diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
index aaf36aab59..a382bbeb07 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include <MyGUI_InputManager.h>
 #include <MyGUI_LayerManager.h>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #include <components/compiler/exception.hpp>
 #include <components/compiler/extensions0.hpp>
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     void Console::executeFile (const std::string& path)
     {
-        namespace bfs = boost::filesystem;
-        bfs::ifstream stream ((bfs::path(path)));
+        std::ifstream stream ((std::filesystem::path(path)));
 
         if (!stream.is_open())
             printError ("failed to open file: " + path);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 95a437ceaa..2a4855f4a3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <chrono>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <thread>
 
 #include <osgViewer/Viewer>
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ namespace MWGui
     {
         mScalingFactor = std::clamp(Settings::Manager::getFloat("scaling factor", "GUI"), 0.5f, 8.f);
         mGuiPlatform = new osgMyGUI::Platform(viewer, guiRoot, resourceSystem->getImageManager(), mScalingFactor);
-        mGuiPlatform->initialise(resourcePath, (boost::filesystem::path(logpath) / "MyGUI.log").generic_string());
+        mGuiPlatform->initialise(resourcePath, (std::filesystem::path(logpath) / "MyGUI.log").generic_string());
 
         mGui = new MyGUI::Gui;
         mGui->initialise("");
diff --git a/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp b/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp
index e5b730b4c4..02c70d29cb 100644
--- a/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp
+++ b/components/bsa/bsa_file.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
 #include "bsa_file.hpp"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
-
-#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 
 using namespace Bsa;
 
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ void BSAFile::readHeader()
      */
     assert(!mIsLoaded);
 
-    namespace bfs = boost::filesystem;
-    bfs::ifstream input(bfs::path(mFilename), std::ios_base::binary);
+    std::ifstream input(std::filesystem::path(mFilename), std::ios_base::binary);
 
     // Total archive size
     std::streamoff fsize = 0;
@@ -195,8 +194,7 @@ void BSAFile::readHeader()
 /// Write header information to the output sink
 void Bsa::BSAFile::writeHeader()
 {
-    namespace bfs = boost::filesystem;
-    bfs::fstream output(mFilename, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
+    std::fstream output(mFilename, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
 
     uint32_t head[3];
     head[0] = 0x100;
@@ -237,11 +235,11 @@ void BSAFile::open(const std::string &file)
         close();
 
     mFilename = file;
-    if(boost::filesystem::exists(file))
+    if(std::filesystem::exists(file))
         readHeader();
     else
     {
-        { boost::filesystem::fstream(mFilename, std::ios::binary | std::ios::out); }
+        { std::fstream(mFilename, std::ios::binary | std::ios::out); }
         writeHeader();
         mIsLoaded = true;
     }
@@ -262,13 +260,12 @@ void Bsa::BSAFile::addFile(const std::string& filename, std::istream& file)
 {
     if (!mIsLoaded)
         fail("Unable to add file " + filename + " the archive is not opened");
-    namespace bfs = boost::filesystem;
 
     auto newStartOfDataBuffer = 12 + (12 + 8) * (mFiles.size() + 1) + mStringBuf.size() + filename.size() + 1;
     if (mFiles.empty())
-        bfs::resize_file(mFilename, newStartOfDataBuffer);
+        std::filesystem::resize_file(mFilename, newStartOfDataBuffer);
 
-    bfs::fstream stream(mFilename, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
+    std::fstream stream(mFilename, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in | std::ios::out);
 
     FileStruct newFile;
     file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
diff --git a/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.cpp b/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.cpp
index e4117a0b89..6c0eb47319 100644
--- a/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.cpp
+++ b/components/bsa/compressedbsafile.cpp
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <cassert>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #include <lz4frame.h>
 
 #include <boost/scoped_array.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/iostreams/filtering_streambuf.hpp>
 #include <boost/iostreams/copy.hpp>
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ void CompressedBSAFile::readHeader()
 {
     assert(!mIsLoaded);
 
-    namespace bfs = boost::filesystem;
-    bfs::ifstream input(bfs::path(mFilename), std::ios_base::binary);
+    std::ifstream input(std::filesystem::path(mFilename), std::ios_base::binary);
 
     // Total archive size
     std::streamoff fsize = 0;
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ CompressedBSAFile::FileRecord CompressedBSAFile::getFileRecord(const std::string
     std::string path = str;
     std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), '\\', '/');
 
-    boost::filesystem::path p(path);
+    std::filesystem::path p(path);
     std::string stem = p.stem().string();
     std::string ext = p.extension().string();
     p.remove_filename();
@@ -408,8 +407,7 @@ Files::IStreamPtr CompressedBSAFile::getFile(const FileRecord& fileRecord)
 
 BsaVersion CompressedBSAFile::detectVersion(const std::string& filePath)
 {
-    namespace bfs = boost::filesystem;
-    bfs::ifstream input(bfs::path(filePath), std::ios_base::binary);
+    std::ifstream input(std::filesystem::path(filePath), std::ios_base::binary);
 
     // Total archive size
     std::streamoff fsize = 0;
diff --git a/components/config/launchersettings.cpp b/components/config/launchersettings.cpp
index f0d9093993..11ced3c145 100644
--- a/components/config/launchersettings.cpp
+++ b/components/config/launchersettings.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
-
 #include <components/files/configurationmanager.hpp>
 
 const char Config::LauncherSettings::sCurrentContentListKey[] = "Profiles/currentprofile";
diff --git a/components/esm3/esmreader.cpp b/components/esm3/esmreader.cpp
index 68228a8156..290dfe1a5a 100644
--- a/components/esm3/esmreader.cpp
+++ b/components/esm3/esmreader.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #include "esmreader.hpp"
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
 #include <components/misc/stringops.hpp>
 #include <components/files/openfile.hpp>
 
