diff --git a/include/utils/string.hpp b/include/utils/string.hpp
index 7cd80f05..4b584831 100644
--- a/include/utils/string.hpp
+++ b/include/utils/string.hpp
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ namespace string_util {
    * Replace all occurences of needle in haystack
    */
   inline auto replace_all(const string& haystack, string needle, string replacement) {
-    return boost::replace_all_copy(haystack, needle, replacement);
+    auto result = haystack;
+    while (result.find(needle) != string::npos)
+      result = replace(result, needle, replacement);
+    return result;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_string.cpp b/tests/utils/test_string.cpp
index 5bcb98a3..26310719 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_string.cpp
+++ b/tests/utils/test_string.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class test_string : public unit_test {
   }
 
   void test_squeeze() {
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(string{"Squeeeze"}, string_util::squeeze("Squeeeeeze", 'e'));
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(string{"Squeze"}, string_util::squeeze("Squeeeeeze", 'e'));
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(string{"bar baz foobar"}, string_util::squeeze("bar  baz   foobar", ' '));
   }
 
   void test_strip() {