diff --git a/renderdoc/common/string_utils.h b/renderdoc/common/string_utils.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 39458fd11..000000000
--- a/renderdoc/common/string_utils.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-/******************************************************************************
- * The MIT License (MIT)
- * 
- * Copyright (c) 2014 Crytek
- * 
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- * 
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- * 
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- ******************************************************************************/
-
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <string>
-#include <vector>
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <ctype.h>
-using std::basic_string;
-using std::vector;
-
-// in common.cpp
-template<class charType> const charType* pathSeparator();
-template<class charType> const charType* curdir();
-
-template<class strType> strType basename(const strType &path)
-{
-	strType base = path;
-
-	if(base.length() == 0)
-		return base;
-
-	if(base[base.length()-1] == '/' || base[base.length()-1] == '\\')
-		base.erase(base.size()-1);
-
-	size_t offset = base.find_last_of(pathSeparator<typename strType::value_type>());
-
-	if(offset == strType::npos)
-		return base;
-
-	return base.substr(offset+1);
-}
-
-template<class strType> strType dirname(const strType &path)
-{
-	strType base = path;
-
-	if(base.length() == 0)
-		return base;
-
-	if(base[base.length()-1] == '/' || base[base.length()-1] == '\\')
-		base.erase(base.size()-1);
-	
-	size_t offset = base.find_last_of(pathSeparator<typename strType::value_type>());
-
-	if(offset == strType::npos)
-		return curdir<typename strType::value_type>();
-
-	return base.substr(0, offset);
-}
-
-template <class CharType>
-void strreplace(basic_string<CharType>& str, const basic_string<CharType>& toFind, const basic_string<CharType>& replacement, typename basic_string<CharType>::size_type index = 0)
-{
-	typename basic_string<CharType>::size_type length = toFind.length();
-
-	while(index < str.length())
-	{
-		index = str.find(toFind, index);
-
-		if(index < str.length())
-		{
-			str.replace(index, length, replacement);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-template <typename CharType>
-basic_string<CharType> strlower(const basic_string<CharType>& str)
-{
-	basic_string<CharType> newstr(str);
-	transform(newstr.begin(), newstr.end(), newstr.begin(), tolower);
-	return newstr;
-}
-
-template <typename CharType>
-basic_string<CharType> strupper(const basic_string<CharType>& str)
-{
-	basic_string<CharType> newstr(str);
-	transform(newstr.begin(), newstr.end(), newstr.begin(), (int(*)(int))toupper);
-	return newstr;
-}
-
-template <class CharType>
-void split(const basic_string<CharType>& in, vector<basic_string<CharType> >& out, const CharType sep)
-{
-	basic_string<CharType> work = in;
-	typename basic_string<CharType>::size_type offset = work.find(sep);
-
-	while(offset != basic_string<CharType>::npos)
-	{
-		out.push_back(work.substr(0, offset));
-		work = work.substr(offset+1);
-
-		offset = work.find(sep);
-	}
-
-	if(work.size() && work[0] != 0)
-		out.push_back(work);
-}
-
-template <class CharType>
-void merge(const vector<basic_string<CharType> >& in, basic_string<CharType>& out, const CharType sep)
-{
-	out = basic_string<CharType>();
-	for(size_t i=0; i < in.size(); i++)
-	{
-		out += in[i];
-		out += sep;
-	}
-}
-
-std::wstring widen(std::string str);
-std::string narrow(std::wstring str);
diff --git a/renderdoc/hooks/gl_linux_hooks.cpp b/renderdoc/hooks/gl_linux_hooks.cpp
index 8c0572ec0..dca451c9b 100644
--- a/renderdoc/hooks/gl_linux_hooks.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/hooks/gl_linux_hooks.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #include "driver/gl/gl_hookset_defs.h"
 
 #include "common/threading.h"
-#include "common/string_utils.h"
+#include "serialise/string_utils.h"
 
 namespace glEmulate { void EmulateUnsupportedFunctions(GLHookSet *hooks); }
 
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_network.cpp b/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_network.cpp
index 9af69961a..08d9c78d6 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_network.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_network.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <string>
 using std::string;
 
-#include "common/string_utils.h"
+#include "serialise/string_utils.h"
 #include "os/os_specific.h"
 
 namespace Network
diff --git a/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_stringio.cpp b/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_stringio.cpp
index 2d0dabed8..822236890 100644
--- a/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_stringio.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/os/linux/linux_stringio.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 // for dladdr
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 
-#include "common/string_utils.h"
+#include "serialise/string_utils.h"
 #include "common/threading.h"
 using std::string;