diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp
index 550c9b6cd3..8d0e088628 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void cpu_translator::initialize(llvm::LLVMContext& context, llvm::ExecutionEngin
 		cpu == "bdver2" ||
 		cpu == "bdver3" ||
 		cpu == "bdver4" ||
-		cpu.substr(0, 5) == "znver")
+		cpu.startswith("znver"))
 	{
 		m_use_fma = true;
 	}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSail.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSail.cpp
index 52a1472ca9..62cac29200 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSail.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSail.cpp
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ s32 cellSailPlayerCreateDescriptor(vm::ptr<CellSailPlayer> pSelf, s32 streamType
 		case CELL_SAIL_STREAM_PAMF:
 		{
 			std::string uri = pUri.get_ptr();
-			if (uri.substr(0, 12) == "x-cell-fs://")
+			if (uri.starts_with("x-cell-fs://"))
 			{
 				if (fs::file f{ vfs::get(uri.substr(12)) })
 				{
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp
index eaddc162f5..12fa212e0a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLVertexProgram.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void GLVertexDecompilerThread::insertMainStart(std::stringstream & OS)
 	{
 		for (const ParamItem &PI : PT.items)
 		{
-			if (PI.name.substr(0, 7) == "dst_reg")
+			if (PI.name.starts_with("dst_reg"))
 				continue;
 
 			OS << "	" << PT.type << " " << PI.name;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
index db4482e679..76a688d432 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKVertexProgram.cpp
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void VKVertexDecompilerThread::insertMainStart(std::stringstream & OS)
 	{
 		for (const ParamItem &PI : PT.items)
 		{
-			if (PI.name.substr(0, 7) == "dst_reg")
+			if (PI.name.starts_with("dst_reg"))
 				continue;
 
 			OS << "	" << PT.type << " " << PI.name;