diff --git a/tests/snippets/strings.py b/tests/snippets/strings.py
index 7ceb653c1..7471b7005 100644
--- a/tests/snippets/strings.py
+++ b/tests/snippets/strings.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from testutils import assert_raises, AssertRaises, skip_if_unsupported
+from testutils import assert_raises, AssertRaises
 
 assert "".__eq__(1) == NotImplemented
 assert "a" == 'a'
@@ -471,73 +471,3 @@ assert '{:E}'.format(float('nan')) == 'NAN'
 assert '{:e}'.format(float('inf')) == 'inf'
 assert '{:e}'.format(float('-inf')) == '-inf'
 assert '{:E}'.format(float('inf')) == 'INF'
-
-
-# remove*fix test
-def test_removeprefix():
-    s='foobarfoo'
-    s_ref='foobarfoo'
-    assert s.removeprefix('f') == s_ref[1:]
-    assert s.removeprefix('fo') == s_ref[2:]
-    assert s.removeprefix('foo') == s_ref[3:]
-
-    assert s.removeprefix('') == s_ref
-    assert s.removeprefix('bar') == s_ref
-    assert s.removeprefix('lol') == s_ref
-    assert s.removeprefix('_foo') == s_ref
-    assert s.removeprefix('-foo') == s_ref
-    assert s.removeprefix('afoo') == s_ref
-    assert s.removeprefix('*foo') == s_ref
-    
-    assert s==s_ref, 'undefined test fail'
-
-def test_removeprefix_types():
-    s='0123456'
-    s_ref='0123456'
-    others=[0,['012']]
-    found=False
-    for o in others:
-        try:
-            s.removeprefix(o)
-        except:
-            found=True
-        
-        assert found, f'Removeprefix accepts other type: {type(o)}: {o=}'
-
-def test_removesuffix():
-    s='foobarfoo'
-    s_ref='foobarfoo'
-    assert s.removesuffix('o') == s_ref[:-1]
-    assert s.removesuffix('oo') == s_ref[:-2]
-    assert s.removesuffix('foo') == s_ref[:-3]
-
-    assert s.removesuffix('') == s_ref
-    assert s.removesuffix('bar') == s_ref
-    assert s.removesuffix('lol') == s_ref
-    assert s.removesuffix('foo_') == s_ref
-    assert s.removesuffix('foo-') == s_ref
-    assert s.removesuffix('foo*') == s_ref
-    assert s.removesuffix('fooa') == s_ref
-    
-    assert s==s_ref, 'undefined test fail'
-
-def test_removesuffix_types():
-    s='0123456'
-    s_ref='0123456'
-    others=[0,6,['6']]
-    found=False
-    for o in others:
-        try:
-            s.removesuffix(o)
-        except:
-            found=True
-        
-        assert found, f'Removesuffix accepts other type: {type(o)}: {o=}'
-
-
-skip_if_unsupported(3,9,test_removeprefix)
-skip_if_unsupported(3,9,test_removeprefix_types)
-skip_if_unsupported(3,9,test_removesuffix)
-skip_if_unsupported(3,9,test_removesuffix_types)
-
-
diff --git a/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs b/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs
index d4579cf09..eb3a434db 100644
--- a/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs
+++ b/vm/src/obj/objstr.rs
@@ -510,22 +510,6 @@ impl PyString {
             .to_owned()
     }
 
-    #[pymethod]
-    fn removeprefix(&self, pref: PyStringRef) -> PyResult<String> {
-        if self.value.as_str().starts_with(&pref.value) {
-            return Ok(self.value[pref.len()..].to_string());
-        }
-        Ok(self.value.to_string())
-    }
-
-    #[pymethod]
-    fn removesuffix(&self, suff: PyStringRef) -> PyResult<String> {
-        if self.value.as_str().ends_with(&suff.value) {
-            return Ok(self.value[..self.value.len() - suff.len()].to_string());
-        }
-        Ok(self.value.to_string())
-    }
-
     #[pymethod]
     fn endswith(&self, args: pystr::StartsEndsWithArgs, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<bool> {
         self.value.as_str().py_startsendswith(