diff --git a/src/SixLabors.Core/Helpers/Guard.cs b/src/SixLabors.Core/Helpers/Guard.cs
index 0e4ef336d4..b50cd4ab04 100644
--- a/src/SixLabors.Core/Helpers/Guard.cs
+++ b/src/SixLabors.Core/Helpers/Guard.cs
@@ -14,60 +14,6 @@ namespace SixLabors
     [DebuggerStepThrough]
     internal static class Guard
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Verifies, that the method parameter with specified object value is not null
-        /// and throws an exception if it is found to be so.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="target">The target object, which cannot be null.</param>
-        /// <param name="parameterName">The name of the parameter that is to be checked.</param>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="target"/> is null</exception>
-        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to verify</typeparam>
-        public static void NotNull<T>(T target, string parameterName)
-            where T : class
-        {
-            if (target is null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(parameterName);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Verifies, that the string method parameter with specified object value and message
-        /// is not null, not empty and does not contain only blanks and throws an exception
-        /// if the object is null.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="target">The target string, which should be checked against being null or empty.</param>
-        /// <param name="parameterName">Name of the parameter.</param>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="target"/> is null.</exception>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException"><paramref name="target"/> is empty or contains only blanks.</exception>
-        public static void NotNullOrEmpty(string target, string parameterName)
-        {
-            NotNull(target, parameterName);
-
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(target))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("Value cannot be null, empty, or cannot contain only whitespace.", parameterName);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Verifies, that the enumeration is not null and not empty.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of objects in the <paramref name="target"/></typeparam>
-        /// <param name="target">The target enumeration, which should be checked against being null or empty.</param>
-        /// <param name="parameterName">Name of the parameter.</param>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="target"/> is null.</exception>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException"><paramref name="target"/> is empty.</exception>
-        public static void NotNullOrEmpty<T>(IEnumerable<T> target, string parameterName)
-        {
-            NotNull(target, parameterName);
-
-            if (!target.Any())
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("Value cannot be empty.", parameterName);
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Verifies that the specified value is less than a maximum value
         /// and throws an exception if it is not.
@@ -80,7 +26,7 @@ namespace SixLabors
         /// <paramref name="value"/> is greater than the maximum value.
         /// </exception>
         public static void MustBeLessThan<TValue>(TValue value, TValue max, string parameterName)
-                    where TValue : IComparable<TValue>
+            where TValue : IComparable<TValue>
         {
             if (value.CompareTo(max) >= 0)
             {
@@ -100,7 +46,7 @@ namespace SixLabors
         /// <paramref name="value"/> is greater than the maximum value.
         /// </exception>
         public static void MustBeLessThanOrEqualTo<TValue>(TValue value, TValue max, string parameterName)
-                    where TValue : IComparable<TValue>
+            where TValue : IComparable<TValue>
         {
             if (value.CompareTo(max) > 0)
             {
diff --git a/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Helpers/GuardTests.cs b/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Helpers/GuardTests.cs
index fee12db175..f95e46e355 100644
--- a/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Helpers/GuardTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SixLabors.Core.Tests/Helpers/GuardTests.cs
@@ -2,91 +2,12 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace SixLabors.Helpers.Tests
 {
     public class GuardTests
     {
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNull_TargetNotNull_ThrowsNoException()
-        {
-            Guard.NotNull("test", "myParamName");
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNull_TargetNull_ThrowsException()
-        {
-            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
-            {
-                Guard.NotNull((object)null, "myParamName");
-            });
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNullOrEmpty_TargetNotNullOrEmpty_ThrowsNoException()
-        {
-            Guard.NotNullOrEmpty("test", "myParamName");
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNullOrEmpty_TargetNull_ThrowsException()
-        {
-            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
-            {
-                Guard.NotNullOrEmpty(null, "myParamName");
-            });
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNullOrEmpty_TargetWhitespace_ThrowsException()
-        {
-            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() =>
-            {
-                Guard.NotNullOrEmpty("\n\n", "myParamName");
-            });
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNullOrEmpty_TargetEmpty_ThrowsException()
-        {
-            var exception = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() =>
-            {
-                Guard.NotNullOrEmpty(string.Empty, "myParamName");
-            });
-
-            Assert.Equal("myParamName", exception.ParamName);
-            Assert.True(exception.Message.Contains("Value cannot be null, empty, or cannot contain only whitespace."));
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNullOrEmptyIEnumerable_TargetNotNullOrEmpty_ThrowsNoException()
-        {
-            Guard.NotNullOrEmpty(new string[] { "test" }, "myParamName");
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNullOrEmptyIEnumerable_TargetNull_ThrowsException()
-        {
-            Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() =>
-            {
-                Guard.NotNullOrEmpty((IEnumerable<string>)null, "myParamName");
-            });
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public void NotNullOrEmptyIEnumerable_TargetEmpty_ThrowsException()
-        {
-            var exception = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() =>
-            {
-                Guard.NotNullOrEmpty(new string[] { }, "myParamName");
-            });
-
-            Assert.Equal("myParamName", exception.ParamName);
-            Assert.True(exception.Message.Contains("Value cannot be empty."));
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void MustBeLessThan_IsLess_ThrowsNoException()
         {