diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageExtensions.cs b/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageExtensions.cs
index 7edb5aaa5d..aa10a2b08e 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/ImageExtensions.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
 
     using Formats;
 
-    using ImageProcessorCore.Quantizers;
     using ImageProcessorCore.Samplers;
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -52,21 +51,6 @@ namespace ImageProcessorCore
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown if the stream is null.</exception>
         public static void SaveAsGif(this ImageBase source, Stream stream, int quality = 256) => new GifEncoder { Quality = quality }.Encode(source, stream);
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns a Base64 encoded string from the given image. 
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="source">The image this method extends.</param>
-        /// <returns>The <see cref="string"/></returns>
-        public static string ToBase64String(this Image source)
-        {
-            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
-            {
-                source.Save(stream);
-                stream.Flush();
-                return $"data:{source.CurrentImageFormat.Encoder.MimeType};base64,{Convert.ToBase64String(stream.ToArray())}";
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Applies the collection of processors to the image.
         /// <remarks>This method does not resize the target image.</remarks>
diff --git a/src/ImageProcessorCore/project.json b/src/ImageProcessorCore/project.json
index 3f0cef1a69..7a6913f70e 100644
--- a/src/ImageProcessorCore/project.json
+++ b/src/ImageProcessorCore/project.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
     "System.Runtime.Extensions": "4.0.11-beta-23516",
     "System.Reflection": "4.1.0-beta-23516",
     "System.IO": "4.0.11-beta-23516",
-    "StyleCop.Analyzers": "1.0.0",
     "Microsoft.NETCore": "5.0.1-beta-23516",
     "Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms": "1.0.1-beta-23516"
   },