diff --git a/basic/source/uno/namecont.cxx b/basic/source/uno/namecont.cxx
index d0c7d14d7c9c..1f1031ee75fc 100644
--- a/basic/source/uno/namecont.cxx
+++ b/basic/source/uno/namecont.cxx
@@ -2842,7 +2842,7 @@ void SAL_CALL SfxLibraryContainer::exportLibrary( const OUString& Name, const OU
 OUString SfxLibraryContainer::expand_url( const OUString& url )
     throw(::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException)
 {
-    if (0 == url.compareTo( EXPAND_PROTOCOL ":" ))
+    if (url.startsWith( EXPAND_PROTOCOL ":" ))
     {
         if( !mxMacroExpander.is() )
         {
diff --git a/ucbhelper/source/provider/registerucb.cxx b/ucbhelper/source/provider/registerucb.cxx
index bc7990d4a6d1..33dd0c21f8ee 100644
--- a/ucbhelper/source/provider/registerucb.cxx
+++ b/ucbhelper/source/provider/registerucb.cxx
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ registerAtUcb(
     OSL_ENSURE(rServiceFactory.is(),
                "ucb::registerAtUcb(): No service factory");
 
-    bool bNoProxy = rArguments.compareTo("{noproxy}") == 0;
+    bool bNoProxy = rArguments.startsWith("{noproxy}");
     rtl::OUString
         aProviderArguments(bNoProxy ?
                                rArguments.