diff --unified --recursive a/src/gui/TopologyTools.cc b/src/gui/TopologyTools.cc
--- a/src/gui/TopologyTools.cc	2021-07-05 05:11:47.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/gui/TopologyTools.cc	2022-12-07 22:35:20.444054124 +0100
@@ -3448,7 +3448,7 @@
 			std::find_if(
 					d_visible_boundary_section_seq.begin(),
 					d_visible_boundary_section_seq.end(),
-					boost::bind(&VisibleSection::d_section_info_index, _1) ==
+					boost::bind(&VisibleSection::d_section_info_index, boost::placeholders::_1) ==
 						boost::cref(section_index));
 
 	if (visible_section_iter == d_visible_boundary_section_seq.end())
@@ -3467,7 +3467,7 @@
 			std::find_if(
 					d_visible_interior_section_seq.begin(),
 					d_visible_interior_section_seq.end(),
-					boost::bind(&VisibleSection::d_section_info_index, _1) ==
+					boost::bind(&VisibleSection::d_section_info_index, boost::placeholders::_1) ==
 						boost::cref(section_index));
 
 	if (visible_section_iter == d_visible_interior_section_seq.end())
diff --unified --recursive a/src/presentation/ReconstructionGeometryRenderer.cc b/src/presentation/ReconstructionGeometryRenderer.cc
--- a/src/presentation/ReconstructionGeometryRenderer.cc	2021-07-05 05:11:50.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/presentation/ReconstructionGeometryRenderer.cc	2022-12-07 22:36:11.117884262 +0100
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 GPlatesPresentation::ReconstructionGeometryRenderer::RenderParamsPopulator::visit_reconstruct_visual_layer_params(
 		const ReconstructVisualLayerParams &params)
 {
-	d_render_params.show_vgp = boost::bind(&ReconstructVisualLayerParams::show_vgp, &params, _1, _2);
+	d_render_params.show_vgp = boost::bind(&ReconstructVisualLayerParams::show_vgp, &params, boost::placeholders::_1, boost::placeholders::_2);
 	d_render_params.vgp_draw_circular_error = params.get_vgp_draw_circular_error();
 	d_render_params.fill_polygons = params.get_fill_polygons();
 	d_render_params.fill_polylines = params.get_fill_polylines();
diff --unified --recursive a/src/presentation/VisualLayerRegistry.cc b/src/presentation/VisualLayerRegistry.cc
--- a/src/presentation/VisualLayerRegistry.cc	2021-07-05 05:11:50.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/presentation/VisualLayerRegistry.cc	2022-12-07 22:38:12.950877614 +0100
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
 			&GPlatesQtWidgets::ReconstructScalarCoverageLayerOptionsWidget::create,
 			boost::bind(
 					&ReconstructScalarCoverageVisualLayerParams::create,
-					_1),
+					boost::placeholders::_1),
 			true);
 
 	registry.register_visual_layer_type(
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
 					// NOTE: We pass in ViewState and not the GlobeAndMapWidget, obtained from
 					// ViewportWindow, because ViewportWindow is not yet available (a reference to
 					// it not yet been initialised inside ViewState) so accessing it would crash...
-					_1, boost::ref(view_state)),
+					boost::placeholders::_1, boost::ref(view_state)),
 			true);
 
 	// DERIVED_DATA group.
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@
 			&GPlatesQtWidgets::VelocityFieldCalculatorLayerOptionsWidget::create,
 			boost::bind(
 					&VelocityFieldCalculatorVisualLayerParams::create,
-					_1, boost::cref(view_state.get_rendered_geometry_parameters())),
+					boost::placeholders::_1, boost::cref(view_state.get_rendered_geometry_parameters())),
 			true);
 
 	using namespace  GPlatesUtils;
diff --unified --recursive a/src/qt-widgets/ViewportWindow.cc b/src/qt-widgets/ViewportWindow.cc
--- a/src/qt-widgets/ViewportWindow.cc	2021-08-05 05:44:01.000000000 +0200
+++ b/src/qt-widgets/ViewportWindow.cc	2022-12-07 22:39:20.487981302 +0100
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 			*d_geometry_operation_state_ptr,
 			*d_modify_geometry_state,
 			*d_measure_distance_state_ptr,
-			boost::bind(&canvas_tool_status_message, boost::ref(*this), _1),
+			boost::bind(&canvas_tool_status_message, boost::ref(*this), boost::placeholders::_1),
 			get_view_state(),
 			*this);