diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 74c5137d6e..bc035807a2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ what we publish.
 - `StringRef` is being deprecated. Use `StringSlice` instead.
   - Changed `sys.argv()` to return list of `StringSlice`.
   - removed `StringRef.startswith()` and `StringRef.endswith()`
+  - removed `StringRef.strip()`
 
 ### 🛠️ Fixed
 
diff --git a/stdlib/src/utils/stringref.mojo b/stdlib/src/utils/stringref.mojo
index 0b6877c9a1..e7b5f991c2 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/utils/stringref.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/utils/stringref.mojo
@@ -596,24 +596,6 @@ struct StringRef(
 
         return StringRef(data, length)
 
-    fn strip(self) -> StringRef:
-        """Gets a StringRef with leading and trailing whitespaces removed.
-        This only takes C spaces into account: " \\t\\n\\v\\f\\r".
-
-        For example, `"  mojo  "` returns `"mojo"`.
-
-        Returns:
-            A StringRef with leading and trailing whitespaces removed.
-        """
-        var start: Int = 0
-        var end: Int = len(self)
-        var ptr = self.unsafe_ptr()
-        while start < end and _isspace(ptr[start]):
-            start += 1
-        while end > start and _isspace(ptr[end - 1]):
-            end -= 1
-        return StringRef(ptr + start, end - start)
-
     fn split(self, delimiter: StringRef) raises -> List[StringRef]:
         """Split the StringRef by a delimiter.
 
diff --git a/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo b/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo
index 74ae492479..0916f58b22 100644
--- a/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo
@@ -235,60 +235,6 @@ def test_string_join():
     assert_equal(s6, "1,2,3")
 
 
-def test_string_literal_join():
-    var s2 = ",".join(List[UInt8](1, 2, 3))
-    assert_equal(s2, "1,2,3")
-
-    var s3 = ",".join(List[UInt8](1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9))
-    assert_equal(s3, "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9")
-
-    var s4 = ",".join(List[UInt8]())
-    assert_equal(s4, "")
-
-    var s5 = ",".join(List[UInt8](1))
-    assert_equal(s5, "1")
-
-
-def test_stringref():
-    var a = StringRef("AAA")
-    var b = StringRef("BBB")
-    var c = StringRef("AAA")
-
-    assert_equal(3, len(a))
-    assert_equal(3, len(b))
-    assert_equal(3, len(c))
-    assert_equal(4, len("ABBA"))
-
-    # Equality operators
-    assert_not_equal(a, b)
-    assert_not_equal(b, a)
-
-    # Self equality
-    assert_equal(a, a)
-
-    # Value equality
-    assert_equal(a, c)
-
-
-def test_stringref_from_dtypepointer():
-    var a = StringRef("AAA")
-    var b = StringRef(ptr=a.data)
-    assert_equal(3, len(a))
-    assert_equal(3, len(b))
-    assert_equal(a, b)
-
-
-def test_stringref_strip():
-    var a = StringRef("  mojo rocks  ")
-    var b = StringRef("mojo  ")
-    var c = StringRef("  mojo")
-    var d = StringRef("")
-    assert_equal(a.strip(), "mojo rocks")
-    assert_equal(b.strip(), "mojo")
-    assert_equal(c.strip(), "mojo")
-    assert_equal(d.strip(), "")
-
-
 def test_ord():
     # Regular ASCII
     assert_equal(ord("A"), 65)
@@ -1589,10 +1535,6 @@ def main():
     test_stringable()
     test_repr()
     test_string_join()
-    test_string_literal_join()
-    test_stringref()
-    test_stringref_from_dtypepointer()
-    test_stringref_strip()
     test_ord()
     test_chr()
     test_string_indexing()
diff --git a/stdlib/test/utils/test_stringref.mojo b/stdlib/test/utils/test_stringref.mojo
index 67965d22a4..8aa7e081be 100644
--- a/stdlib/test/utils/test_stringref.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/test/utils/test_stringref.mojo
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ from testing import assert_equal, assert_false, assert_raises, assert_true
 from utils import StringRef
 
 
+def test_stringref_from_pointer():
+    var a = StringRef("AAA")
+    var b = StringRef(ptr=a.data)
+    assert_equal(3, len(a))
+    assert_equal(3, len(b))
+    assert_equal(a, b)
+
+
 def test_strref_from_start():
     var str = StringRef("Hello")
 
@@ -169,6 +177,7 @@ def test_str_and_ref():
 
 
 def main():
+    test_stringref_from_pointer()
     test_strref_from_start()
     test_stringref_split()
     test_comparison_operators()