diff --git a/src/util/string_utils.cpp b/src/util/string_utils.cpp
index c926769e314..7e1c2b316e1 100644
--- a/src/util/string_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/util/string_utils.cpp
@@ -159,28 +159,3 @@ std::string escape(const std::string &s)
 
   return result;
 }
-
-/// Replace all occurrences of a string inside a string
-/// \param [out] str: string to search
-/// \param from: string to replace; must be non-empty
-/// \param to: string to replace with
-/// Copyright notice:
-/// Attributed to Gauthier Boaglio
-/// Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24315631/7501486
-/// Used under MIT license
-/// Note that this is quadratic in str.size() if from.size() != to.size().
-/// There is no guarantee that it is linear in str.size() if
-/// from.size() == to.size().
-void replace_all(
-  std::string &str,
-  const std::string &from,
-  const std::string &to)
-{
-  PRECONDITION(!from.empty());
-  size_t start_pos = 0;
-  while((start_pos = str.find(from, start_pos)) != std::string::npos)
-  {
-    str.replace(start_pos, from.length(), to);
-    start_pos += to.length();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/util/string_utils.h b/src/util/string_utils.h
index 6c0dd5241c3..504c2f3f2b0 100644
--- a/src/util/string_utils.h
+++ b/src/util/string_utils.h
@@ -96,6 +96,4 @@ join_strings(Stream &&os, const It b, const It e, const Delimiter &delimiter)
 /// programming language.
 std::string escape(const std::string &);
 
-void replace_all(std::string &, const std::string &, const std::string &);
-
 #endif