diff --git a/archivist/utils/strings.py b/archivist/utils/strings.py
index 7e861e2..408e7af 100644
--- a/archivist/utils/strings.py
+++ b/archivist/utils/strings.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 
 import math, re
 
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-
 def get_urls(string:str = None) -> list:
     """
     Extracts URLs from a given string using regular expressions.
@@ -37,33 +35,3 @@ def convert_size(size_bytes: int) -> str:
         p = math.pow(1024, i)
         s = round(size_bytes / p, 2)
         return f"{s} {size_name[i]}"
-
-
-def is_string_html(string: str) -> bool:
-    '''
-    Check if string is HTML
-    
-    Parameters:
-        string (str): The string to be checked
-    
-    Returns:
-        bool: True if string is HTML, False otherwise
-    '''
-    return bool(BeautifulSoup(string, "html.parser").find())
-
-
-def html_to_text(string):
-    """
-    Converts an HTML string to plain text by removing all HTML tags and returning the resulting text.
-    
-    Parameters:
-        string (str): The HTML string to be converted.
-        
-    Returns:
-        str: The plain text version of the input HTML string.
-    """
-    if is_string_html(string):
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(string, "html.parser")
-        return soup.get_text()
-    else:
-        return string