diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/cstrops.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/cstrops.hpp
index c746374e..171eea45 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/cstrops.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/cstrops.hpp
@@ -11,19 +11,6 @@
 #include "types.hpp"
 #include "typetraits.hpp"
 
-template<typename T1, typename T2>
-constexpr T1 ox_strcpy(T1 dest, T2 src) noexcept {
-	using T1Type = typename ox::remove_reference<decltype(dest[0])>::type;
-	std::size_t i = 0;
-	while (src[i]) {
-		dest[i] = static_cast<T1Type>(src[i]);
-		++i;
-	}
-	// set null terminator
-	dest[i] = 0;
-	return dest;
-}
-
 template<typename T1, typename T2>
 constexpr T1 ox_strncpy(T1 dest, T2 src, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept {
 	using T1Type = typename ox::remove_reference<decltype(dest[0])>::type;
@@ -72,7 +59,7 @@ constexpr int ox_strcmp(const T1 &str1, const T2 &str2) noexcept {
 
 template<typename T1, typename T2>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr int ox_strncmp(T1 str1, T2 str2, const std::size_t maxLen) noexcept {
+constexpr int ox_strncmp(T1 const&str1, T2 const&str2, const std::size_t maxLen) noexcept {
 	auto retval = 0;
 	std::size_t i = 0;
 	while (i < maxLen && (str1[i] || str2[i])) {