diff --git a/include/http_utility.hpp b/include/http_utility.hpp
index 0f5bb8c..e2b1a11 100644
--- a/include/http_utility.hpp
+++ b/include/http_utility.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 {
 inline bool requestPrefersHtml(const crow::Request& req)
 {
-    boost::string_view header = req.getHeaderValue("accept");
+    std::string_view header = req.getHeaderValue("accept");
     std::vector<std::string> encodings;
     // chrome currently sends 6 accepts headers, firefox sends 4.
     encodings.reserve(6);
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     return false;
 }
 
-inline std::string urlEncode(const boost::string_view value)
+inline std::string urlEncode(const std::string_view value)
 {
     std::ostringstream escaped;
     escaped.fill('0');