diff --git a/src/console.cpp b/src/console.cpp
index 5c5ae2fb65..d3d908935a 100644
--- a/src/console.cpp
+++ b/src/console.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ void IConsolePrint(TextColour colour_code, const std::string &string)
 	/* Create a copy of the string, strip if of colours and invalid
 	 * characters and (when applicable) assign it to the console buffer */
 	char *str = stredup(string.c_str());
-	str_strip_colours(str);
 	StrMakeValidInPlace(str);
 
 	if (_network_dedicated) {
diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
index 14e5fee364..c4f8278843 100644
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -423,29 +423,6 @@ bool StrEqualsIgnoreCase(const std::string_view str1, const std::string_view str
 	return StrCompareIgnoreCase(str1, str2) == 0;
 }
 
-/** Scans the string for colour codes and strips them */
-void str_strip_colours(char *str)
-{
-	char *dst = str;
-	WChar c;
-	size_t len;
-
-	for (len = Utf8Decode(&c, str); c != '\0'; len = Utf8Decode(&c, str)) {
-		if (c < SCC_BLUE || c > SCC_BLACK) {
-			/* Copy the character back. Even if dst is current the same as str
-			 * (i.e. no characters have been changed) this is quicker than
-			 * moving the pointers ahead by len */
-			do {
-				*dst++ = *str++;
-			} while (--len != 0);
-		} else {
-			/* Just skip (strip) the colour codes */
-			str += len;
-		}
-	}
-	*dst = '\0';
-}
-
 /**
  * Get the length of an UTF-8 encoded string in number of characters
  * and thus not the number of bytes that the encoded string contains.
diff --git a/src/string_func.h b/src/string_func.h
index 93f2b4e1de..35a150fb88 100644
--- a/src/string_func.h
+++ b/src/string_func.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ void StrMakeValidInPlace(char *str, const char *last, StringValidationSettings s
 void StrMakeValidInPlace(char *str, StringValidationSettings settings = SVS_REPLACE_WITH_QUESTION_MARK);
 
 void str_fix_scc_encoded(char *str, const char *last) NOACCESS(2);
-void str_strip_colours(char *str);
 bool strtolower(std::string &str, std::string::size_type offs = 0);
 
 [[nodiscard]] bool StrValid(const char *str, const char *last) NOACCESS(2);