Don't bother with al string types

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/alc/alc.cpp b/alc/alc.cpp
index 87c8bbf4..bd637f8a 100644
--- a/alc/alc.cpp
+++ b/alc/alc.cpp
@@ -856,8 +856,8 @@ std::string alcAllDevicesList;
 std::string alcCaptureDeviceList;
 
 /* Default is always the first in the list */
-al::string alcDefaultAllDevicesSpecifier;
-al::string alcCaptureDefaultDeviceSpecifier;
+std::string alcDefaultAllDevicesSpecifier;
+std::string alcCaptureDefaultDeviceSpecifier;
 
 /* Default context extensions */
 constexpr ALchar alExtList[] =
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ void alc_initconfig(void)
     TRACE("Initializing library v%s-%s %s\n", ALSOFT_VERSION, ALSOFT_GIT_COMMIT_HASH,
         ALSOFT_GIT_BRANCH);
     {
-        al::string names;
+        std::string names;
         if(al::size(BackendList) < 1)
             names = "(none)";
         else
diff --git a/common/alstring.h b/common/alstring.h
index 6c497190..f5127aed 100644
--- a/common/alstring.h
+++ b/common/alstring.h
@@ -2,23 +2,10 @@
 #define AL_STRING_H
 
 #include <cstddef>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <string>
-
-#include "almalloc.h"
 
 
 namespace al {
 
-template<typename T, typename Tr=std::char_traits<T>>
-using basic_string = std::basic_string<T, Tr, al::allocator<T>>;
-
-using string = basic_string<char>;
-using wstring = basic_string<wchar_t>;
-using u16string = basic_string<char16_t>;
-using u32string = basic_string<char32_t>;
-
-
 /* These would be better served by using a string_view-like span/view with
  * case-insensitive char traits.
  */