diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index cff9dbcd..7fb996ad 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -6,78 +6,29 @@
       '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src',
       '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/leveldb/include',
       '/usr/include',
-      '/usr/include/boost'
-      # include our own boost
-      # './deps'
+      '/usr/include/boost',
+      # './deps',
     ],
     'sources': [
-      './src/bitcoindjs.cc'
+      './src/bitcoindjs.cc',
     ],
     'defines': [
-      'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP'
-      #'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR'
+      'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP',
+      #'HAVE_WORKING_BOOST_SLEEP_FOR',
     ],
     'cflags_cc': [
       '-fexceptions',
-      '-frtti'
+      '-frtti',
     ],
     'libraries': [
       # standard libs:
       '-L/usr/lib',
       '-L/usr/local/lib',
-
       # boost:
-      #'-lboost_system-mt',
       '-lboost_system',
-
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_atomic.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_chrono.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_context.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_coroutine.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_date_time.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_filesystem.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_graph.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_graph_parallel.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_iostreams.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_locale.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_log.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_log_setup.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_math_c99.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_math_c99f.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_math_c99l.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_math_tr1.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_math_tr1f.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_math_tr1l.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_mpi.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_mpi_python.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_prg_exec_monitor.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_program_options.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_python.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_python3.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_random.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_regex.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_serialization.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_signals.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_system.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_thread.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_timer.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_unit_test_framework.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_wave.so',
-      #'-L/usr/lib/libboost_wserialization.so',
-
-      # statically link leveldb - shouldn't be necessary, but build fails without it:
+      # leveldb:
       '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a',
-
-      # bdb - should already be done:
-      # '-L/usr/lib/libdb-5.3.so',
-      # '-L/usr/lib/libdb_cxx-5.3.so',
-      # '-L/usr/lib/libdb-4.8.so',
-      # '-L/usr/lib/libdb_cxx-4.8.so',
-
       # bitcoind:
-      # NOTE: Rename this to bitcoind.o so we can statically link to it.
-      # '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind.o',
-      # '-L/usr/lib/bitcoind.o',
       # '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind',
       '-L/usr/bin/bitcoind',
     ]