diff --git a/AK/String.cpp b/AK/String.cpp
index f81e2eddba..0d979a8f6c 100644
--- a/AK/String.cpp
+++ b/AK/String.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ namespace AK {
 
 String::String(const StringView& view)
 {
-    if (view.m_impl)
-        m_impl = *view.m_impl;
-    else
-        m_impl = StringImpl::create(view.characters_without_null_termination(), view.length());
+    m_impl = StringImpl::create(view.characters_without_null_termination(), view.length());
 }
 
 bool String::operator==(const FlyString& fly_string) const
diff --git a/AK/StringUtils.cpp b/AK/StringUtils.cpp
index c5e8423df6..38d443692d 100644
--- a/AK/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/AK/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -219,8 +219,6 @@ static inline char to_lowercase(char c)
 
 bool equals_ignoring_case(const StringView& a, const StringView& b)
 {
-    if (a.impl() && a.impl() == b.impl())
-        return true;
     if (a.length() != b.length())
         return false;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < a.length(); ++i) {
diff --git a/AK/StringView.cpp b/AK/StringView.cpp
index 079cb71875..95a48ac6b2 100644
--- a/AK/StringView.cpp
+++ b/AK/StringView.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -35,15 +35,13 @@
 namespace AK {
 
 StringView::StringView(const String& string)
-    : m_impl(string.impl())
-    , m_characters(string.characters())
+    : m_characters(string.characters())
     , m_length(string.length())
 {
 }
 
 StringView::StringView(const FlyString& string)
-    : m_impl(string.impl())
-    , m_characters(string.characters())
+    : m_characters(string.characters())
     , m_length(string.length())
 {
 }
@@ -251,8 +249,6 @@ unsigned StringView::hash() const
 {
     if (is_empty())
         return 0;
-    if (m_impl)
-        return m_impl->hash();
     return string_hash(characters_without_null_termination(), length());
 }
 
diff --git a/AK/StringView.h b/AK/StringView.h
index ae8e5a7a47..2a9e2684d8 100644
--- a/AK/StringView.h
+++ b/AK/StringView.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2021, Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ public:
         return m_length < other.m_length;
     }
 
-    const StringImpl* impl() const { return m_impl; }
-
     [[nodiscard]] String to_string() const;
 
     [[nodiscard]] bool is_whitespace() const { return StringUtils::is_whitespace(*this); }
@@ -227,7 +225,6 @@ private:
     [[nodiscard]] bool is_one_of() const { return false; }
 
     friend class String;
-    const StringImpl* m_impl { nullptr };
     const char* m_characters { nullptr };
     size_t m_length { 0 };
 };