diff --git a/python/riegeli/base/BUILD b/python/riegeli/base/BUILD
index abfc211..581667b 100644
--- a/python/riegeli/base/BUILD
+++ b/python/riegeli/base/BUILD
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         "@rules_python//python/cc:current_py_cc_headers",
     ],
diff --git a/python/riegeli/bytes/BUILD b/python/riegeli/bytes/BUILD
index 0301ffb..5be6763 100644
--- a/python/riegeli/bytes/BUILD
+++ b/python/riegeli/bytes/BUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:bits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         "@rules_python//python/cc:current_py_cc_headers",
     ],
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:bits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@rules_python//python/cc:current_py_cc_headers",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/python/riegeli/records/BUILD b/python/riegeli/records/BUILD
index fe45285..9d8506f 100644
--- a/python/riegeli/records/BUILD
+++ b/python/riegeli/records/BUILD
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         "//riegeli/records:skipped_region",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@rules_python//python/cc:current_py_cc_headers",
     ],
 )
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         "//riegeli/records:record_writer",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@rules_python//python/cc:current_py_cc_headers",
     ],
 )
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/hash",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@rules_python//python/cc:current_py_cc_headers",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/python/riegeli/tensorflow/BUILD b/python/riegeli/tensorflow/BUILD
index 5ee80ce..d496628 100644
--- a/python/riegeli/tensorflow/BUILD
+++ b/python/riegeli/tensorflow/BUILD
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "//riegeli/tensorflow/io:file_reader",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
         "@local_config_tf//:libtensorflow_framework",
         "@local_config_tf//:tf_header_lib",
diff --git a/riegeli/base/BUILD b/riegeli/base/BUILD
index 9d9a293..b3a97eb 100644
--- a/riegeli/base/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/base/BUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     deps = [
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/utility",
     ],
 )
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     hdrs = ["compare.h"],
     deps = [
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:compare",
     ],
 )
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         ":types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -160,8 +161,8 @@
         ":string_utils",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:bits",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@
             ":arithmetic",
             "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
             "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-            "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+            "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
             "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         ],
         "//conditions:default": [],
@@ -202,8 +203,8 @@
     deps = [
         ":assert",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:config",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:config",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@
         ":type_traits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -303,8 +304,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:inlined_vector",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:node_hash_map",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:node_hash_set",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:config",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/meta:type_traits",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/meta:type_traits",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -416,6 +417,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status:statusor",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ] + select({
         "@platforms//os:windows": [
             ":arithmetic",
@@ -443,7 +445,7 @@
     name = "external_data",
     srcs = ["external_data.cc"],
     hdrs = ["external_data.h"],
-    deps = ["@com_google_absl//absl/strings"],
+    deps = ["@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view"],
 )
 
 cc_library(
@@ -477,7 +479,7 @@
         ":estimated_allocated_size",
         ":external_data",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@
         ":initializer",
         ":shared_ptr",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -507,7 +509,7 @@
         ":buffering",
         ":shared_buffer",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -541,8 +543,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:inlined_vector",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/meta:type_traits",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -576,8 +578,8 @@
         ":types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:bits",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -599,7 +601,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:config",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/hash",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -614,7 +616,7 @@
         ":type_traits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -689,5 +691,6 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:any_invocable",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/brotli/BUILD b/riegeli/brotli/BUILD
index db32094..462e0af 100644
--- a/riegeli/brotli/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/brotli/BUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@org_brotli//:brotlicommon",
         "@org_brotli//:brotlidec",
     ],
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@org_brotli//:brotlienc",
     ],
 )
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:shared_ptr",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         "@org_brotli//:brotlicommon",
         "@org_brotli//:brotlienc",
diff --git a/riegeli/bytes/BUILD b/riegeli/bytes/BUILD
index c8423ba..d6e7db4 100644
--- a/riegeli/bytes/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/bytes/BUILD
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:function_ref",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:str_format",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -208,6 +212,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:int128",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -232,8 +237,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:function_ref",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -258,8 +263,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -283,8 +288,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -324,8 +329,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:function_ref",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -347,7 +352,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -395,8 +400,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -419,8 +424,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -471,6 +476,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -495,6 +501,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -548,6 +555,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -573,6 +581,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -626,6 +635,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -651,6 +661,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -671,8 +682,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -693,8 +704,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -745,6 +756,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -771,8 +783,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:function_ref",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
     ],
 )
@@ -794,7 +806,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -814,7 +826,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -832,7 +844,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -858,8 +870,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -885,8 +897,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -924,8 +936,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -949,8 +961,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -973,8 +985,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -991,8 +1003,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:external_ref",
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1015,8 +1027,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1042,8 +1054,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1067,8 +1079,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:object",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1079,7 +1091,7 @@
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
     deps = [
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1093,7 +1105,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:type_traits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:config",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1162,6 +1174,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:bits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ] + select({
         "@platforms//os:windows": [],
         "//conditions:default": [
@@ -1198,6 +1211,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ] + select({
         "@platforms//os:windows": [],
         "//conditions:default": [
@@ -1239,6 +1253,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:bits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1253,7 +1268,10 @@
