diff --git a/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c b/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c
index 3d724594..622f57be 100644
--- a/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c
+++ b/src/vm/datatypes/strings.c
@@ -884,12 +884,6 @@ static Value isValidUtf8(DictuVM *vm, int argCount, Value *args) {
     return BOOL_VAL(string->character_len != -1);
 }
 
-static Value testThing(DictuVM *vm, int argCount, Value *args) {
-    int argC = argCount-1;
-    Value func = args[1];
-    Value* func_args = args +2;
-    return callFunction(vm, func, argC, func_args);
-}
 
 void declareStringMethods(DictuVM *vm) {
     // Note(Liz3): We need functions from the c stdlib for iswalpha, iswlower,
@@ -923,5 +917,4 @@ void declareStringMethods(DictuVM *vm) {
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "collapseSpaces",
                  collapseSpacesString);
     defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "wrap", wrapString);
-    defineNative(vm, &vm->stringMethods, "testThing", testThing);
 }