diff --git a/include/wx/string.h b/include/wx/string.h
index 2b65099b97..0f331da3a0 100644
--- a/include/wx/string.h
+++ b/include/wx/string.h
@@ -355,10 +355,6 @@ public:
   int Printf(const char *pszFormat, ...);
     /// as vprintf(), returns the number of characters written or < 0 on error
   int PrintfV(const char* pszFormat, va_list argptr);
-    /// as sscanf()
-  int Scanf(const char *pszFormat, ...) const;
-    /// as vsscanf()
-  int ScanfV(const char *pszFormat, va_list argptr) const;
   //@}
   
   // get writable buffer of at least nLen characters