diff --git a/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp b/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp
index 3a3536684c..013121ff80 100644
--- a/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp
+++ b/Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <cmath>
 #include <limits>
+#include "util/text/parsers.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtils.h"
 #include "Core/Debugger/WebSocket/WebSocketUtils.h"
 
diff --git a/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp b/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp
index 05dd6c44f9..f403deba44 100644
--- a/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp
+++ b/Core/TextureReplacer.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "i18n/i18n.h"
 #include "ext/xxhash.h"
 #include "file/ini_file.h"
+#include "util/text/parsers.h"
 #include "Common/ColorConv.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
 #include "Core/Config.h"
diff --git a/Windows/GEDebugger/GEDebugger.cpp b/Windows/GEDebugger/GEDebugger.cpp
index aa0de48d05..5fb0fcb72b 100644
--- a/Windows/GEDebugger/GEDebugger.cpp
+++ b/Windows/GEDebugger/GEDebugger.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "base/stringutil.h"
+#include "util/text/parsers.h"
 #include "Common/ColorConv.h"
 #include "Core/Config.h"
 #include "Core/Screenshot.h"
diff --git a/ext/native/base/stringutil.cpp b/ext/native/base/stringutil.cpp
index 2861f844d3..d0ff0a71d7 100644
--- a/ext/native/base/stringutil.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/base/stringutil.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include "base/stringutil.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-// Function Cross-Compatibility
-#define strcasecmp _stricmp
 
 void OutputDebugStringUTF8(const char *p) {
 	wchar_t temp[4096];
@@ -84,46 +82,6 @@ void StringUpper(char *str, int len) {
 	}
 }
 
-
-unsigned int parseHex(const char *_szValue)
-{
-	int Value = 0;
-	size_t Finish = strlen(_szValue);
-	if (Finish > 8 ) { Finish = 8; }
-
-	for (size_t Count = 0; Count < Finish; Count++) {
-		Value = (Value << 4);
-		switch( _szValue[Count] ) {
-		case '0': break;
-		case '1': Value += 1; break;
-		case '2': Value += 2; break;
-		case '3': Value += 3; break;
-		case '4': Value += 4; break;
-		case '5': Value += 5; break;
-		case '6': Value += 6; break;
-		case '7': Value += 7; break;
-		case '8': Value += 8; break;
-		case '9': Value += 9; break;
-		case 'A': Value += 10; break;
-		case 'a': Value += 10; break;
-		case 'B': Value += 11; break;
-		case 'b': Value += 11; break;
-		case 'C': Value += 12; break;
-		case 'c': Value += 12; break;
-		case 'D': Value += 13; break;
-		case 'd': Value += 13; break;
-		case 'E': Value += 14; break;
-		case 'e': Value += 14; break;
-		case 'F': Value += 15; break;
-		case 'f': Value += 15; break;
-		default:
-			Value = (Value >> 4);
-			Count = Finish;
-		}
-	}
-	return Value;
-}
-
 void DataToHexString(const uint8_t *data, size_t size, std::string *output) {
 	Buffer buffer;
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
@@ -223,49 +181,6 @@ std::string ArrayToString(const uint8_t *data, uint32_t size, int line_len, bool
 	return oss.str();
 }
 
-bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output)
-{
-	char *endptr = NULL;
-
-	// Holy crap this is ugly.
-
-	// Reset errno to a value other than ERANGE
-	errno = 0;
-
-	unsigned long value = strtoul(str.c_str(), &endptr, 0);
-
-	if (!endptr || *endptr)
-		return false;
-
-	if (errno == ERANGE)
-		return false;
-
-	if (ULONG_MAX > UINT_MAX) {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#pragma warning (disable:4309)
-#endif
-		// Note: The typecasts avoid GCC warnings when long is 32 bits wide.
-		if (value >= static_cast<unsigned long>(0x100000000ull)
-			&& value <= static_cast<unsigned long>(0xFFFFFFFF00000000ull))
-			return false;
-	}
-
-	*output = static_cast<uint32_t>(value);
-	return true;
-}
-
-bool TryParse(const std::string &str, bool *const output)
-{
-	if ("1" == str || !strcasecmp("true", str.c_str()))
-		*output = true;
-	else if ("0" == str || !strcasecmp("false", str.c_str()))
-		*output = false;
-	else
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
-}
-
 void SplitString(const std::string& str, const char delim, std::vector<std::string>& output)
 {
 	size_t next = 0;
diff --git a/ext/native/base/stringutil.h b/ext/native/base/stringutil.h
index c16602946f..744a725088 100644
--- a/ext/native/base/stringutil.h
+++ b/ext/native/base/stringutil.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning (disable:4996)
 #define strncasecmp _strnicmp
+#define strcasecmp _stricmp
 #else
 #include <strings.h>
 #endif
@@ -59,10 +60,6 @@ inline void StringToHexString(const std::string &data, std::string *output) {
   DataToHexString((uint8_t *)(&data[0]), data.size(), output);
 }
 
-
-// highly unsafe and not recommended.
-unsigned int parseHex(const char* _szValue);
-
 std::string StringFromFormat(const char* format, ...);
 std::string StringFromInt(int value);
 std::string StringFromBool(bool value);
@@ -72,23 +69,6 @@ std::string ArrayToString(const uint8_t *data, uint32_t size, int line_len = 20,
 std::string StripSpaces(const std::string &s);
 std::string StripQuotes(const std::string &s);
 
