diff --git a/string_utils/string_utils.go b/string_utils/string_utils.go
index 9683074b9775c11d89fd5e845e50f59cfd9646db..39568207e484d3bd11862b5b6138fba71a46a86b 100644
--- a/string_utils/string_utils.go
+++ b/string_utils/string_utils.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"gitlab.bob.co.za/bob-public-utils/bobgroup-go-utils/number_utils"
-	"gitlab.bob.co.za/bob-public-utils/bobgroup-go-utils/utils"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -262,8 +261,9 @@ func PrettyJSON(jsonString string) (validJson bool, prettyString string) {
 }
 
 func TrimSpaceForPointer(s *string) *string {
-	if utils.PointerToValue(s) != "" {
-		return utils.ValueToPointer(strings.TrimSpace(*s))
+	if s != nil {
+		trimmedString := strings.TrimSpace(*s)
+		return &trimmedString
 	}
 	return s
 }