diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/nifosg/testnifloader.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/nifosg/testnifloader.cpp
index 3c13cb1f79..24b2de30ae 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/nifosg/testnifloader.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/nifosg/testnifloader.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 #include <gmock/gmock.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
-#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
-#include <boost/format.hpp>
-
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 
 #include <array>
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ namespace
             {
                 if (line.starts_with('#'))
                     continue;
-                boost::trim_right(line);
+                line.erase(line.find_last_not_of(" \t\n\r\f\v") + 1);
                 result += line;
                 result += '\n';
             }
@@ -113,7 +110,8 @@ osg::Group {
 
     std::string formatOsgNodeForShaderProperty(std::string_view shaderPrefix)
     {
-        static constexpr const char format[] = R"(
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        oss << R"(
 osg::Group {
   UniqueID 1
   DataVariance STATIC
@@ -144,7 +142,8 @@ osg::Group {
             osg::StringValueObject {
               UniqueID 7
               Name "shaderPrefix"
-              Value "%s"
+              Value ")"
+            << shaderPrefix << R"("
             }
             osg::BoolValueObject {
               UniqueID 8
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ osg::Group {
   }
 }
 )";
-        return (boost::format(format) % shaderPrefix).str();
+        return oss.str();
     }
 
     struct ShaderPrefixParams