diff --git a/.clang-tidy b/.clang-tidy
index 2c7ef0a..b3cb96d 100644
--- a/.clang-tidy
+++ b/.clang-tidy
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
 readability-simplify-subscript-expr,
 readability-static-accessed-through-instance,
 readability-static-definition-in-anonymous-namespace,
+readability-string-compare,
 readability-suspicious-call-argument,
 readability-uniqueptr-delete-release,
 readability-uppercase-literal-suffix'
diff --git a/src/item_updater.cpp b/src/item_updater.cpp
index 254b18f..4213f78 100644
--- a/src/item_updater.cpp
+++ b/src/item_updater.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 {
     for (auto iter = assocs.begin(); iter != assocs.end();)
     {
-        if ((std::get<2>(*iter)).compare(path) == 0)
+        if ((std::get<2>(*iter)) == path)
         {
             iter = assocs.erase(iter);
             associations(assocs);
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
     auto associations = activationPtr->associations();
     for (auto iter = associations.begin(); iter != associations.end();)
     {
-        if ((std::get<2>(*iter)).compare(psuInventoryPath) == 0)
+        if ((std::get<2>(*iter)) == psuInventoryPath)
         {
             iter = associations.erase(iter);
         }