diff --git a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp
index 64415556c93..f65ab71a35b 100644
--- a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp
+++ b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #define USE_PRIVATE 1
-#define USE_BOOST 1
+//#define USE_BOOST 1
 
 #if USE_BOOST
 #include <boost/optional.hpp>
diff --git a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.pro b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.pro
index 6e8d536322d..5c2d3a9e52c 100644
--- a/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.pro
+++ b/tests/manual/gdbdebugger/simple/simple_gdbtest_app.pro
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SOURCES +=  simple_gdbtest_app.cpp
 QT += network
 QT += script
 #unix: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -msse2
+#DEFINES += USE_BOOST=1
 
 message("this says <foo & bar>")