diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp b/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp
index 8bb306a563..907623b806 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/String.cpp
@@ -420,18 +420,6 @@ namespace String
         return result;
     }
 
-    utf8* DiscardUse(utf8** ptr, utf8* replacement)
-    {
-        Memory::Free(*ptr);
-        *ptr = replacement;
-        return replacement;
-    }
-
-    utf8* DiscardDuplicate(utf8** ptr, const utf8* replacement)
-    {
-        return DiscardUse(ptr, String::Duplicate(replacement));
-    }
-
     std::vector<std::string> Split(std::string_view s, std::string_view delimiter)
     {
         if (delimiter.empty())
diff --git a/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp b/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp
index e4c34ab8d4..14b2e20815 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/String.hpp
@@ -85,16 +85,6 @@ namespace String
     utf8* Duplicate(const std::string& src);
     utf8* Duplicate(const utf8* src);
 
-    /**
-     * Helper method to free the string a string pointer points to and set it to a replacement string.
-     */
-    utf8* DiscardUse(utf8** ptr, utf8* replacement);
-
-    /**
-     * Helper method to free the string a string pointer points to and set it to a copy of a replacement string.
-     */
-    utf8* DiscardDuplicate(utf8** ptr, const utf8* replacement);
-
     /**
      * Splits the given string by a delimiter and returns the values as a new string array.
      * @returns the number of values.