diff --git a/fastkml/kml.py b/fastkml/kml.py
index ddc7097a..c263a392 100644
--- a/fastkml/kml.py
+++ b/fastkml/kml.py
@@ -157,51 +157,6 @@ def append(
             raise ValueError(msg)
         self.features.append(kmlobj)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def class_from_string(
-        cls,
-        string: str,
-        *,
-        ns: Optional[str] = None,
-        name_spaces: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
-        strict: bool = True,
-    ) -> Self:
-        """
-        Create a kml object from a string.
-
-        Args:
-        ----
-            string: String representation (serialized XML) of the kml object
-            ns: Namespace of the element (default: None)
-            name_spaces: Dictionary of namespace prefixes and URIs (default: None)
-            strict: Whether to enforce strict parsing (default: True)
-
-        Returns:
-        -------
-            Geometry object
-
-        """
-        try:
-            element = config.etree.fromstring(
-                string,
-                parser=config.etree.XMLParser(
-                    huge_tree=True,
-                    recover=True,
-                ),
-            )
-        except TypeError:
-            element = config.etree.XML(string)
-        if ns is None:
-            ns = cast(str, element.tag[:-3] if element.tag.endswith("kml") else "")
-        name_spaces = name_spaces or {}
-        name_spaces = {**config.NAME_SPACES, **name_spaces}
-        return cls.class_from_element(
-            ns=ns,
-            name_spaces=name_spaces,
-            strict=strict,
-            element=element,
-        )
-
     @classmethod
     def parse(
         cls,
diff --git a/tests/kml_test.py b/tests/kml_test.py
index 313d3b73..433a8c3c 100644
--- a/tests/kml_test.py
+++ b/tests/kml_test.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
 """Test the kml class."""
+import io
 import pathlib
 
 import pygeoif as geo
@@ -133,13 +134,14 @@ class TestLxml(Lxml, TestStdLibrary):
     """Test with lxml."""
 
     def test_from_string_with_unbound_prefix(self) -> None:
-        doc = """<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">
-            <Placemark>
-            <ExtendedData>
-            <lc:attachment>image.png</lc:attachment>
-            </ExtendedData>
-            </Placemark> </kml>"""
-        k = kml.KML.class_from_string(doc)
+        doc = io.StringIO(
+            '<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2">'
+            "<Placemark><ExtendedData>"
+            "<lc:attachment>image.png</lc:attachment>"
+            "</ExtendedData>"
+            "</Placemark> </kml>",
+        )
+        k = kml.KML.parse(doc, ns="{http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2}")
         assert len(k.features) == 1
         assert isinstance(k.features[0], features.Placemark)