diff --git a/src/common/string_util.cpp b/src/common/string_util.cpp
index 731d1db34..5b004ef48 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/string_util.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cctype>
-#include <cerrno>
 #include <codecvt>
-#include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstring>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <locale>
+#include <sstream>
 #include "common/common_paths.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "common/string_util.h"
@@ -75,40 +75,6 @@ std::string StripQuotes(const std::string& s) {
         return s;
 }
 
-bool TryParse(const std::string& str, u32* const output) {
-    char* endptr = nullptr;
-
-    // Reset errno to a value other than ERANGE
-    errno = 0;
-
-    unsigned long value = strtoul(str.c_str(), &endptr, 0);
-
-    if (!endptr || *endptr)
-        return false;
-
-    if (errno == ERANGE)
-        return false;
-
-#if ULONG_MAX > UINT_MAX
-    if (value >= 0x100000000ull && value <= 0xFFFFFFFF00000000ull)
-        return false;
-#endif
-
-    *output = static_cast<u32>(value);
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool TryParse(const std::string& str, bool* const output) {
-    if ("1" == str || "true" == ToLower(str))
-        *output = true;
-    else if ("0" == str || "false" == ToLower(str))
-        *output = false;
-    else
-        return false;
-
-    return true;
-}
-
 std::string StringFromBool(bool value) {
     return value ? "True" : "False";
 }
diff --git a/src/common/string_util.h b/src/common/string_util.h
index f76fc43dc..7e32d6405 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.h
+++ b/src/common/string_util.h
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstddef>
-#include <iomanip>
-#include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include "common/common_types.h"
@@ -28,21 +26,6 @@ std::string StripQuotes(const std::string& s);
 
 std::string StringFromBool(bool value);
 
-bool TryParse(const std::string& str, bool* output);
-bool TryParse(const std::string& str, u32* output);
-
-template <typename N>
-static bool TryParse(const std::string& str, N* const output) {
-    std::istringstream iss(str);
-
-    N tmp = 0;
-    if (iss >> tmp) {
-        *output = tmp;
-        return true;
-    } else
-        return false;
-}
-
 std::string TabsToSpaces(int tab_size, std::string in);
 
 void SplitString(const std::string& str, char delim, std::vector<std::string>& output);