diff --git a/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp b/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp
index 7e9e69c88..8ecd5946e 100644
--- a/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp
+++ b/include/engine/datafacade/datafacade_base.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "util/integer_range.hpp"
 #include "util/packed_vector.hpp"
 #include "util/string_util.hpp"
-#include "util/string_view.hpp"
 #include "util/typedefs.hpp"
 
 #include "osrm/coordinate.hpp"
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #include <engine/bearing.hpp>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
diff --git a/include/extractor/datasources.hpp b/include/extractor/datasources.hpp
index 844ceae0f..ea53fc3e4 100644
--- a/include/extractor/datasources.hpp
+++ b/include/extractor/datasources.hpp
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef OSRM_EXTRACT_DATASOURCES_HPP
 #define OSRM_EXTRACT_DATASOURCES_HPP
 
+#include "util/typedefs.hpp"
+
 #include <cstdint>
-#include <util/string_view.hpp>
-#include <util/typedefs.hpp>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace osrm
 {
diff --git a/include/extractor/name_table.hpp b/include/extractor/name_table.hpp
index 35e966ee1..44cc06f89 100644
--- a/include/extractor/name_table.hpp
+++ b/include/extractor/name_table.hpp
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 #define OSRM_EXTRACTOR_NAME_TABLE_HPP
 
 #include "util/indexed_data.hpp"
-#include "util/string_view.hpp"
 #include "util/typedefs.hpp"
 
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 namespace osrm
 {
diff --git a/include/extractor/suffix_table.hpp b/include/extractor/suffix_table.hpp
index 52dc4eec4..cadfb5e2e 100644
--- a/include/extractor/suffix_table.hpp
+++ b/include/extractor/suffix_table.hpp
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 #define OSRM_EXTRACTOR_SUFFIX_LIST_HPP_
 
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <unordered_set>
-
-#include "util/string_view.hpp"
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace osrm
 {
diff --git a/include/util/indexed_data.hpp b/include/util/indexed_data.hpp
index d62105d42..a09425b33 100644
--- a/include/util/indexed_data.hpp
+++ b/include/util/indexed_data.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "storage/tar_fwd.hpp"
 
 #include "util/exception.hpp"
-#include "util/string_view.hpp"
 #include "util/vector_view.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <iterator>
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <type_traits>
 
 namespace osrm
diff --git a/include/util/string_view.hpp b/include/util/string_view.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 77cbdb200..000000000
--- a/include/util/string_view.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef OSRM_STRING_VIEW_HPP
-#define OSRM_STRING_VIEW_HPP
-
-#include <boost/functional/hash.hpp>
-#include <string_view>
-
-namespace osrm
-{
-namespace util
-{
-// Convenience typedef: boost::string_ref, boost::string_view or C++17's string_view
-// using StringView = std::string_view;
-
-} // namespace util
-} // namespace osrm
-
-#endif /* OSRM_STRING_VIEW_HPP */
diff --git a/src/engine/plugins/tile.cpp b/src/engine/plugins/tile.cpp
index d69dacec5..94490662a 100644
--- a/src/engine/plugins/tile.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/plugins/tile.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "engine/plugins/tile.hpp"
 
 #include "util/coordinate_calculation.hpp"
-#include "util/string_view.hpp"
 #include "util/vector_tile.hpp"
 #include "util/web_mercator.hpp"
 
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <numeric>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>