     # files provide.
     features = ["-use_header_modules"],
     visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
-    deps = ["@com_google_absl//absl/strings"] + select({
+    deps = [
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
+    ] + select({
         "@platforms//os:windows": [],
         "//conditions:default": [
             "//riegeli/base:arithmetic",
@@ -1299,6 +1317,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1325,6 +1344,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1365,6 +1385,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1391,6 +1412,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:nullability",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ] + select({
         "@platforms//os:windows": [
             "//riegeli/base:unicode",
@@ -1430,6 +1452,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:dynamic_annotations",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1466,6 +1489,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1480,7 +1504,7 @@
     deps = [
         ":fd_internal",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1531,7 +1555,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:dynamic_annotations",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -1548,6 +1572,6 @@
         "//riegeli/base:reset",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/bzip2/BUILD b/riegeli/bzip2/BUILD
index 1ba70cd..4371626 100644
--- a/riegeli/bzip2/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/bzip2/BUILD
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -63,5 +65,6 @@
         "@bzip2//:bz2",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/chunk_encoding/BUILD b/riegeli/chunk_encoding/BUILD
index 8d714a5..4b0b039 100644
--- a/riegeli/chunk_encoding/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/chunk_encoding/BUILD
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
         "//riegeli/messages:serialize_message",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_lite",
     ],
 )
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_lite",
     ],
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
         "//riegeli/endian:endian_reading",
         "//riegeli/endian:endian_writing",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@
     deps = [
         "//riegeli/base:chain",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:inlined_vector",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@highwayhash//:hh_types",
         "@highwayhash//:highwayhash_dynamic",
         "@highwayhash//:instruction_sets",
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
         "//riegeli/zstd:zstd_writer",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -202,8 +203,8 @@
         "//riegeli/varint:varint_writing",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_lite",
     ],
 )
@@ -264,8 +265,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_map",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:inlined_vector",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_map",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -340,8 +341,8 @@
         "//riegeli/messages:serialize_message",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_lite",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/containers/BUILD b/riegeli/containers/BUILD
index cab7359..7e2c752 100644
--- a/riegeli/containers/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/containers/BUILD
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status:statusor",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -58,5 +59,6 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status:statusor",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/csv/BUILD b/riegeli/csv/BUILD
index dac46d5..711f9d4 100644
--- a/riegeli/csv/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/csv/BUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_map",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
diff --git a/riegeli/digests/BUILD b/riegeli/digests/BUILD
index 0c4d041..9baaf3a 100644
--- a/riegeli/digests/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/digests/BUILD
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:type_traits",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:function_ref",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@
         "//riegeli/bytes:writer",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@
         "//riegeli/base:byte_fill",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/crc:crc32c",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@
     deps = [
         "//riegeli/base:arithmetic",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@zlib",
     ],
 )
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@
     deps = [
         "//riegeli/base:arithmetic",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@zlib",
     ],
 )
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
     deps = [
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/meta:type_traits",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@highwayhash",
         "@highwayhash//:arch_specific",
         "@highwayhash//:hh_types",
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@
     hdrs = ["openssl_digester.h"],
     deps = [
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/riegeli/endian/BUILD b/riegeli/endian/BUILD
index 3174460..fb49f1c 100644
--- a/riegeli/endian/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/endian/BUILD
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:config",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:int128",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/gcs/BUILD b/riegeli/gcs/BUILD
index ab6ccde..a62ad05 100644
--- a/riegeli/gcs/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/gcs/BUILD
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@google_cloud_cpp//:common",
         "@google_cloud_cpp//:storage",
     ],
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@google_cloud_cpp//:common",
         "@google_cloud_cpp//:storage",
     ],
diff --git a/riegeli/lines/BUILD b/riegeli/lines/BUILD
index df01f81..27221a5 100644
