diff --git a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
index 4e38e8d4cd..c4561d12e8 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
@@ -314,10 +314,6 @@ unsigned string_to_unsigned(const char *str);
  **/
 unsigned string_hex_to_unsigned(const char *str);
 
-char *string_init(const char *src);
-
-void string_set(char **string, const char *src);
-
 /**
  * string_count_occurrences_single_character:
  *
diff --git a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
index 7f05883d0a..1f9cc1016a 100644
--- a/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
+++ b/libretro-common/string/stdstring.c
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@ const uint8_t lr_char_props[256] = {
 	0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00, /* Fx                  */
 };
 
-char *string_init(const char *src)
-{
-   return src ? strdup(src) : NULL;
-}
-
-void string_set(char **string, const char *src)
-{
-   free(*string);
-   *string = string_init(src);
-}
-
-
 char *string_to_upper(char *s)
 {
    char *cs = (char *)s;