diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Property.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Property.hh
index 2db5f6a7..b01760ee 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Property.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/Property.hh
@@ -395,93 +395,6 @@ private:
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-/** Property specialization for std::string type.
-*/
-template <>
-class PropertyT<std::string> : public BaseProperty
-{
-public:
-
-  typedef std::string                             Value;
-  typedef std::vector<std::string>                vector_type;
-  typedef std::string                             value_type;
-  typedef vector_type::reference                  reference;
-  typedef vector_type::const_reference            const_reference;
-
-public:
-
-  explicit PropertyT(const std::string& _name = "<unknown>", const std::string& _internal_type_name="" )
-    : BaseProperty(_name, _internal_type_name)
-  { }
-
-public: // inherited from BaseProperty
-
-  virtual void reserve(size_t _n) override { data_.reserve(_n);    }
-  virtual void resize(size_t _n) override  { data_.resize(_n);     }
-  virtual void clear() override  { data_.clear(); vector_type().swap(data_);    }
-  virtual void push_back() override        { data_.push_back(std::string()); }
-  virtual void swap(size_t _i0, size_t _i1) override {
-    std::swap(data_[_i0], data_[_i1]);
-  }
-  virtual void copy(size_t _i0, size_t _i1) override
-  { data_[_i1] = data_[_i0]; }
-
-public:
-
-  virtual void set_persistent( bool _yn ) override
-  { check_and_set_persistent<std::string>( _yn ); }
-
-  virtual size_t       n_elements()   const override { return data_.size();  }
-  virtual size_t       element_size() const override { return UnknownSize;    }
-  virtual size_t       size_of() const override
-  { return IO::size_of( data_ ); }
-
-  virtual size_t       size_of(size_t /* _n_elem */) const override
-  { return UnknownSize; }
-
-  /// Store self as one binary block. Max. length of a string is 65535 bytes.
-  size_t store( std::ostream& _ostr, bool _swap ) const override
-  { return IO::store( _ostr, data_, _swap ); }
-
-  size_t restore( std::istream& _istr, bool _swap ) override
-  { return IO::restore( _istr, data_, _swap ); }
-
-public:
-
-  const value_type* data() const {
-      if( data_.empty() )
-	  return nullptr;
-
-      return (value_type*) &data_[0];
-  }
-
-  /// Access the i'th element. No range check is performed!
-  reference operator[](int _idx) {
-    assert( size_t(_idx) < data_.size());
-    return ((value_type*) &data_[0])[_idx];
-  }
-
-  /// Const access the i'th element. No range check is performed!
-  const_reference operator[](int _idx) const {
-    assert( size_t(_idx) < data_.size());
-    return ((value_type*) &data_[0])[_idx];
-  }
-
-  PropertyT<value_type>* clone() const override {
-    PropertyT<value_type>* p = new PropertyT<value_type>( *this );
-    return p;
-  }
-
-  std::string get_storage_name() const override
-  {
-    return OpenMesh::IO::binary<std::string>::string_for_value_type();
-  }
-private:
-
-  vector_type data_;
-
-};
-
 /// Base property handle.
 template <class T>
 struct BasePropHandleT : public BaseHandle