diff --git a/FindLog4Cpp.cmake b/FindLog4Cpp.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 00c867c1..00000000
--- a/FindLog4Cpp.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# - Try to find Log4Cpp
-# Once done this will define
-#  Log4Cpp_FOUND - System has Log4Cpp
-#  Log4Cpp_INCLUDE_DIRS - The Log4Cpp include directories
-#  Log4Cpp_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use Log4Cpp
-#  Log4Cpp_DEFINITIONS - Compiler switches required for using Log4Cpp
-
-find_package(PkgConfig)
-pkg_check_modules(PC_Log4Cpp QUIET log4cpp)
-set(Log4Cpp_DEFINITIONS ${PC_Log4Cpp_CFLAGS_OTHER})
-
-find_path(Log4Cpp_INCLUDE_DIR "log4cpp/Category.hh" HINTS ${PC_Log4Cpp_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-find_library(Log4Cpp_LIBRARY NAMES log4cpp log4cppD HINTS ${PC_Log4Cpp_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
-
-set(Log4Cpp_LIBRARIES ${Log4Cpp_LIBRARY} )
-set(Log4Cpp_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Log4Cpp_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set Log4Cpp_FOUND to TRUE
-# if all listed variables are TRUE
-find_package_handle_standard_args(
-    Log4Cpp DEFAULT_MSG Log4Cpp_LIBRARY Log4Cpp_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-mark_as_advanced(Log4Cpp_INCLUDE_DIR Log4Cpp_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/documentation/installation/linux.rst b/documentation/installation/linux.rst
index 1482449a..e6c24f36 100644
--- a/documentation/installation/linux.rst
+++ b/documentation/installation/linux.rst
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ For Debian and Ubuntu, the following package list will allow you to compile the
   
   sudo apt-get install \
     build-essential cmake pkg-config python-minimal \
-    libboost-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev \
+    libboost-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-log-dev \
     libdcmtk2-dev libicu-dev libjsoncpp-dev zlib1g-dev \
-    libboost-python-dev python-dev \
+    pybind11-dev python-dev \
     dcmtk libboost-test-dev python-nose
 
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@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ Choose the Python version
 
 If you have multiple versions of Python installed, you may need to specify the following extra parameters to CMake to build the Python wrappers for a specific version:
 
-- ``Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS``: the requested Python version number, e.g. ``2.7`` or ``3.6``
 - ``PYTHON_EXECUTABLE``: path to the Python interpreter, e.g. ``/usr/bin/python2.7`` or ``/usr/bin/python3.6``
-- ``Boost_PYTHON_LIBRARY_DEBUG`` and ``Boost_PYTHON_LIBRARY_RELEASE``: the path to the Boost.Python library, e.g. ``/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_python-py27.so``.
 
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 ------------
diff --git a/documentation/installation/mac.rst b/documentation/installation/mac.rst
index aa8942b6..482f7433 100644
--- a/documentation/installation/mac.rst
+++ b/documentation/installation/mac.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The following package list will allow you to compile the whole library:
   
   brew install \
     cmake pkg-config \
-    boost boost-python dcmtk icu4c jsoncpp python
+    boost dcmtk icu4c jsoncpp pybind11 python
   pip install nose
 
 Build Odil