diff --git a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/core/processors/datastore/matchers/IndexPartialToMatch.kt b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/core/processors/datastore/matchers/IndexPartialToMatch.kt
index 6839f1040..a50ffc20d 100644
--- a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/core/processors/datastore/matchers/IndexPartialToMatch.kt
+++ b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/core/processors/datastore/matchers/IndexPartialToMatch.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package maryk.core.processors.datastore.matchers
 
 import maryk.core.processors.datastore.findByteIndexAndSizeByPartIndex
 import maryk.core.processors.datastore.findByteIndexByPartIndex
-import maryk.lib.bytes.initString
 import maryk.lib.extensions.compare.matchPart
 
 sealed class IsIndexPartialToMatch {
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ class IndexPartialToRegexMatch(
     /** Matches [bytes] to partial and returns true if matches */
     override fun match(bytes: ByteArray, offset: Int, length: Int): Boolean {
         val (internalOffset, size) = findByteIndexAndSizeByPartIndex(indexableIndex, bytes, keySize)
-        return regex.matches(initString(bytes, offset + internalOffset, size))
+        return regex.matches(bytes.decodeToString(offset + internalOffset, size))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/String.kt b/lib/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/String.kt
index f0c526841..e8b5581ad 100644
--- a/lib/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/String.kt
+++ b/lib/src/commonMain/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/String.kt
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ private const val MIN_SUPPLEMENTARY_CODE_POINT = 0x010000
 expect fun fromCodePoint(value: Int): String
 expect fun codePointAt(string: String, index: Int): Int
 
-fun initString(bytes: ByteArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String =
-    bytes.decodeToString(offset, offset + length)
-
 fun initString(length: Int, reader: () -> Byte): String =
     if (length > recyclableByteArray.size) {
         ByteArray(length) {
diff --git a/lib/src/commonTest/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/StringTest.kt b/lib/src/commonTest/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/StringTest.kt
index f108d5566..0f56d62d8 100644
--- a/lib/src/commonTest/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/StringTest.kt
+++ b/lib/src/commonTest/kotlin/maryk/lib/bytes/StringTest.kt
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ class StringTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun testBytesToString() {
-        for ((hex, value) in stringsAndBytes) {
-            val b = initByteArrayByHex(hex)
-            expect(value) {
-                initString(b, 0, b.size)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun testStringToBytes() {
         for ((hex, value) in stringsAndBytes) {