diff --git a/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp b/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
index 8af3dce..3e4a805 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/find.hpp>
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
 #include <sdbusplus/bus/match.hpp>
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@
 
     std::string_view strView = *strPtr;
     int base = 10;
-    if (boost::starts_with(strView, "0x"))
+    if (strView.starts_with("0x"))
     {
         strView.remove_prefix(2);
         base = 16;