diff --git a/cursor/cursor.go b/cursor/cursor.go
index f6ff7d1..7a765fd 100644
--- a/cursor/cursor.go
+++ b/cursor/cursor.go
@@ -89,37 +89,3 @@ func (rac ReaderAtCursor) At(pos uint64) Cursor[byte] {
 	rac.pos = pos
 	return rac
 }
-
-// StringCursor is identical to SliceCursor[byte], but uses a string as its data source.
-// The advantage is that creating a StringCursor does not require copying the source
-// string into a []byte.
-type StringCursor struct {
-	source string
-	offset uint64
-}
-
-func NewString(s string) StringCursor {
-	return StringCursor{source: s}
-}
-
-func (sc StringCursor) Read(dst []byte) (n uint64, next Cursor[byte], err error) {
-	if sc.offset == uint64(len(sc.source)) {
-		return 0, sc, io.EOF
-	}
-	copied := copy(dst, sc.source[sc.offset:])
-	if copied < len(dst) {
-		err = io.EOF
-	}
-	n = uint64(copied)
-	sc.offset += n
-	return n, sc, err
-}
-
-func (sc StringCursor) Pos() uint64 {
-	return sc.offset
-}
-
-func (sc StringCursor) At(pos uint64) Cursor[byte] {
-	sc.offset = pos
-	return sc
-}
diff --git a/cursor/cursor_test.go b/cursor/cursor_test.go
index 3b71009..1602b67 100644
--- a/cursor/cursor_test.go
+++ b/cursor/cursor_test.go
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ func TestSliceCursor(t *testing.T) {
 	testCursor(t, cursor.NewSlice[byte])
 }
 
-func TestStringCursor(t *testing.T) {
-	testCursor(t, func(b []byte) cursor.StringCursor {
-		return cursor.NewString(string(b))
-	})
-}
-
 func TestReaderAtCursor(t *testing.T) {
 	testCursor(t, func(b []byte) cursor.ReaderAtCursor {
 		return cursor.NewReaderAt(bytes.NewReader(b))