diff --git a/src/Liquid.Core/Extensions/StringExtension.cs b/src/Liquid.Core/Extensions/StringExtension.cs
index 4c0c4f1..793fe35 100644
--- a/src/Liquid.Core/Extensions/StringExtension.cs
+++ b/src/Liquid.Core/Extensions/StringExtension.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ namespace Liquid.Core.Extensions
     /// 
     [ExcludeFromCodeCoverage]
     public static class StringExtension
-    {
-        private static readonly Regex WordCountRegex = new Regex(@"[^\s]+", RegexOptions.Compiled);
+    {       
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Determines whether a string contains a specified value.
@@ -100,26 +99,6 @@ public static StringBuilder AppendIf(this StringBuilder builder, string value, b
             return builder;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Count all words in a given string, it excludes whitespaces, tabs and line breaks
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="str">The string to count words</param>
-        /// <returns>int</returns>
-        public static int CountWords(this string str)
-        {
-            var count = 0;
-            try
-            {
-                var matches = WordCountRegex.Matches(str);
-                count = matches.Count;
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                //left intentionally blank.
-            }
-            return count;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Converts a string to guid.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Liquid.Core/Liquid.Core.csproj b/src/Liquid.Core/Liquid.Core.csproj
index f6a4353..7f3f251 100644
--- a/src/Liquid.Core/Liquid.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Liquid.Core/Liquid.Core.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <Copyright>Avanade 2019</Copyright>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Avanade/Liquid-Application-Framework</PackageProjectUrl>
     <PackageIcon>logo.png</PackageIcon>
-    <Version>8.0.0-alpha-02</Version>
+    <Version>8.0.0-alpha-03</Version>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <ProjectGuid>{C33A89FC-4F4D-4274-8D0F-29456BA8F76B}</ProjectGuid>
     <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>