diff --git a/src/test/getarg_tests.cpp b/src/test/getarg_tests.cpp
index c877105fe78..70dd137e226 100644
--- a/src/test/getarg_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/getarg_tests.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
 BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(getarg_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(getarg_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
 void ResetArgs(ArgsManager& local_args, const std::string& strArg)
 {
     std::vector<std::string> vecArg;
-    if (strArg.size())
-        boost::split(vecArg, strArg, IsSpace, boost::token_compress_on);
+    if (strArg.size()) {
+        vecArg = SplitString(strArg, ' ');
+    }
 
     // Insert dummy executable name:
     vecArg.insert(vecArg.begin(), "testbitcoin");