-bool TryParse(const std::string &str, bool *const output);
-bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output);
-
-template <typename N>
-static bool TryParse(const std::string &str, N *const output)
-{
-	std::istringstream iss(str);
-
-	N tmp = 0;
-	if (iss >> tmp)
-	{
-		*output = tmp;
-		return true;
-	}
-	else
-		return false;
-}
 void SplitString(const std::string& str, const char delim, std::vector<std::string>& output);
 
 void GetQuotedStrings(const std::string& str, std::vector<std::string>& output);
@@ -98,14 +78,6 @@ std::string ReplaceAll(std::string input, const std::string& src, const std::str
 // Compare two strings, ignore the difference between the ignorestr1 and the ignorestr2 in str1 and str2.
 int strcmpIgnore(std::string str1, std::string str2, std::string ignorestr1, std::string ignorestr2);
 
-template <typename N>
-static std::string ValueToString(const N value)
-{
-	std::stringstream string;
-	string << value;
-	return string.str();
-}
-
 void StringTrimEndNonAlphaNum(char *str);
 void SkipSpace(const char **ptr);
 void StringUpper(char *str);
diff --git a/ext/native/file/file_util.cpp b/ext/native/file/file_util.cpp
index 5b1087b425..d95dcef311 100644
--- a/ext/native/file/file_util.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/file/file_util.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <direct.h>
-#ifndef strcasecmp
-#define strcasecmp _stricmp
-#endif
 #else
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -23,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
+#include "base/stringutil.h"
 #include "file/file_util.h"
 #include "util/text/utf8.h"
 
diff --git a/ext/native/file/ini_file.cpp b/ext/native/file/ini_file.cpp
index 99bdcd163a..f8a96025a2 100644
--- a/ext/native/file/ini_file.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/file/ini_file.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 #include "base/stringutil.h"
 #include "file/ini_file.h"
 #include "file/vfs.h"
+#include "util/text/parsers.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include "../util/text/utf8.h"
-	// Function Cross-Compatibility
-#define strcasecmp _stricmp
 #endif
 
 static bool ParseLineKey(const std::string &line, size_t &pos, std::string *keyOut) {
diff --git a/ext/native/net/websocket_server.cpp b/ext/native/net/websocket_server.cpp
index 42efb36647..dc9b361884 100644
--- a/ext/native/net/websocket_server.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/net/websocket_server.cpp
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 // TODO: Not a great cross dependency.
 #include "Common/Crypto/sha1.h"
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-// Function Cross-Compatibility
-#define strcasecmp _stricmp
-#endif
-
 static const char *const WEBSOCKET_GUID = "258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11";
 
 namespace net {
diff --git a/ext/native/util/text/parsers.cpp b/ext/native/util/text/parsers.cpp
index 8024324b08..8a381c0286 100644
--- a/ext/native/util/text/parsers.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/util/text/parsers.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <string>
-#include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "base/stringutil.h"
 #include "util/text/parsers.h"
 
 bool Version::ParseVersionString(std::string str) {
@@ -37,3 +38,44 @@ bool ParseMacAddress(std::string str, uint8_t macAddr[6]) {
 	}
 	return true;
 }
+
+bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output) {
+	char *endptr = NULL;
+
+	// Holy crap this is ugly.
+
+	// Reset errno to a value other than ERANGE
+	errno = 0;
+
+	unsigned long value = strtoul(str.c_str(), &endptr, 0);
+
+	if (!endptr || *endptr)
+		return false;
+
+	if (errno == ERANGE)
+		return false;
+
+	if (ULONG_MAX > UINT_MAX) {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning (disable:4309)
+#endif
+		// Note: The typecasts avoid GCC warnings when long is 32 bits wide.
+		if (value >= static_cast<unsigned long>(0x100000000ull)
+			&& value <= static_cast<unsigned long>(0xFFFFFFFF00000000ull))
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	*output = static_cast<uint32_t>(value);
+	return true;
+}
+
+bool TryParse(const std::string &str, bool *const output) {
+	if ("1" == str || !strcasecmp("true", str.c_str()))
+		*output = true;
+	else if ("0" == str || !strcasecmp("false", str.c_str()))
+		*output = false;
+	else
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/ext/native/util/text/parsers.h b/ext/native/util/text/parsers.h
index fbf2c36d99..a2bf62dfd4 100644
--- a/ext/native/util/text/parsers.h
+++ b/ext/native/util/text/parsers.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
+#include <sstream>
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 
@@ -53,4 +54,19 @@ private:
 	bool ParseVersionString(std::string str);
 };
 
-bool ParseMacAddress(std::string str, uint8_t macAddr[6]);
\ No newline at end of file
+bool ParseMacAddress(std::string str, uint8_t macAddr[6]);
+
+bool TryParse(const std::string &str, bool *const output);
+bool TryParse(const std::string &str, uint32_t *const output);
+
+template <typename N>
+static bool TryParse(const std::string &str, N *const output) {
+	std::istringstream iss(str);
+
+	N tmp = 0;
+	if (iss >> tmp) {
+		*output = tmp;
+		return true;
+	} else
+		return false;
+}