diff --git a/SDL3-CS.Tests/Program.cs b/SDL3-CS.Tests/Program.cs
index d8db8dc..3eeccb8 100644
--- a/SDL3-CS.Tests/Program.cs
+++ b/SDL3-CS.Tests/Program.cs
@@ -14,19 +14,6 @@ namespace SDL3.Tests
         {
             Console.OutputEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
 
-            unsafe
-            {
-                // Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes can churn out null pointers and doesn't guarantee null termination
-                fixed (byte* badPointer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(""))
-                    Debug.Assert(badPointer == null);
-
-                fixed (byte* pointer = UTF8GetBytes(""))
-                {
-                    Debug.Assert(pointer != null);
-                    Debug.Assert(pointer[0] == '\0');
-                }
-            }
-
             SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_CLOSE_ON_ALT_F4, "null byte \0 in string"u8);
             Debug.Assert(SDL_GetHint(SDL_HINT_WINDOWS_CLOSE_ON_ALT_F4) == "null byte ");
 
diff --git a/SDL3-CS/SDL3.cs b/SDL3-CS/SDL3.cs
index bf00f9f..6aed6af 100644
--- a/SDL3-CS/SDL3.cs
+++ b/SDL3-CS/SDL3.cs
@@ -27,17 +27,5 @@ namespace SDL
 
             return s;
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// UTF8 encodes a managed <c>string</c> to a <c>byte</c> array suitable for use in <c>ReadOnlySpan&lt;byte&gt;</c> parameters of SDL functions.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="s">The <c>string</c> to encode.</param>
-        /// <returns>A null-terminated byte array.</returns>
-        public static byte[] UTF8GetBytes(string s)
-        {
-            byte[] array = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s + '\0');
-            Debug.Assert(array[^1] == '\0');
-            return array;
-        }
     }
 }