diff --git a/core/fse.js b/core/fse.js
index d294f10b..1d9d6dd7 100644
--- a/core/fse.js
+++ b/core/fse.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const {
     MessageAreaConfTempSwitcher
 }                               = require('./mod_mixins.js');
 const {
-    isAnsi, cleanControlCodes,
+    isAnsi, stripAnsiControlCodes,
     insert
 }                               = require('./string_util.js');
 const Config                    = require('./config.js').get;
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ exports.FullScreenEditorModule = exports.getModule = class FullScreenEditorModul
                             }
                         );
                     } else {
-                        bodyMessageView.setText(cleanControlCodes(msg));
+                        bodyMessageView.setText(stripAnsiControlCodes(msg));
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ exports.FullScreenEditorModule = exports.getModule = class FullScreenEditorModul
                                 var bodyMessageView = self.viewControllers.body.getView(MciViewIds.body.message);
                                 if(bodyMessageView && _.has(self, 'message.message')) {
                                     //self.setBodyMessageViewText();
-                                    bodyMessageView.setText(cleanControlCodes(self.message.message));
+                                    bodyMessageView.setText(stripAnsiControlCodes(self.message.message));
                                 }
                             }
                             break;
diff --git a/core/servers/content/gopher.js b/core/servers/content/gopher.js
index f5ae9cfa..c47efc5c 100644
--- a/core/servers/content/gopher.js
+++ b/core/servers/content/gopher.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const Config                    = require('../../config.js').get;
 const {
     splitTextAtTerms,
     isAnsi,
-    cleanControlCodes
+    stripAnsiControlCodes
 }                               = require('../../string_util.js');
 const {
     getMessageConferenceByTag,
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ exports.getModule = class GopherModule extends ServerModule {
             );
         } else {
             const cleaned = stripMciColorCodes(
-                cleanControlCodes(body, { all : true } )
+                stripAnsiControlCodes(body, { all : true } )
             );
             const prepped =
                 splitTextAtTerms(cleaned)
diff --git a/core/servers/content/nntp.js b/core/servers/content/nntp.js
index cbb4d629..7135a585 100644
--- a/core/servers/content/nntp.js
+++ b/core/servers/content/nntp.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const Message               = require('../../message.js');
 const FTNAddress            = require('../../ftn_address.js');
 const {
     isAnsi,
-    cleanControlCodes,
+    stripAnsiControlCodes,
     splitTextAtTerms,
 }                           = require('../../string_util.js');
 const AnsiPrep              = require('../../ansi_prep.js');
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ class NNTPServer extends NNTPServerBase {
                 }
             );
         } else {
-            message.preparedBody = stripMciColorCodes(cleanControlCodes(message.message, { all : true }));
+            message.preparedBody = stripMciColorCodes(stripAnsiControlCodes(message.message, { all : true }));
             return cb(null);
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/string_util.js b/core/string_util.js
index 8fab88b8..4f7741ae 100644
--- a/core/string_util.js
+++ b/core/string_util.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ exports.formatByteSizeAbbr          = formatByteSizeAbbr;
 exports.formatByteSize              = formatByteSize;
 exports.formatCountAbbr             = formatCountAbbr;
 exports.formatCount                 = formatCount;
-exports.cleanControlCodes           = cleanControlCodes;
+exports.stripAnsiControlCodes       = stripAnsiControlCodes;
 exports.isAnsi                      = isAnsi;
 exports.isAnsiLine                  = isAnsiLine;
 exports.isFormattedLine             = isFormattedLine;
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ function stringToNullTermBuffer(s, options = { encoding : 'utf8', maxBufLen : -1
 }
 
 const PIPE_REGEXP           = /(\|[A-Z\d]{2})/g;
-//const ANSI_REGEXP         = /[\u001b\u009b][[()#;?]*([0-9]{1,4}(?:;[0-9]{0,4})*)?([0-9A-ORZcf-npqrsuy=><])/g;
-//const ANSI_OR_PIPE_REGEXP = new RegExp(PIPE_REGEXP.source + '|' + ANSI_REGEXP.source, 'g');
 const ANSI_OR_PIPE_REGEXP   = new RegExp(PIPE_REGEXP.source + '|' + ANSI.getFullMatchRegExp().source, 'g');
 
 //
@@ -357,7 +355,7 @@ const ANSI_OPCODES_ALLOWED_CLEAN    = [
     'm',        //  color
 ];
 
-function cleanControlCodes(input, options) {
+function stripAnsiControlCodes(input, options) {
     let m;
     let pos;
     let cleaned = '';