@@ -423,90 +423,10 @@
 	} @finally {
 		free(UTF8String);
 	}
 }
 
-- (void)reverse
-{
-	size_t i, j;
-
-	_s->hasHash = false;
-
-	/* We reverse all bytes and restore UTF-8 later, if necessary */
-	for (i = 0, j = _s->cStringLength - 1; i < _s->cStringLength / 2;
-	    i++, j--) {
-		_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[j];
-		_s->cString[j] ^= _s->cString[i];
-		_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[j];
-	}
-
-	if (!_s->isUTF8)
-		return;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < _s->cStringLength; i++) {
-		/* ASCII */
-		if OF_LIKELY (!(_s->cString[i] & 0x80))
-			continue;
-
-		/* A start byte can't happen first as we reversed everything */
-		if OF_UNLIKELY (_s->cString[i] & 0x40)
-			@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException exception];
-
-		/* Next byte must not be ASCII */
-		if OF_UNLIKELY (_s->cStringLength < i + 1 ||
-		    !(_s->cString[i + 1] & 0x80))
-			@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException exception];
-
-		/* Next byte is the start byte */
-		if OF_LIKELY (_s->cString[i + 1] & 0x40) {
-			_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[i + 1];
-			_s->cString[i + 1] ^= _s->cString[i];
-			_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[i + 1];
-
-			i++;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* Second next byte must not be ASCII */
-		if OF_UNLIKELY (_s->cStringLength < i + 2 ||
-		    !(_s->cString[i + 2] & 0x80))
-			@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException exception];
-
-		/* Second next byte is the start byte */
-		if OF_LIKELY (_s->cString[i + 2] & 0x40) {
-			_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[i + 2];
-			_s->cString[i + 2] ^= _s->cString[i];
-			_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[i + 2];
-
-			i += 2;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* Third next byte must not be ASCII */
-		if OF_UNLIKELY (_s->cStringLength < i + 3 ||
-		    !(_s->cString[i + 3] & 0x80))
-			@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException exception];
-
-		/* Third next byte is the start byte */
-		if OF_LIKELY (_s->cString[i + 3] & 0x40) {
-			_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[i + 3];
-			_s->cString[i + 3] ^= _s->cString[i];
-			_s->cString[i] ^= _s->cString[i + 3];
-
-			_s->cString[i + 1] ^= _s->cString[i + 2];
-			_s->cString[i + 2] ^= _s->cString[i + 1];
-			_s->cString[i + 1] ^= _s->cString[i + 2];
-
-			i += 3;
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		/* UTF-8 does not allow more than 4 bytes per character */
-		@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException exception];
-	}
-}
-
 - (void)insertString: (OFString *)string atIndex: (size_t)idx
 {
 	size_t newCStringLength;
 
 	if (idx > _s->length)