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 
 namespace ESM
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void ESMReader::resolveParentFileIndices(const std::vector<ESMReader>& allPlugin
             if (reader.getFileSize() == 0)
                 continue;  // Content file in non-ESM format
             const std::string& candidate = reader.getName();
-            std::string fnamecandidate = boost::filesystem::path(candidate).filename().string();
+            std::string fnamecandidate = std::filesystem::path(candidate).filename().string();
             if (Misc::StringUtils::ciEqual(fname, fnamecandidate)) {
                 index = i;
                 break;
diff --git a/components/fontloader/fontloader.cpp b/components/fontloader/fontloader.cpp
index b67283d01f..657a887cbd 100644
--- a/components/fontloader/fontloader.cpp
+++ b/components/fontloader/fontloader.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "fontloader.hpp"
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <array>
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ namespace Gui
 
         const std::string cfg = dataManager->getDataPath("");
         const std::string fontFile = mUserDataPath + "/" + "Fonts" + "/" + "openmw_font.xml";
-        if (!boost::filesystem::exists(fontFile))
+        if (!std::filesystem::exists(fontFile))
             return;
 
         dataManager->setResourcePath(mUserDataPath + "/" + "Fonts");
diff --git a/components/fontloader/fontloader.hpp b/components/fontloader/fontloader.hpp
index 8a46a0069e..ee54e077a5 100644
--- a/components/fontloader/fontloader.hpp
+++ b/components/fontloader/fontloader.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef OPENMW_COMPONENTS_FONTLOADER_H
 #define OPENMW_COMPONENTS_FONTLOADER_H
 
-#include "boost/filesystem/operations.hpp"
-
 #include <MyGUI_XmlDocument.h>
 #include <MyGUI_Version.h>
 
diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp
index 1aa16946a4..62023c8366 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguidatamanager.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <MyGUI_DataFileStream.h>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #include <components/debug/debuglog.hpp>
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ void DataManager::setResourcePath(const std::string &path)
 MyGUI::IDataStream *DataManager::getData(const std::string &name) const
 {
     std::string fullpath = getDataPath(name);
-    std::unique_ptr<boost::filesystem::ifstream> stream;
-    stream.reset(new boost::filesystem::ifstream);
+    std::unique_ptr<std::ifstream> stream;
+    stream.reset(new std::ifstream);
     stream->open(fullpath, std::ios::binary);
     if (stream->fail())
     {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void DataManager::freeData(MyGUI::IDataStream *data)
 bool DataManager::isDataExist(const std::string &name) const
 {
     std::string fullpath = mResourcePath + "/" + name;
-    return boost::filesystem::exists(fullpath);
+    return std::filesystem::exists(fullpath);
 }
 
 const MyGUI::VectorString &DataManager::getDataListNames(const std::string &pattern) const
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/screencapture.cpp b/components/sceneutil/screencapture.cpp
index 99cb535326..97a22e94aa 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/screencapture.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/screencapture.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 #include <osgDB/ReaderWriter>
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
 
 #include <cassert>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ namespace SceneUtil
             lastFileName = stream.str();
             lastFilePath = screenshotPath + "/" + lastFileName;
 
-        } while (boost::filesystem::exists(lastFilePath));
+        } while (std::filesystem::exists(lastFilePath));
 
-        boost::filesystem::ofstream outStream;
-        outStream.open(boost::filesystem::path(std::move(lastFilePath)), std::ios::binary);
+        std::ofstream outStream;
+        outStream.open(std::filesystem::path(std::move(lastFilePath)), std::ios::binary);
 
         osgDB::ReaderWriter* readerwriter = osgDB::Registry::instance()->getReaderWriterForExtension(screenshotFormat);
         if (!readerwriter)
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/writescene.cpp b/components/sceneutil/writescene.cpp
index 6be963ef2e..d243f521c0 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/writescene.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/writescene.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #include "writescene.hpp"
 
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <fstream>
 
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 
 #include "serialize.hpp"
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void SceneUtil::writeScene(osg::Node *node, const std::string& filename, const s
     if (!rw)
         throw std::runtime_error("can not find readerwriter for " + format);
 
-    boost::filesystem::ofstream stream;
+    std::ofstream stream;
     stream.open(filename);
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osgDB::Options> options = new osgDB::Options;
diff --git a/components/version/version.cpp b/components/version/version.cpp
index fecbdcb3f9..32b8f44ae6 100644
--- a/components/version/version.cpp
+++ b/components/version/version.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #include "version.hpp"
 
-#include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
-#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
 
 namespace Version
 {
 
 Version getOpenmwVersion(const std::string &resourcePath)
 {
-    boost::filesystem::path path (resourcePath + "/version");
+    std::filesystem::path path (resourcePath + "/version");
 
-    boost::filesystem::ifstream stream (path);
+    std::ifstream stream (path);
 
     Version v;
     std::getline(stream, v.mVersion);
diff --git a/components/vfs/filesystemarchive.cpp b/components/vfs/filesystemarchive.cpp
index 839f84de57..206d9aff0c 100644
--- a/components/vfs/filesystemarchive.cpp
+++ b/components/vfs/filesystemarchive.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <filesystem>
 
 #include <components/debug/debuglog.hpp>
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace VFS
     {
         if (!mBuiltIndex)
         {
-            typedef boost::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator directory_iterator;
+            typedef std::filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator directory_iterator;
 
             directory_iterator end;
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace VFS
 
             for (directory_iterator i (mPath); i != end; ++i)
             {
-                if(boost::filesystem::is_directory (*i))
+                if(std::filesystem::is_directory (*i))
                     continue;
 
                 std::string proper = i->path ().string ();