diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/b/boost.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/b/boost.py
index 7cb4bd7f03..96a82aeb2b 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/b/boost.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/b/boost.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 from easybuild.tools.config import ERROR
 from easybuild.tools.filetools import apply_regex_substitutions, read_file, symlink, which, write_file
 from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root, get_software_version
-from easybuild.tools.run import run_cmd
+from easybuild.tools.run import run_shell_cmd
 from easybuild.tools.systemtools import AARCH64, POWER, UNKNOWN
 from easybuild.tools.systemtools import get_cpu_architecture, get_glibc_version, get_shared_lib_ext
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def configure_step(self):
 
         cmd = "%s ./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=%s --prefix=%s %s"
         tup = (self.cfg['preconfigopts'], toolset, self.installdir, self.cfg['configopts'])
-        run_cmd(cmd % tup, log_all=True, simple=True)
+        run_shell_cmd(cmd % tup)
 
         # Use build_toolset if specified or the bootstrap toolset without the OS suffix
         self.toolset = self.cfg['build_toolset'] or re.sub('-linux$', '', toolset)
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def build_step(self):
             self.paracmd,
             self.cfg['buildopts'],
         ])
-        run_cmd(cmd, log_all=True, simple=True)
+        run_shell_cmd(cmd)
 
     def install_step(self):
         """Install Boost by copying files to install dir."""
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def install_step(self):
             self.paracmd,
             self.cfg['installopts'],
         ])
-        run_cmd(cmd, log_all=True, simple=True)
+        run_shell_cmd(cmd)
 
         if self.cfg['tagged_layout']:
             if LooseVersion(self.version) >= LooseVersion("1.69.0") or not self.cfg['single_threaded']: