diff --git a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpProtocol.cc b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpProtocol.cc
index 258c674496a..2d38ed27f02 100644
--- a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpProtocol.cc
+++ b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpProtocol.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "XrdHttpTrace.hh"
 #include "XrdHttpProtocol.hh"
 //#include "XrdXrootd/XrdXrootdStats.hh"
-#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include "XrdHttpUtils.hh"
 #include "XrdHttpSecXtractor.hh"
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ int XrdHttpProtocol::InitSecurity() {
 
   const SSL_METHOD *meth;
   meth = SSLv23_method();
-  sslctx = SSL_CTX_new(meth);
+  sslctx = SSL_CTX_new((SSL_METHOD *)meth);
   SSL_CTX_set_options(sslctx, SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2);
   SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(sslctx, SSL_SESS_CACHE_SERVER);
   SSL_CTX_set_session_id_context(sslctx, s_server_session_id_context,
diff --git a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpReq.cc b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpReq.cc
index 24c2e1abfbd..02704f3cf98 100644
--- a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpReq.cc
+++ b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpReq.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #include "Xrd/XrdLink.hh"
 #include "XrdXrootd/XrdXrootdBridge.hh"
 #include "Xrd/XrdBuffer.hh"
-#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 
 #include <algorithm> 
 #include <functional> 
@@ -1334,8 +1333,8 @@ int XrdHttpReq::PostProcessHTTPReq(bool final) {
               else p += "-";
 
               p += "</td>";
-              p += "<td class=\"mode\">" + boost::lexical_cast<string > (e.flags) + "</td>"
-                      "<td class=\"size\">" + boost::lexical_cast<string > (e.size) + "</td>"
+              p += "<td class=\"mode\">" + itos(e.flags) + "</td>"
+                      "<td class=\"size\">" + itos(e.size) + "</td>"
                       "<td class=\"datetime\">" + ISOdatetime(e.modtime) + "</td>"
                       "<td class=\"name\">"
                       "<a href=\"";
@@ -1729,7 +1728,7 @@ int XrdHttpReq::PostProcessHTTPReq(bool final) {
 
               // File size
               stringresp += "<lp1:getcontentlength>";
-              stringresp += boost::lexical_cast<std::string > (e.size);
+              stringresp += itos(e.size);
               stringresp += "</lp1:getcontentlength>\n";
 
 
@@ -1840,7 +1839,7 @@ int XrdHttpReq::PostProcessHTTPReq(bool final) {
 
                 // File size
                 stringresp += "<lp1:getcontentlength>";
-                stringresp += boost::lexical_cast<std::string > (e.size);
+                stringresp += itos(e.size);
                 stringresp += "</lp1:getcontentlength>\n";
 
                 stringresp += "<lp1:getlastmodified>";
diff --git a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.cc b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.cc
index 2d26cf12490..b702c213959 100644
--- a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.cc
+++ b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.cc
@@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ void Tobase64(const unsigned char *input, int length, char *out) {
 
 
 
+// Simple itoa function
+std::string itos(long i) {
+  char buf[128];
+  sprintf(buf, "%ld", i);
 
+  return buf;
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.hh b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.hh
index 6d4704fc96f..583cfc980e7 100644
--- a/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.hh
+++ b/src/XrdHTTP/XrdHttpUtils.hh
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 // Return 0 if OK
 int parseURL(char *url, char *host, int &port, char **path);
 
+// Simple itoa function
+std::string itos(long i);
 
 void calcHashes(
         char *hash,