diff --git a/repos/hlrs/packages/extrae/package.py b/repos/hlrs/packages/extrae/package.py
index d73f547..c37dec9 100644
--- a/repos/hlrs/packages/extrae/package.py
+++ b/repos/hlrs/packages/extrae/package.py
@@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ class Extrae(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on("mpi")
     depends_on("libunwind")
 
-    # TODO: replace this with an explicit list of components of Boost,
-    # for instance depends_on('boost +filesystem')
-    # See https://github.com/spack/spack/pull/22303 for reference
-    depends_on(Boost.with_default_variants)
+
     depends_on("libdwarf")
     depends_on("papi")
     depends_on("elf", type="link")
@@ -78,6 +75,10 @@ class Extrae(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     variant("dyninst", default=False, description="Use dyninst for dynamic code installation")
     depends_on("dyninst@:9", when="+dyninst")
+    # TODO: replace this with an explicit list of components of Boost,
+    # for instance depends_on('boost +filesystem')
+    # See https://github.com/spack/spack/pull/22303 for reference
+    depends_on(Boost.with_default_variants, when="+dyninst")
 
     variant("papi", default=True, description="Use PAPI to collect performance counters")
     depends_on("papi", when="+papi")
@@ -99,7 +100,6 @@ class Extrae(AutotoolsPackage):
         args = [
             "--with-mpi=%s" % mpiroot,
             "--with-unwind=%s" % spec["libunwind"].prefix,
-            "--with-boost=%s" % spec["boost"].prefix,
             "--with-dwarf=%s" % spec["libdwarf"].prefix,
             "--with-elf=%s" % spec["elf"].prefix,
             "--with-xml-prefix=%s" % spec["libxml2"].prefix,
@@ -113,9 +113,10 @@ class Extrae(AutotoolsPackage):
         )
 
         args += (
-            ["--with-dyninst=%s" % spec["dyninst"].prefix]
+            ["--with-dyninst=%s" % spec["dyninst"].prefix,
+             "--with-boost=%s" % spec["boost"].prefix]
             if "+dyninst" in self.spec
-            else ["--without-dyninst"]
+            else ["--without-dyninst", "--without-boost"]
         )
 
         args += (