diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_gx.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_gx.c
index 655f961fc9..505d33205f 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_gx.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_gx.c
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ static void frontend_gx_get_env(int *argc, char *argv[],
          /* When using external loaders (Wiiflow, etc),
             getcwd doesn't return the path correctly and as a result,
             the cfg file is not found. */
-         if (string_starts_with(argv[0], "usb1") ||
-               string_starts_with(argv[0], "usb2"))
+         if (  string_starts_with_size(argv[0], "usb1", STRLEN_CONST("usb1")) ||
+               string_starts_with_size(argv[0], "usb2", STRLEN_CONST("usb2")))
          {
             strcpy_literal(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE], "usb");
             strlcat(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE], argv[0] + 4,
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
index 4778fffb8e..3d068c5fee 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ static enum frontend_architecture frontend_unix_get_arch(void)
          string_is_equal(val, "armv7b")
       )
       return FRONTEND_ARCH_ARMV7;
-   else if (string_starts_with(val, "arm"))
+   else if (string_starts_with_size(val, "arm", STRLEN_CONST("arm")))
       return FRONTEND_ARCH_ARM;
    else if (string_is_equal(val, "x86_64"))
       return FRONTEND_ARCH_X86_64;
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_wii.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_wii.c
index 8c2611cd41..01e6f7ac08 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_wii.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_wii.c
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ static void dol_copy_raw_argv(const char *dolpath,
       strlcpy(cmdline, __system_argv->argv[0],
          strchr(__system_argv->argv[0], ':') - __system_argv->argv[0] + 2);
    /* a relative path */
-   else if (!string_starts_with(dolpath, "sd:/") &&
-         !string_starts_with(dolpath, "usb:/") &&
-         !string_starts_with(dolpath, "carda:/") &&
-         !string_starts_with(dolpath, "cardb:/"))
+   else if (   !string_starts_with_size(dolpath, "sd:/",  STRLEN_CONST("sd:/"))
+            && !string_starts_with_size(dolpath, "usb:/", STRLEN_CONST("usb:/"))
+            && !string_starts_with_size(dolpath, "carda:/", STRLEN_CONST("carda:/"))
+            && !string_starts_with_size(dolpath, "cardb:/", STRLEN_CONST("cardb:/")))
       fill_pathname_parent_dir(cmdline, __system_argv->argv[0],
          PATH_MAX_LENGTH);
    /* fullpath */
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 2b27cfa35f..8354415468 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -12213,8 +12213,8 @@ bool menu_displaylist_ctl(enum menu_displaylist_ctl_state type,
           * a single instance where this case is met... */
          menu_entries_ctl(MENU_ENTRIES_CTL_CLEAR, info->list);
 
-         if (     string_starts_with(info->path, "content_")
-               && string_ends_with(info->path, ".lpl"))
+         if (     string_starts_with_size(info->path, "content_", STRLEN_CONST("content_"))
+               && string_ends_with_size(info->path, ".lpl", strlen(info->path), STRLEN_CONST(".lpl")))
          {
             if (string_is_equal(info->path,
                      FILE_PATH_CONTENT_HISTORY))