diff --git a/apps/simplex-support-bot/src/strings.ts b/apps/simplex-support-bot/src/strings.ts
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index ed07a45895..0000000000
--- a/apps/simplex-support-bot/src/strings.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-import {readFileSync} from "fs"
-import {join} from "path"
-
-export interface StringsFile {
-  messages: {
-    welcome: string[]
-    queue: string
-    queueGrokSuffix: string
-    grokActivated: string[]
-    teamAdded: string
-    teamAddedGrokSuffix: string
-    teamAlreadyInvited: string
-    teamLocked: string
-    noTeamMembersWithGrok: string
-    noTeamMembersWithoutGrok: string
-    grokInviting: string
-    grokUnavailable: string
-    grokError: string
-    grokNoHistory: string
-    directReply: string
-    teamDm: string
-    joinErrorNotBusinessChat: string
-    joinErrorFailed: string
-  }
-  card: {
-    stateQueue: string
-    stateGrok: string
-    stateTeamPending: string
-    stateTeam: string
-    contentImage: string
-    contentVideo: string
-    contentVoice: string
-    contentFile: string
-    truncated: string
-    waitDone: string
-    waitLessThan1m: string
-    msgsSuffix: string
-  }
-  profiles: {
-    botName: string
-    grokName: string
-  }
-  commands: {
-    grokLabel: string
-    teamLabel: string
-    joinLabel: string
-    joinParams: string
-  }
-}
-
-export const S: StringsFile = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(__dirname, '..', 'strings.json'), 'utf-8'))
-
-export function lines(arr: string[]): string {
-  return arr.join("\n")
-}
-
-export function sub(template: string, params: Record<string, string>): string {
-  return template.replace(/\{(\w+)\}/g, (_, key) => params[key] ?? `{${key}}`)
-}
-
-export function matchTemplate(template: string, text: string): boolean {
-  const parts = template.split(/\{\w+\}/).filter(Boolean)
-  return parts.every(part => text.includes(part))
-}