diff --git a/lib/compass/core_ext.rb b/lib/compass/core_ext.rb
index 70659b62..9bf1e560 100644
--- a/lib/compass/core_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/core_ext.rb
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
 class String
+
   # see if string has any content
   def blank?; self.length.zero?; end
   
-  # strip space after :, remove newlines, replace multiple spaces with only one space, remove comments
-  def strip_space!
-    replace self.gsub(/:\s*/, ':').gsub(/\n/, '').gsub(/\s+/, ' ').gsub(/(\/\*).*?(\*\/)/, '')
-  end
-  
-  # remove newlines, insert space after comma, replace two spaces with one space after comma
-  def strip_selector_space!
-    replace self.gsub(/(\n)/, '').gsub(',', ', ').gsub(',  ', ', ')
-  end
-  
-  # remove leading whitespace, remove end whitespace
-  def strip_side_space!
-    replace self.gsub(/^\s+/, '').gsub(/\s+$/, $/)
-  end
 end
 
 class NilClass
@@ -23,17 +10,3 @@ class NilClass
     true
   end
 end
-
-class File
-  # string output from file
-  def self.path_to_string(path)
-    File.new(path).read
-  end
-  
-  # saves a string to a specified file path
-  def self.string_to_file(string, path)
-    directory = File.dirname(path)
-    FileUtils.mkdir_p directory unless File.directory?(directory)
-    File.open(path, 'w') { |f| f << string }
-  end
-end
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