--- a/riegeli/lines/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/lines/BUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 cc_library(
     name = "newline",
     hdrs = ["newline.h"],
-    deps = ["@com_google_absl//absl/strings"],
+    deps = ["@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view"],
 )
 
 cc_library(
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -89,5 +90,6 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/lz4/BUILD b/riegeli/lz4/BUILD
index 822ef7f..a4ce086 100644
--- a/riegeli/lz4/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/lz4/BUILD
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@lz4//:lz4_frame",
     ],
 )
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@lz4",
         "@lz4//:lz4_frame",
     ],
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:shared_ptr",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@lz4//:lz4_frame",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/messages/BUILD b/riegeli/messages/BUILD
index 2de9c70..a642494 100644
--- a/riegeli/messages/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/messages/BUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_lite",
     ],
 )
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf",
     ],
 )
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
@@ -218,6 +221,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/records/BUILD b/riegeli/records/BUILD
index 576f2ec..092db96 100644
--- a/riegeli/records/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/records/BUILD
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf",
     ],
 )
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf",
     ],
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:string_ref",
         "//riegeli/base:types",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -147,6 +151,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@
         "//riegeli/chunk_encoding:hash",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@
         "//riegeli/chunk_encoding:hash",
         "//riegeli/endian:endian_reading",
         "//riegeli/endian:endian_writing",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/riegeli/records/tools/BUILD b/riegeli/records/tools/BUILD
index d8e466d..0950c27 100644
--- a/riegeli/records/tools/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/records/tools/BUILD
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/flags:usage",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_protobuf//:protobuf_lite",
     ],
 )
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:str_format",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         "@local_config_tf//:libtensorflow_framework",
         "@local_config_tf//:tf_header_lib",
diff --git a/riegeli/snappy/BUILD b/riegeli/snappy/BUILD
index 269abcc..f65b889 100644
--- a/riegeli/snappy/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/snappy/BUILD
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         "//riegeli/bytes:reader",
         "//riegeli/bytes:writer",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@snappy",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/snappy/framed/BUILD b/riegeli/snappy/framed/BUILD
index cf92194..068ee59 100644
--- a/riegeli/snappy/framed/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/snappy/framed/BUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/crc:crc32c",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@snappy",
     ],
 )
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@snappy",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/snappy/hadoop/BUILD b/riegeli/snappy/hadoop/BUILD
index 8690030..e268947 100644
--- a/riegeli/snappy/hadoop/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/snappy/hadoop/BUILD
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@snappy",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/tensorflow/io/BUILD b/riegeli/tensorflow/io/BUILD
index b4029cf..1b820cf 100644
--- a/riegeli/tensorflow/io/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/tensorflow/io/BUILD
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/types:span",
         "@local_config_tf//:tf_header_lib",
     ],
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:cord",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@local_config_tf//:tf_header_lib",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/text/BUILD b/riegeli/text/BUILD
index 34871b1..80522db 100644
--- a/riegeli/text/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/text/BUILD
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:bits",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/numeric:int128",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
 
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@
         "//riegeli/bytes:stringify_writer",
         "//riegeli/bytes:writer",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/xz/BUILD b/riegeli/xz/BUILD
index 0f8e6a1..f8fb7e2 100644
--- a/riegeli/xz/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/xz/BUILD
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@xz//:lzma",
     ],
 )
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@xz//:lzma",
     ],
 )
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:assert",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@xz//:lzma",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/zlib/BUILD b/riegeli/zlib/BUILD
index 237003e..d84cf42 100644
--- a/riegeli/zlib/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/zlib/BUILD
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@zlib",
     ],
 )
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@zlib",
     ],
 )
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@zlib",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/riegeli/zstd/BUILD b/riegeli/zstd/BUILD
index a868516..d242e89 100644
--- a/riegeli/zstd/BUILD
+++ b/riegeli/zstd/BUILD
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@net_zstd//:zstd",
     ],
 )
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
         "//riegeli/base:shared_ptr",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/base:core_headers",
-        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
         "@net_zstd//:zstd",
     ],