diff --git a/source/main/utils/Utils.cpp b/source/main/utils/Utils.cpp
index 2368bb51e4..e7cafb6db9 100644
--- a/source/main/utils/Utils.cpp
+++ b/source/main/utils/Utils.cpp
@@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ String RoR::getVersionString(bool multiline)
     return String(tmp);
 }
 
-void RoR::trimUTFString(UTFString& str, bool left, bool right)
-{
-    static const String delims = " \t\r";
-    if (right)
-        str.erase(str.find_last_not_of(delims) + 1); // trim right
-    if (left)
-        str.erase(0, str.find_first_not_of(delims)); // trim left
-}
-
 Real RoR::Round(Real value, unsigned short ndigits /* = 0 */)
 {
     Real f = 1.0f;
diff --git a/source/main/utils/Utils.h b/source/main/utils/Utils.h
index 4861b28183..26364d37eb 100644
--- a/source/main/utils/Utils.h
+++ b/source/main/utils/Utils.h
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ std::time_t getTimeStamp();
 
 Ogre::String getVersionString(bool multiline = true);
 
-void trimUTFString(Ogre::UTFString& str, bool left = true, bool right = true);
-
 inline void replaceString(std::string& str, std::string searchString, std::string replaceString)
 {
     std::string::size_type pos = 0;