644
--- a/src/H5ChunkedWriter.hpp
+++ b/src/H5ChunkedWriter.hpp
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@
 #include <map>
 #include "config.hpp"
 #include "h5_file_format.hpp"
-#include <boost/any.hpp>
 
 hsize_t expand_dataset(const H5::DataSet& dataset, hsize_t frame_index, hsize_t dataset_increase_step);
 
 void compact_dataset(const H5::DataSet& dataset, hsize_t max_frame_index);
 
-typedef boost::any h5_value;
-
 class HDF5ChunkedWriter
 {
     // Initialized in constructor.