diff --git a/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp b/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
index d66695f..4623141 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp>
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/overlay.cpp b/src/entity_manager/overlay.cpp
index 64c11ed..635a5b8 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/overlay.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/overlay.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "devices.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/steady_timer.hpp>
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/perform_scan.cpp b/src/entity_manager/perform_scan.cpp
index 35430d8..c71fa48 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/perform_scan.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/perform_scan.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "perform_probe.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/steady_timer.hpp>
 #include <boost/container/flat_map.hpp>
 #include <boost/container/flat_set.hpp>
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@
                 // Introspectable, and Properties) are returned by
                 // the mapper but don't have properties, so don't bother
                 // with the GetAll call to save some cycles.
-                if (!boost::algorithm::starts_with(iface, "org.freedesktop"))
+                if (!iface.starts_with("org.freedesktop"))
                 {
                     getInterfaces({busname, path, iface}, probeVector, scan,
                                   io);
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@
                                   nlohmann::json& expose,
                                   const std::string& propertyName)
 {
-    if (boost::starts_with(propertyName, "Bind"))
+    if (propertyName.starts_with("Bind"))
     {
         std::string bind = propertyName.substr(sizeof("Bind") - 1);
         exposedObject["Status"] = "okay";
@@ -329,7 +328,7 @@
     nlohmann::json& systemConfiguration, const std::string& recordName,
     nlohmann::json& expose, nlohmann::json::iterator& keyPair)
 {
-    bool isBind = boost::starts_with(keyPair.key(), "Bind");
+    bool isBind = keyPair.key().starts_with("Bind");
     bool isDisable = keyPair.key() == "DisableNode";
     bool isExposeAction = isBind || isDisable;
 
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;
diff --git a/src/fru_device/fru_device.cpp b/src/fru_device/fru_device.cpp
index f45766c..9b13a2c 100644
--- a/src/fru_device/fru_device.cpp
+++ b/src/fru_device/fru_device.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <sys/inotify.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
-#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/io_context.hpp>
 #include <boost/asio/steady_timer.hpp>
 #include <boost/container/flat_map.hpp>
@@ -1475,7 +1474,7 @@
                     case IN_DELETE:
                     {
                         std::string_view name(&iEvent->name[0], iEvent->len);
-                        if (boost::starts_with(name, "i2c"))
+                        if (name.starts_with("i2c"))
                         {
                             int bus = busStrToInt(name);
                             if (bus < 0)
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index f0e8d25..b408aea 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 #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 <boost/container/flat_map.hpp>