diff --git a/init/action.cpp b/init/action.cpp
index 5fa6bec..ab51eea 100644
--- a/init/action.cpp
+++ b/init/action.cpp
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
     Subcontext* action_subcontext = nullptr;
     if (subcontexts_) {
         for (auto& subcontext : *subcontexts_) {
-            if (StartsWith(filename, subcontext.path_prefix().c_str())) {
+            if (StartsWith(filename, subcontext.path_prefix())) {
                 action_subcontext = &subcontext;
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/init/devices.cpp b/init/devices.cpp
index af6b50a..8d27f4f 100644
--- a/init/devices.cpp
+++ b/init/devices.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 }
 
 bool Permissions::Match(const std::string& path) const {
-    if (prefix_) return StartsWith(path, name_.c_str());
+    if (prefix_) return StartsWith(path, name_);
     if (wildcard_) return fnmatch(name_.c_str(), path.c_str(), FNM_PATHNAME) == 0;
     return path == name_;
 }
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@
         static const std::string devices_platform_prefix = "/devices/platform/";
         static const std::string devices_prefix = "/devices/";
 
-        if (StartsWith(device, devices_platform_prefix.c_str())) {
+        if (StartsWith(device, devices_platform_prefix)) {
             device = device.substr(devices_platform_prefix.length());
-        } else if (StartsWith(device, devices_prefix.c_str())) {
+        } else if (StartsWith(device, devices_prefix)) {
             device = device.substr(devices_prefix.length());
         }
 
diff --git a/init/parser.cpp b/init/parser.cpp
index 6ddb09f..4c69bac 100644
--- a/init/parser.cpp
+++ b/init/parser.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                 // current section parsers.  This is meant for /sys/ and /dev/ line entries for
                 // uevent.
                 for (const auto& [prefix, callback] : line_callbacks_) {
-                    if (android::base::StartsWith(args[0], prefix.c_str())) {
+                    if (android::base::StartsWith(args[0], prefix)) {
                         end_section();
 
                         if (auto result = callback(std::move(args)); !result) {
diff --git a/init/service.cpp b/init/service.cpp
index 331b859..a4e33f7 100644
--- a/init/service.cpp
+++ b/init/service.cpp
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@
     Subcontext* restart_action_subcontext = nullptr;
     if (subcontexts_) {
         for (auto& subcontext : *subcontexts_) {
-            if (StartsWith(filename, subcontext.path_prefix().c_str())) {
+            if (StartsWith(filename, subcontext.path_prefix())) {
                 restart_action_subcontext = &subcontext;
                 break;
             }