diff --git a/aten/src/ATen/core/interned_strings.h b/aten/src/ATen/core/interned_strings.h
index a7e1e8be710..3c35659440b 100644
--- a/aten/src/ATen/core/interned_strings.h
+++ b/aten/src/ATen/core/interned_strings.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ namespace c10 {
   _(prim, Store)                   \
   _(prim, Undefined)               \
   _(prim, Starred)                 \
-  _(prim, ToString)                \
   _(prim, TupleConstruct)          \
   _(prim, TupleUnpack)             \
   _(prim, TupleIndex)              \
diff --git a/test/expect/TestScript.test_str_cast-stdout.expect b/test/expect/TestScript.test_str_cast-stdout.expect
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c9e1f422ae..00000000000
--- a/test/expect/TestScript.test_str_cast-stdout.expect
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-0
-[ Variable[CPULongType]{} ]
-2
-1
-2.5
diff --git a/test/expect/TestScript.test_str_cast.expect b/test/expect/TestScript.test_str_cast.expect
deleted file mode 100644
index e0bcb45ee7f..00000000000
--- a/test/expect/TestScript.test_str_cast.expect
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-graph(%a : Dynamic
-      %b : int
-      %c : bool
-      %d : float) {
-  %4 : string = prim::ToString(%a)
-   = prim::Print(%4)
-  %5 : string = prim::ToString(%b)
-   = prim::Print(%5)
-  %6 : string = prim::ToString(%c)
-   = prim::Print(%6)
-  %7 : string = prim::ToString(%d)
-   = prim::Print(%7)
-  return (%a);
-}
diff --git a/test/test_jit.py b/test/test_jit.py
index fd31f89e838..a673d01ee00 100644
--- a/test/test_jit.py
+++ b/test/test_jit.py
@@ -8071,18 +8071,6 @@ a")
             return e
         self.checkScript(foo, (torch.rand(3), torch.rand(3)))
 
-    def test_str_cast(self):
-        def foo(a, b, c, d):
-            # type: (Tensor, int, bool, float) -> Tensor
-            print(str(a))
-            print(str(b))
-            print(str(c))
-            print(str(d))
-            return a
-
-        self.checkScript(foo, (torch.tensor(0), 2, True, 2.5), capture_output=True)
-        self.assertExpectedGraph(torch.jit.script(foo).graph)
-
 
 class MnistNet(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self):
diff --git a/torch/csrc/jit/ir.cpp b/torch/csrc/jit/ir.cpp
index 4c77c1b7a1a..ade978d3c3f 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/jit/ir.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/jit/ir.cpp
@@ -1302,12 +1302,6 @@ Node* Graph::createStringToFloat(Value* value) {
   return result;
 }
 
-Node* Graph::createToString(Value* value) {
-  auto* result = create(prim::ToString, {value});
-  result->output()->setType(StringType::get());
-  return result;
-}
-
 Node* Graph::createClone(Node * n, std::function<Value*(Value*)> value_map, bool copy_blocks) {
   //n can be from a different graph
   Node * r = n->allocNewInstance(this);
diff --git a/torch/csrc/jit/ir.h b/torch/csrc/jit/ir.h
index a91cde7994e..3c1309838cb 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/jit/ir.h
+++ b/torch/csrc/jit/ir.h
@@ -846,8 +846,6 @@ public:
   TORCH_API Node* createIntToFloat(Value* value);
   TORCH_API Node* createFloatToInt(Value* value);
   TORCH_API Node* createStringToFloat(Value* value);
-  TORCH_API Node* createToString(Value* value);
-
   Node* createPythonOp(
       THPObjectPtr&& pyobj,
       const std::string& cconv,
diff --git a/torch/csrc/jit/register_prim_ops.cpp b/torch/csrc/jit/register_prim_ops.cpp
index 5bf3756bf01..c12c989867a 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/jit/register_prim_ops.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/jit/register_prim_ops.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <ostream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
-#include <sstream>
 #include <typeinfo>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
@@ -185,16 +184,6 @@ RegisterOperators reg({
             return 0;
           };
         }),
-    Operator(
-        prim::ToString,
-        [](Node* node) -> Operation {
-          return [](Stack& stack) {
-            std::stringstream ss;
-            ss << pop(stack);
-            push(stack, ss.str());
-            return 0;
-          };
-        }),
     Operator(
         prim::TensorDevice,
         [](const Node* node) -> Operation {
diff --git a/torch/csrc/jit/script/compiler.cpp b/torch/csrc/jit/script/compiler.cpp
index 840ab1ea02c..87267acf652 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/jit/script/compiler.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/jit/script/compiler.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ static Value* typeCast(const SourceRange& loc, Value* value, TypePtr dst) {
     n = graph.createIntToFloat(value);
   } else if(dst->isSubtypeOf(FloatType::get()) && orig->isSubtypeOf(StringType::get())) {
     n = graph.createStringToFloat(value);
-  } else if (dst->isSubtypeOf(StringType::get())) {
-    n = graph.createToString(value);
   } else {
     throw ErrorReport(loc) << "Cannot cast type '" << orig->str() << "' to type '"
       << dst->str() << "'.";
@@ -326,7 +324,6 @@ struct Environment {
         {"float", std::make_shared<CastValue>(FloatType::get())},
         {"int", std::make_shared<CastValue>(IntType::get())},
         {"bool", std::make_shared<CastValue>(BoolType::get())},
-        {"str", std::make_shared<CastValue>(StringType::get())},
         // todo(zach): remove when we can correctly export torch.full via ONNX
         // or we have implicit conversion that can convert numbers to tensors
         {"_to_tensor", std::make_shared<CastValue>(DynamicType::get()) },