diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 1018f7907ad..e0cf77c2028 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ filegroup(
     name = "caffe2_utils_srcs",
     srcs = [
         "caffe2/utils/proto_wrap.cc",
-        "caffe2/utils/string_utils.cc",
         "caffe2/utils/threadpool/ThreadPool.cc",
         "caffe2/utils/threadpool/pthreadpool.cc",
         "caffe2/utils/threadpool/pthreadpool_impl.cc",
diff --git a/caffe2/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/caffe2/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index c229f88168c..0c5c8f2c9e6 100644
--- a/caffe2/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/caffe2/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 list(APPEND Caffe2_CPU_SRCS
-  utils/string_utils.cc
   utils/threadpool/ThreadPool.cc
 )
 
diff --git a/caffe2/utils/string_utils.cc b/caffe2/utils/string_utils.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index ba763738f7b..00000000000
--- a/caffe2/utils/string_utils.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-#include "caffe2/utils/string_utils.h"
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <vector>
-#include <cstdint>
-
-namespace caffe2 {
-
-std::vector<std::string>
-split(char separator, const std::string& string, bool ignore_empty) {
-  std::vector<std::string> pieces;
-  std::stringstream ss(string);
-  std::string item;
-  while (getline(ss, item, separator)) {
-    if (!ignore_empty || !item.empty()) {
-      pieces.push_back(std::move(item));
-    }
-  }
-  return pieces;
-}
-
-std::string trim(const std::string& str) {
-  size_t left = str.find_first_not_of(' ');
-  if (left == std::string::npos) {
-    return str;
-  }
-  size_t right = str.find_last_not_of(' ');
-  return str.substr(left, (right - left + 1));
-}
-
-size_t editDistance(
-  const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2, size_t max_distance)
-  {
-    std::vector<size_t> current(s1.length() + 1);
-    std::vector<size_t> previous(s1.length() + 1);
-    std::vector<size_t> previous1(s1.length() + 1);
-
-    return editDistanceHelper(
-        s1.c_str(),
-        s1.length(),
-        s2.c_str(),
-        s2.length(),
-        current,
-        previous,
-        previous1,
-        max_distance
-    );
-  }
-  #define NEXT_UNSAFE(s, i, c) { \
-      (c)=(uint8_t)(s)[(i)++]; \
-  }
-
-int32_t editDistanceHelper(const char* s1,
-  size_t s1_len,
-  const char* s2,
-  size_t s2_len,
-  std::vector<size_t> &current,
-  std::vector<size_t> &previous,
-  std::vector<size_t> &previous1,
-  size_t max_distance) {
-    if (max_distance) {
-      if (std::max(s1_len, s2_len) - std::min(s1_len, s2_len) > max_distance) {
-        return max_distance+1;
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (size_t j = 0; j <= s1_len; ++j) {
-      current[j] = j;
-    }
-
-    int32_t str2_offset = 0;
-    char prev2 = 0;
-    for (size_t i = 1; i <= s2_len; ++i) {
-      swap(previous1, previous);
-      swap(current, previous);
-      current[0] = i;
-
-      // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores)
-      char c2 = s2[str2_offset];
-      char prev1 = 0;
-      int32_t str1_offset = 0;
-
-      NEXT_UNSAFE(s2, str2_offset, c2);
-
-      size_t current_min = s1_len;
-      for (size_t j = 1; j <= s1_len; ++j) {
-        size_t insertion = previous[j] + 1;
-        size_t deletion = current[j - 1] + 1;
-        size_t substitution = previous[j - 1];
-        size_t transposition = insertion;
-        // NOLINTNEXTLINE(clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores)
-        char c1 = s1[str1_offset];
-
-        NEXT_UNSAFE(s1, str1_offset, c1);
-
-        if (c1 != c2) {
-          substitution += 1;
-        }
-
-
-        if (prev1 == c2 && prev2 == c1 && j > 1 && i > 1) {
-          transposition = previous1[j - 2] + 1;
-        }
-        prev1 = c1;
-
-        current[j] = std::min(std::min(insertion, deletion),
-                         std::min(substitution, transposition));
-        current_min = std::min(current_min, current[j]);
-      }
-
-
-      if (max_distance != 0 && current_min > max_distance) {
-        return max_distance+1;
-      }
-
-      prev2 = c2;
-    }
-
-    return current[s1_len];
-  }
-} // namespace caffe2
diff --git a/caffe2/utils/string_utils.h b/caffe2/utils/string_utils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bf3b867b54..00000000000
--- a/caffe2/utils/string_utils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <memory>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include <c10/macros/Export.h>
-
-namespace caffe2 {
-
-TORCH_API std::vector<std::string>
-split(char separator, const std::string& string, bool ignore_empty = false);
-
-TORCH_API std::string trim(const std::string& str);
-
-TORCH_API size_t editDistance(
-    const std::string& s1,
-    const std::string& s2,
-    size_t max_distance = 0);
-
-TORCH_API inline bool StartsWith(
-    const std::string& str,
-    const std::string& prefix) {
-  return str.length() >= prefix.length() &&
-      std::mismatch(prefix.begin(), prefix.end(), str.begin()).first ==
-      prefix.end();
-}
-
-TORCH_API inline bool EndsWith(
-    const std::string& full,
-    const std::string& ending) {
-  if (full.length() >= ending.length()) {
-    return (
-        0 ==
-        full.compare(full.length() - ending.length(), ending.length(), ending));
-  } else {
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
-TORCH_API int32_t editDistanceHelper(
-    const char* s1,
-    size_t s1_len,
-    const char* s2,
-    size_t s2_len,
-    std::vector<size_t>& current,
-    std::vector<size_t>& previous,
-    std::vector<size_t>& previous1,
-    size_t max_distance);
-} // namespace caffe2