diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/strings.ts b/src/vs/base/common/strings.ts
index 47a25217d62..b51b279dda3 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/strings.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/strings.ts
@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ export function endsWith(haystack: string, needle: string): boolean {
 	}
 }
 
-export function splice(haystack: string, offset: number, length: number, value: string = ''): string {
-	return haystack.substring(0, offset) + value + haystack.substring(offset + length);
-}
-
 export function createRegExp(searchString: string, isRegex: boolean, matchCase: boolean, wholeWord: boolean): RegExp {
 	if (searchString === '') {
 		throw new Error('Cannot create regex from empty string');
@@ -246,22 +242,6 @@ export function normalizeNFC(str: string, cache?:{[str: string]: string}): strin
 	return res;
 }
 
-export function encodeURIPart(haystack: string, keepSlashes?: boolean): string {
-	if (!haystack) {
-		return haystack;
-	}
-
-	if (!keepSlashes) {
-		return encodeURIComponent(haystack);
-	} else {
-		var parts = haystack.split('/');
-		for (var i = 0, len = parts.length; i < len; i++) {
-			parts[i] = encodeURIComponent(parts[i]);
-		}
-		return parts.join('/');
-	}
-}
-
 export function isCamelCasePattern(pattern: string): boolean {
 	return (/^\w[\w.]*$/).test(pattern);
 }
@@ -288,21 +268,6 @@ export function assertRegExp(pattern: string, modifiers: string): void {
 	}
 }
 
-export function normalizePath(path?: string): string {
-
-	// No path provided, assume root
-	if (!path) {
-		return '';
-	}
-
-	// Paths must not start with a slash because they are always relative to the workspace root
-	if (path.indexOf('/') === 0) {
-		path = path.substring(1);
-	}
-
-	return encodeURIPart(path, true);
-}
-
 export function colorize(code: number, value: string): string {
 	return '\x1b[' + code + 'm' + value + '\x1b[0m';
 };
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/common/strings.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/common/strings.test.ts
index 7bf952e02a6..0d2aa6f0410 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/common/strings.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/common/strings.test.ts
@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@ suite('Strings', () => {
 		assert(strings.startsWith("", ""));
 	});
 
-	test("splice", function () {
-		assert.equal(strings.splice('boo', 1, 2, 'far'), 'bfar');
-		assert.equal(strings.splice('boo', 0, 2), 'o');
-		assert.equal(strings.splice('boo', 0, 3, 'far'), 'far');
-		assert.equal(strings.splice('boo', 3, 0, 'far'), 'boofar');
-	});
-
 	test("endsWith", function () {
 		assert(strings.endsWith("foo", "o"));
 		assert(strings.endsWith("foo", "oo"));
@@ -153,14 +146,6 @@ suite('Strings', () => {
 		assert.strictEqual(" 	  ".trim(), "");
 	});
 
-	test("uri encode with slashes", function () {
-		var str = strings.encodeURIPart("hello &/ world");
-		assert.strictEqual(str, "hello%20%26%2F%20world");
-
-		str = strings.encodeURIPart("hello &/ world", true);
-		assert.strictEqual(str, "hello%20%26/%20world");
-	});
-
 	test("localeCompare", function() {
 		assert.strictEqual(strings.localeCompare('a', 'a'), 'a'.localeCompare('a'));
 		assert.strictEqual(strings.localeCompare('A', 'A'), 'A'.localeCompare('A'));