diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/ArgMinMax.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/ArgMinMax.cpp
index db85b95..637aa17 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/ArgMinMax.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/ArgMinMax.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 void ArgMinMax(Decoder<float>& in, int32_t* out, const TensorInfo& inputTensorInfo,
                const TensorInfo& outputTensorInfo, ArgMinMaxFunction function, int axis)
 {
-    boost::ignore_unused(outputTensorInfo);
+    IgnoreUnused(outputTensorInfo);
 
     unsigned int uAxis = armnnUtils::GetUnsignedAxis(inputTensorInfo.GetNumDimensions(), axis);
 
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/BaseIterator.hpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/BaseIterator.hpp
index 3f01446..5cae5bd 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/BaseIterator.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/BaseIterator.hpp
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-
+#include <armnn/utility/IgnoreUnused.hpp>
 #include <armnn/TypesUtils.hpp>
 #include <armnnUtils/FloatingPointConverter.hpp>
 
 #include <ResolveType.hpp>
 
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
-#include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>
 
 namespace armnn
 {
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@
 
     TypedIterator& SetIndex(unsigned int index, unsigned int axisIndex = 0) override
     {
-        boost::ignore_unused(axisIndex);
+        IgnoreUnused(axisIndex);
         BOOST_ASSERT(m_Iterator);
         m_Iterator = m_Start + index;
         return *this;
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/Dequantize.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/Dequantize.cpp
index 4025e8d..63c0405 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/Dequantize.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/Dequantize.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 #include "Dequantize.hpp"
 
-#include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>
+#include <armnn/utility/IgnoreUnused.hpp>
+
 namespace armnn
 {
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
                 const TensorInfo& inputInfo,
                 const TensorInfo& outputInfo)
 {
-    boost::ignore_unused(outputInfo);
+    IgnoreUnused(outputInfo);
     BOOST_ASSERT(inputInfo.GetNumElements() == outputInfo.GetNumElements());
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < inputInfo.GetNumElements(); i++)
     {
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/DetectionPostProcess.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/DetectionPostProcess.cpp
index 96e5780..57cf01e 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/DetectionPostProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/DetectionPostProcess.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
                           float* detectionScores,
                           float* numDetections)
 {
-    boost::ignore_unused(anchorsInfo, detectionClassesInfo, detectionScoresInfo, numDetectionsInfo);
+    IgnoreUnused(anchorsInfo, detectionClassesInfo, detectionScoresInfo, numDetectionsInfo);
 
     // Transform center-size format which is (ycenter, xcenter, height, width) to box-corner format,
     // which represents the lower left corner and the upper right corner (ymin, xmin, ymax, xmax)
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/Gather.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/Gather.cpp
index 5416855..4cf3a14 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/Gather.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/Gather.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #include "RefWorkloadUtils.hpp"
 
 #include <backendsCommon/WorkloadData.hpp>
+#include <armnn/utility/IgnoreUnused.hpp>
 
-#include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>
 
 namespace armnn
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             const int32_t* indices,
             Encoder<float>& output)
 {
-    boost::ignore_unused(outputInfo);
+    IgnoreUnused(outputInfo);
     const TensorShape& paramsShape = paramsInfo.GetShape();
 
     unsigned int paramsProduct = 1;
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/LogSoftmax.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/LogSoftmax.cpp
index ddf5674..103d62a 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/LogSoftmax.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/LogSoftmax.cpp
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 #include "LogSoftmax.hpp"
 
 #include <armnnUtils/TensorUtils.hpp>
+#include <armnn/utility/IgnoreUnused.hpp>
 
 #include <cmath>
 
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
-#include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>
 
 namespace
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     bool axisIsValid = ValidateAxis(descriptor.m_Axis, numDimensions);
     BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(axisIsValid,
         "Axis index is not in range [-numDimensions, numDimensions).");
-    boost::ignore_unused(axisIsValid);
+    IgnoreUnused(axisIsValid);
 
     unsigned int uAxis = descriptor.m_Axis < 0  ?
         numDimensions - boost::numeric_cast<unsigned int>(std::abs(descriptor.m_Axis)) :
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/RefStridedSliceWorkload.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/RefStridedSliceWorkload.cpp
index 8bb1670..bfd3c28 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/RefStridedSliceWorkload.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/RefStridedSliceWorkload.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     DataType outputDataType = outputInfo.GetDataType();
 
     BOOST_ASSERT(inputDataType == outputDataType);
-    boost::ignore_unused(outputDataType);
+    IgnoreUnused(outputDataType);
 
     StridedSlice(inputInfo,
                  m_Data.m_Parameters,
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/Slice.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/Slice.cpp
index c7ca3b1..0223cdc 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/workloads/Slice.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/workloads/Slice.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 
 #include "Slice.hpp"
 
+#include <armnn/utility/IgnoreUnused.hpp>
+
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
-#include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp>
 
 namespace armnn
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
     const unsigned char* input = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(inputData);
     unsigned char* output      = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(outputData);
 
-    boost::ignore_unused(dim0);
+    IgnoreUnused(dim0);
     for (unsigned int idx0 = begin0; idx0 < begin0 + size0; ++idx0)
     {
         for (unsigned int idx1 = begin1; idx1 < begin1 + size1; ++idx1)