diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 6b03047..7a35974 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -764,71 +764,6 @@
 #include "stringlib/partition.h"
 
 
-static int
-string_print(PyStringObject *op, FILE *fp, int flags)
-{
-	Py_ssize_t i;
-	char c;
-	int quote;
-
-	/* XXX Ought to check for interrupts when writing long strings */
-	if (! PyString_CheckExact(op)) {
-		int ret;
-		/* A str subclass may have its own __str__ method. */
-		op = (PyStringObject *) PyObject_Str((PyObject *)op);
-		if (op == NULL)
-			return -1;
-		ret = string_print(op, fp, flags);
-		Py_DECREF(op);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	if (flags & Py_PRINT_RAW) {
-		char *data = op->ob_sval;
-		Py_ssize_t size = Py_Size(op);
-		while (size > INT_MAX) {
-			/* Very long strings cannot be written atomically.
-			 * But don't write exactly INT_MAX bytes at a time
-			 * to avoid memory aligment issues.
-			 */
-			const int chunk_size = INT_MAX & ~0x3FFF;
-			fwrite(data, 1, chunk_size, fp);
-			data += chunk_size;
-			size -= chunk_size;
-		}
-#ifdef __VMS
-                if (size) fwrite(data, (int)size, 1, fp);
-#else
-                fwrite(data, 1, (int)size, fp);
-#endif
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	/* figure out which quote to use; single is preferred */
-	quote = '\'';
-	if (memchr(op->ob_sval, '\'', Py_Size(op)) &&
-	    !memchr(op->ob_sval, '"', Py_Size(op)))
-		quote = '"';
-
-	fputc(quote, fp);
-	for (i = 0; i < Py_Size(op); i++) {
-		c = op->ob_sval[i];
-		if (c == quote || c == '\\')
-			fprintf(fp, "\\%c", c);
-                else if (c == '\t')
-                        fprintf(fp, "\\t");
-                else if (c == '\n')
-                        fprintf(fp, "\\n");
-                else if (c == '\r')
-                        fprintf(fp, "\\r");
-		else if (c < ' ' || c >= 0x7f)
-			fprintf(fp, "\\x%02x", c & 0xff);
-		else
-			fputc(c, fp);
-	}
-	fputc(quote, fp);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 PyObject *
 PyString_Repr(PyObject *obj, int smartquotes)
 {
@@ -3983,7 +3918,7 @@
 	sizeof(PyStringObject),
 	sizeof(char),
  	string_dealloc, 			/* tp_dealloc */
-	(printfunc)string_print, 		/* tp_print */
+	0,			 		/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
 	0,					/* tp_compare */