diff --git a/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.hpp b/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.hpp
index 19898b63a..3c815013d 100644
--- a/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.hpp
+++ b/platform/default/include/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
-#include <mapbox/variant.hpp>
+#include <variant>
 
 namespace mapbox {
 namespace sqlite {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ private:
 public:
     Database(const Database&) = delete;
     Database& operator=(const Database&) = delete;
-    static mapbox::util::variant<Database, Exception> tryOpen(const std::string& filename, int flags = 0);
+    static std::variant<Database, Exception> tryOpen(const std::string& filename, int flags = 0);
     static Database open(const std::string& filename, int flags = 0);
 
     Database(Database&&) noexcept;
diff --git a/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.cpp b/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.cpp
index 6a41c52fc..526898ab9 100644
--- a/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.cpp
+++ b/platform/default/src/mbgl/storage/sqlite3.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public:
     ~DatabaseImpl() {
         const int error = sqlite3_close(db);
         if (error != SQLITE_OK) {
-            mbgl::Log::Error(mbgl::Event::Database, error, "Failed to close database: %s", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+            mbgl::Log::Error(
+                mbgl::Event::Database, error, std::string("Failed to close database: ") + sqlite3_errmsg(db));
         }
     }
 
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public:
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 void logSqlMessage(void*, const int err, const char* msg) {
-    mbgl::Log::Record(mbgl::EventSeverity::Debug, mbgl::Event::Database, err, "%s", msg);
+    mbgl::Log::Record(mbgl::EventSeverity::Debug, mbgl::Event::Database, std::to_string(err) + msg);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ MBGL_CONSTRUCTOR(initialize) {
 #endif
 }
 
-mapbox::util::variant<Database, Exception> Database::tryOpen(const std::string& filename, int flags) {
+std::variant<Database, Exception> Database::tryOpen(const std::string& filename, int flags) {
     sqlite3* db = nullptr;
     const int error = sqlite3_open_v2(filename.c_str(), &db, flags | SQLITE_OPEN_URI, nullptr);
     if (error != SQLITE_OK) {
@@ -143,10 +144,10 @@ mapbox::util::variant<Database, Exception> Database::tryOpen(const std::string&
 
 Database Database::open(const std::string& filename, int flags) {
     auto result = tryOpen(filename, flags);
-    if (result.is<Exception>()) {
-        throw std::move(result.get<Exception>());
+    if (std::holds_alternative<Exception>(result)) {
+        throw std::move(std::get<Exception>(result));
     } else {
-        return std::move(result.get<Database>());
+        return std::move(std::get<Database>(result));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/qt/src/mbgl/sqlite3.cpp b/platform/qt/src/mbgl/sqlite3.cpp
index 9afd08707..7300241a3 100644
--- a/platform/qt/src/mbgl/sqlite3.cpp
+++ b/platform/qt/src/mbgl/sqlite3.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <chrono>
 #include <limits>
 #include <optional>
+#include <variant>
 
 #include <mbgl/util/chrono.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/logging.hpp>
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public:
     int64_t changes = 0;
 };
 
-mapbox::util::variant<Database, Exception> Database::tryOpen(const std::string& filename, int flags) {
+std::variant<Database, Exception> Database::tryOpen(const std::string& filename, int flags) {
     if (!QSqlDatabase::drivers().contains("QSQLITE")) {
         return Exception{ResultCode::CantOpen, "SQLite driver not found."};
     }
@@ -112,10 +113,10 @@ mapbox::util::variant<Database, Exception> Database::tryOpen(const std::string&
 
 Database Database::open(const std::string& filename, int flags) {
     auto result = tryOpen(filename, flags);
-    if (result.is<Exception>()) {
-        throw result.get<Exception>();
+    if (std::holds_alternative<Exception>(result)) {
+        throw std::get<Exception>(result);
     } else {
-        return std::move(result.get<Database>());
+        return std::move(std::get<Database>(result));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/storage/sqlite.test.cpp b/test/storage/sqlite.test.cpp
index b71024ab7..6f1cdd298 100644
--- a/test/storage/sqlite.test.cpp
+++ b/test/storage/sqlite.test.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ TEST(SQLite, TEST_REQUIRES_WRITE(TryOpen)) {
     // make sure all the backends behave the same way.
     auto result = mapbox::sqlite::Database::tryOpen("test/fixtures/offline_database/foobar123.db",
                                                     mapbox::sqlite::ReadOnly);
-    ASSERT_TRUE(result.is<mapbox::sqlite::Exception>());
-    ASSERT_EQ(result.get<mapbox::sqlite::Exception>().code, mapbox::sqlite::ResultCode::CantOpen);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(std::holds_alternative<mapbox::sqlite::Exception>(result));
+    ASSERT_EQ(std::get<mapbox::sqlite::Exception>(result).code, mapbox::sqlite::ResultCode::CantOpen);
     EXPECT_EQ(0u, log.uncheckedCount());
 }