diff --git a/melior/src/context.rs b/melior/src/context.rs
index 8e5407f7f5..7315cd85ce 100644
--- a/melior/src/context.rs
+++ b/melior/src/context.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crate::{
     logical_result::LogicalResult,
     string_ref::StringRef,
 };
-use dashmap::DashMap;
 use mlir_sys::{
     mlirContextAppendDialectRegistry, mlirContextAttachDiagnosticHandler, mlirContextCreate,
     mlirContextDestroy, mlirContextDetachDiagnosticHandler, mlirContextEnableMultithreading,
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ use mlir_sys::{
     mlirContextIsRegisteredOperation, mlirContextLoadAllAvailableDialects,
     mlirContextSetAllowUnregisteredDialects, MlirContext, MlirDiagnostic, MlirLogicalResult,
 };
-use std::{ffi::c_void, marker::PhantomData, pin::Pin};
+use std::{ffi::c_void, marker::PhantomData};
 
 /// A context of IR, dialects, and passes.
 ///
@@ -22,9 +21,6 @@ use std::{ffi::c_void, marker::PhantomData, pin::Pin};
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Context {
     raw: MlirContext,
-    // We need to pass null-terminated strings to functions in the MLIR API although
-    // Rust's strings are not.
-    string_cache: DashMap<Pin<String>, ()>,
 }
 
 impl Context {
@@ -32,7 +28,6 @@ impl Context {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
             raw: unsafe { mlirContextCreate() },
-            string_cache: Default::default(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -124,10 +119,6 @@ impl Context {
     pub(crate) fn to_ref(&self) -> ContextRef {
         unsafe { ContextRef::from_raw(self.to_raw()) }
     }
-
-    pub(crate) fn string_cache(&self) -> &DashMap<Pin<String>, ()> {
-        &self.string_cache
-    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for Context {
diff --git a/melior/src/string_ref.rs b/melior/src/string_ref.rs
index 36e0170505..159ca3db7f 100644
--- a/melior/src/string_ref.rs
+++ b/melior/src/string_ref.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-use crate::Context;
 use mlir_sys::{mlirStringRefEqual, MlirStringRef};
 use std::{
     ffi::CStr,
     marker::PhantomData,
-    pin::Pin,
     slice,
     str::{self, Utf8Error},
 };
@@ -40,21 +38,6 @@ impl<'a> StringRef<'a> {
         unsafe { Self::from_raw(string) }
     }
 
-    /// Converts a string into a null-terminated string reference.
-    #[deprecated]
-    pub fn from_str(context: &'a Context, string: &str) -> Self {
-        let entry = context
-            .string_cache()
-            .entry(Pin::new(string.into()))
-            .or_default();
-        let string = MlirStringRef {
-            data: entry.key().as_bytes().as_ptr() as *const i8,
-            length: entry.key().len(),
-        };
-
-        unsafe { Self::from_raw(string) }
-    }
-
     /// Converts a string reference into a `str`.
     pub fn as_str(&self) -> Result<&'a str, Utf8Error> {
         unsafe {