diff --git a/include/helpers.h b/include/helpers.h
index fd0ff0b2c..3f6f93dfa 100644
--- a/include/helpers.h
+++ b/include/helpers.h
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 typedef bool (*parse_func)(char **, void **, void *);
 
 int pcre2_multi_match(pcre2_code *, const char *, unsigned int, parse_func, void *, GQueue *);
-INLINE void strmove(char **, char **);
-INLINE void strdupfree(char **, const char *);
 
 
 
@@ -141,28 +139,6 @@ INLINE GQueue *g_hash_table_lookup_queue_new(GHashTable *ht, void *key, GDestroy
 
 /*** STRING HELPERS ***/
 
-INLINE void strmove(char **d, char **s) {
-	if (*d)
-		free(*d);
-	*d = *s;
-	*s = strdup("");
-}
-
-INLINE void strdupfree(char **d, const char *s) {
-	if (*d)
-		free(*d);
-	*d = strdup(s);
-}
-
-INLINE int strmemcmp(const void *mem, int len, const char *s) {
-	int l = strlen(s);
-	if (l < len)
-		return -1;
-	if (l > len)
-		return 1;
-	return memcmp(mem, s, len);
-}
-
 INLINE const char *__get_enum_array_text(const char * const *array, unsigned int idx,
 		unsigned int len, const char *deflt)
 {