diff --git a/ds/include/blue/ds/string.h b/ds/include/blue/ds/string.h
index 1d27b6a..17cbce0 100644
--- a/ds/include/blue/ds/string.h
+++ b/ds/include/blue/ds/string.h
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ static inline b_status b_string_tolower(b_string *str)
 {
 	return b_string_transform(str, tolower);
 }
-BLUE_API b_status b_string_open_stream(b_string *str, struct b_stream **out);
 
 BLUE_API b_status b_string_append_c(b_string *dest, char c);
 BLUE_API b_status b_string_append_wc(b_string *dest, b_wchar c);
diff --git a/ds/string.c b/ds/string.c
index 179e2f2..47f993a 100644
--- a/ds/string.c
+++ b/ds/string.c
@@ -1214,107 +1214,6 @@ static uint64_t string_hash(const struct b_string_p *str)
 	return hash;
 }
 
-/*** STREAM FUNCTIONS *********************************************************/
-
-static enum b_status stream_close(struct b_stream *stream)
-{
-	b_string *str = stream->s_ptr0;
-	b_string_unref(str);
-
-	return B_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static enum b_status stream_getc(struct b_stream *stream, int *out)
-{
-	struct b_string_p *str = stream->s_ptr1;
-	if (stream->s_cursor >= str->s_len) {
-		return B_ERR_NO_DATA;
-	}
-
-	char *s = string_ptr(str);
-	*out = s[stream->s_cursor];
-	stream->s_cursor++;
-
-	return B_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static enum b_status stream_read(
-	struct b_stream *stream, unsigned char *buf, size_t count, size_t *nr_read)
-{
-	struct b_string_p *str = stream->s_ptr1;
-	if (stream->s_cursor >= str->s_len) {
-		*nr_read = 0;
-		return B_SUCCESS;
-	}
-
-	size_t available = str->s_len - stream->s_cursor;
-	size_t to_read = b_min(size_t, count, available);
-
-	char *s = string_ptr(str) + stream->s_cursor;
-
-	memcpy(buf, s, to_read);
-
-	*nr_read = to_read;
-
-	return B_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static enum b_status stream_write(
-	struct b_stream *stream, const unsigned char *buf, size_t count,
-	size_t *nr_written)
-{
-	struct b_string_p *str = stream->s_ptr1;
-	enum b_status status = B_SUCCESS;
-
-	if (stream->s_cursor + count > str->s_max) {
-		status = string_reserve(str, stream->s_cursor + count);
-	}
-
-	if (!B_OK(status)) {
-		return status;
-	}
-
-	string_insert_cstr(str, (const char *)buf, count, stream->s_cursor);
-	stream->s_cursor += count;
-
-	*nr_written = count;
-
-	return B_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static enum b_status stream_seek(
-	struct b_stream *stream, long long offset, b_stream_seek_origin origin)
-{
-	struct b_string_p *str = stream->s_ptr1;
-
-	size_t abs_offset;
-	switch (origin) {
-	case B_STREAM_SEEK_START:
-		abs_offset = offset;
-		break;
-	case B_STREAM_SEEK_CURRENT:
-		abs_offset = stream->s_cursor + offset;
-		break;
-	case B_STREAM_SEEK_END:
-		abs_offset = str->s_len + offset;
-		break;
-	default:
-		return B_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
-	}
-
-	stream->s_cursor = abs_offset;
-
-	return B_SUCCESS;
-}
-
-static enum b_status stream_reserve(struct b_stream *stream, size_t len)
-{
-	struct b_string_p *str = stream->s_ptr1;
-
-	size_t new_capacity = str->s_len + len;
-	return string_reserve(str, new_capacity);
-}
-
 /*** PUBLIC FUNCTIONS *********************************************************/
 
 b_string *b_string_create_from_cstr(const char *s)
@@ -1539,31 +1438,6 @@ uint64_t b_string_hash(const b_string *str)
 	B_CLASS_DISPATCH_STATIC_0(B_TYPE_STRING, string_hash, str);
 }
 
-enum b_status b_string_open_stream(b_string *str, struct b_stream **out)
-{
-	struct b_stream *stream = malloc(sizeof *stream);
-	if (!stream) {
-		return B_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
-	}
-
-	memset(stream, 0x0, sizeof *stream);
-
-	stream->s_mode |= B_STREAM_READ | B_STREAM_WRITE;
-
-	stream->s_ptr0 = b_string_ref(str);
-	stream->s_ptr1 = b_object_get_private(str, B_TYPE_STRING);
-	stream->s_close = stream_close;
-	stream->s_getc = stream_getc;
-	stream->s_read = stream_read;
-	stream->s_write = stream_write;
-	stream->s_seek = stream_seek;
-	stream->s_reserve = stream_reserve;
-
-	*out = stream;
-
-	return B_SUCCESS;
-}
-
 /*** PUBLIC ALIAS FUNCTIONS ***************************************************/
 
 enum b_status b_string_append_c(b_string *dest, char c)
@@ -1635,7 +1509,7 @@ static void string_fini(b_object *obj, void *priv)
 	}
 }
 
-static void string_to_string(const b_object *obj, struct b_stream *out)
+static void string_to_string(const b_object *obj, b_stream *out)
 {
 	struct b_string_p *str = b_object_get_private(obj, B_TYPE_STRING);
 	const char *s = string_ptr(str);