3 files changed, 7 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp b/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp
index 4029bd989..9ac20d855 100644
--- a/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/utils/paths.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "constants.hpp"
 #include <uhd/config.hpp>
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <uhd/utils/algorithm.hpp>
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
@@ -58,15 +58,9 @@ static std::vector<fs::path> get_env_paths(const std::string &var_name){
     po::store(po::parse_environment(desc, boost::bind(&name_mapper, var_name, _1)), vm);
     po::notify(vm);
 
-    //split the path at the path separators
-    std::vector<std::string> path_strings;
-    if (not var_value.empty()) boost::split(//dont split empty strings
-        path_strings, var_value, boost::is_any_of(env_path_sep)
-    );
-
     //convert to filesystem path, filter blank paths
     std::vector<fs::path> paths;
-    BOOST_FOREACH(std::string &path_string, path_strings){
+    BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string &path_string, std::split_string(var_value, env_path_sep)){
         if (path_string.empty()) continue;
         paths.push_back(fs::system_complete(path_string));
     }
diff --git a/host/lib/utils/props.cpp b/host/lib/utils/props.cpp
index fac5fe24f..fc9f8e63f 100644
--- a/host/lib/utils/props.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/utils/props.cpp
@@ -29,15 +29,12 @@ named_prop_t::named_prop_t(
     /* NOP */
 }
 
-typedef boost::tuple<wax::obj, std::string> named_prop_tuple;
-
-named_prop_tuple uhd::extract_named_prop(
+named_prop_t named_prop_t::extract(
     const wax::obj &key,
     const std::string &name
 ){
     if (key.type() == typeid(named_prop_t)){
-        named_prop_t np = key.as<named_prop_t>();
-        return named_prop_tuple(np.key, np.name);
+        return key.as<named_prop_t>();
     }
-    return named_prop_tuple(key, name);
+    return named_prop_t(key, name);
 }
diff --git a/host/lib/utils/warning.cpp b/host/lib/utils/warning.cpp
index ae4d4c7aa..8a7d35a23 100644
--- a/host/lib/utils/warning.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/utils/warning.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 //
 
 #include <uhd/utils/warning.hpp>
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <uhd/utils/algorithm.hpp>
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
@@ -24,13 +24,9 @@
 using namespace uhd;
 
 void uhd::print_warning(const std::string &msg){
-    //extract the message lines
-    std::vector<std::string> lines;
-    boost::split(lines, msg, boost::is_any_of("\n"));
-
     //print the warning message
     std::cerr << std::endl << "Warning:" << std::endl;
-    BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string &line, lines){
+    BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string &line, std::split_string(msg, "\n")){
         std::cerr << "    " << line << std::endl;
     }
 }