diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/numeric_cast.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/numeric_cast.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d7063db..0000000
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/numeric_cast.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#ifndef THRIFT_NUMERIC_CAST_H
-#define THRIFT_NUMERIC_CAST_H
-
-#include <limits>
-#include <stdexcept>
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-// avoid compiler warnings and errors in MSVC if max is defined as a macro
-#undef max
-#endif
-
-namespace apache {
-namespace thrift {
-
-/**
- * @brief Perform a safe numeric cast
- *
- * Previously this was provided by `boost::numeric_cast`. This
- * implementation reduces the dependency on `boost`.
- *
- * @tparam Dst The destination type
- * @tparam Src The source type
- * @param value The value to be converted
- * @return Dst The converted value
- *
- * @see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/49658950/5636218">SA49658182</a>
- */
-template <typename Dst, typename Src>
-inline Dst numeric_cast(Src value) {
-  typedef std::numeric_limits<Dst> DstLim;
-  typedef std::numeric_limits<Src> SrcLim;
-
-  const bool positive_overflow_possible = DstLim::max() < SrcLim::max();
-  const bool negative_overflow_possible = DstLim::lowest() > SrcLim::lowest();
-
-  if (positive_overflow_possible && value > DstLim::max()) {
-    throw std::bad_cast();
-  }
-
-  if (negative_overflow_possible && (value < DstLim::lowest())) {
-    throw std::bad_cast();
-  }
-
-  // limits have been checked, therefore safe to cast
-  return static_cast<Dst>(value);
-}
-
-} // namespace thrift
-} // namespace apache
-
-#endif
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TTransportException.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TTransportException.h
index 3ce55cb..dd5f361 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TTransportException.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TTransportException.h
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef _THRIFT_TRANSPORT_TTRANSPORTEXCEPTION_H_
 #define _THRIFT_TRANSPORT_TTRANSPORTEXCEPTION_H_ 1
 
+#include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>
 #include <string>
-
-#include <thrift/numeric_cast.h>
 #include <thrift/Thrift.h>
 
 namespace apache {
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@
  */
 template <typename To, typename From> To safe_numeric_cast(From i) {
   try {
-    return apache::thrift::numeric_cast<To>(i);
+    return boost::numeric_cast<To>(i);
   }
   catch (const std::bad_cast& bc) {
     throw TTransportException(TTransportException::CORRUPTED_DATA,