diff --git a/include/gridtools/common/demangle.hpp b/include/gridtools/common/demangle.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c948ebbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/gridtools/common/demangle.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Vendored and slightly simplified version of boost::core::demangle
+//
+// Copyright 2014 Peter Dimov
+// Copyright 2014 Andrey Semashev
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+// See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+#if __has_include(<cxxabi.h>)
+#define GT_HAS_CXXABI_H
+#endif
+
+#if defined(GT_HAS_CXXABI_H)
+#include <cxxabi.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace gridtools {
+
+    namespace common {
+
+        inline char const *demangle_alloc(char const *name) noexcept;
+        inline void demangle_free(char const *name) noexcept;
+
+        class scoped_demangled_name {
+          private:
+            char const *m_p;
+
+          public:
+            explicit scoped_demangled_name(char const *name) noexcept : m_p(demangle_alloc(name)) {}
+
+            ~scoped_demangled_name() noexcept { demangle_free(m_p); }
+
+            char const *get() const noexcept { return m_p; }
+
+            scoped_demangled_name(scoped_demangled_name const &) = delete;
+            scoped_demangled_name &operator=(scoped_demangled_name const &) = delete;
+        };
+
+#if defined(GT_HAS_CXXABI_H)
+
+        inline char const *demangle_alloc(char const *name) noexcept {
+            int status = 0;
+            std::size_t size = 0;
+            return abi::__cxa_demangle(name, NULL, &size, &status);
+        }
+
+        inline void demangle_free(char const *name) noexcept { std::free(const_cast<char *>(name)); }
+
+        inline std::string demangle(char const *name) {
+            scoped_demangled_name demangled_name(name);
+            char const *p = demangled_name.get();
+            if (!p)
+                p = name;
+            return p;
+        }
+
+#else
+
+        inline char const *demangle_alloc(char const *name) noexcept { return name; }
+
+        inline void demangle_free(char const *) noexcept {}
+
+        inline std::string demangle(char const *name) { return name; }
+
+#endif
+
+    } // namespace common
+
+} // namespace gridtools
+
+#undef GT_HAS_CXXABI_H
diff --git a/include/gridtools/stencil/dump.hpp b/include/gridtools/stencil/dump.hpp
index 618509f2c..b9a220761 100644
--- a/include/gridtools/stencil/dump.hpp
+++ b/include/gridtools/stencil/dump.hpp
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <typeinfo>
 
-#include <boost/core/demangle.hpp>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 #include "../common/defs.hpp"
+#include "../common/demangle.hpp"
 #include "../meta.hpp"
 #include "be_api.hpp"
 #include "common/caches.hpp"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace gridtools {
 
             template <class T>
             auto get_type_name() {
-                return boost::core::demangle(typeid(T).name());
+                return common::demangle(typeid(T).name());
             }
 
             inline auto from(core::parallel) { return "parallel"; }