diff --git a/src/util/string.cpp b/src/util/string.cpp
index d66a245b..8a7eeb88 100644
--- a/src/util/string.cpp
+++ b/src/util/string.cpp
@@ -88,40 +88,6 @@ String reverse_string(String const& input) {
   return reversed;
 }
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Words
-
-String last_word(const String& s) {
-  size_t endLastWord   = s.find_last_not_of(_(' '));
-  size_t startLastWord = s.find_last_of(    _(' '), endLastWord);
-  if (endLastWord == String::npos) {
-    return String(); // empty string
-  } else if (startLastWord == String::npos) {
-    return s.substr(0, endLastWord + 1);// first word
-  } else {
-    return s.substr(startLastWord + 1, endLastWord - startLastWord);
-  }
-}
-
-String strip_last_word(const String& s) {
-  size_t endLastWord   = s.find_last_not_of(_(' '));
-  size_t startLastWord = s.find_last_of(_(' '), endLastWord);
-  if (endLastWord == String::npos || startLastWord == String::npos) {
-    return String(); // single word or empty string
-  } else {
-    return s.substr(0, startLastWord + 1);
-  }
-}
-
-const String word_start_chars = String(_("[({\"\'")) + LEFT_SINGLE_QUOTE + LEFT_DOUBLE_QUOTE;
-const String word_end_chars   = String(_("])}.,;:?!\"\'")) + RIGHT_SINGLE_QUOTE + RIGHT_DOUBLE_QUOTE;
-
-bool is_word_start_punctuation(Char c) {
-  return word_start_chars.find_first_of(c) != String::npos;
-}
-bool is_word_end_punctuation(Char c) {
-  return word_end_chars.find_first_of(c) != String::npos;
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Caseing
 
 /// Quick check to see if the substring starting at the given iterator is equal to some given string
diff --git a/src/util/string.hpp b/src/util/string.hpp
index ecf1194c..48c1c3cc 100644
--- a/src/util/string.hpp
+++ b/src/util/string.hpp
@@ -132,17 +132,6 @@ String replace_all(const String& heystack, const String& needle, const String& r
 /// Reverses a string, Note: std::reverse doesn't work with wxString
 String reverse_string(String const& input);
 
-// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Words
-
-/// Returns the last word in a string
-String last_word(const String&);
-
-/// Remove the last word from a string, leaves whitespace before that word
-String strip_last_word(const String&);
-
-bool is_word_start_punctuation(Char c);
-bool is_word_end_punctuation(Char c);
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Caseing
 
 /// Make each word in a string start with an upper case character.