diff --git a/include/bx/inline/string.inl b/include/bx/inline/string.inl
index 82028ad..9aaa988 100644
--- a/include/bx/inline/string.inl
+++ b/include/bx/inline/string.inl
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ namespace bx
 	{
 	}
 
-	inline constexpr StringView::StringView(const StringView& _rhs)
-	{
-		set(_rhs);
-	}
-
 	inline constexpr StringView::StringView(const StringView& _rhs, int32_t _start, int32_t _len)
 	{
 		set(_rhs, _start, _len);
@@ -101,12 +96,6 @@ namespace bx
 		return *this;
 	}
 
-	inline constexpr StringView& StringView::operator=(const StringView& _rhs)
-	{
-		set(_rhs);
-		return *this;
-	}
-
 	inline constexpr StringView::StringView(const char* _ptr)
 	{
 		set(_ptr, INT32_MAX);
diff --git a/include/bx/string.h b/include/bx/string.h
index e5efc22..409c08d 100644
--- a/include/bx/string.h
+++ b/include/bx/string.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace bx
 		constexpr StringView(const StringLiteral& _str);
 
 		///
-		constexpr StringView(const StringView& _rhs);
+		constexpr StringView(const StringView& _rhs) = default;
 
 		///
 		constexpr StringView(const StringView& _rhs, int32_t _start, int32_t _len);
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace bx
 		constexpr StringView& operator=(const char* _rhs);
 
 		///
-		constexpr StringView& operator=(const StringView& _rhs);
+		constexpr StringView& operator=(const StringView& _rhs) = default;
 
 		///
 		constexpr StringView(const char* _ptr);
diff --git a/tests/string_test.cpp b/tests/string_test.cpp
index c5356a5..7fd4c8e 100644
--- a/tests/string_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/string_test.cpp
@@ -953,3 +953,35 @@ TEST_CASE("formatHumanNumber", "[string]")
 
 	REQUIRE(testFormatHumanNumber("", 1389983113.891389, 2, 4) );
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("StringView is trivially copyable", "[string]")
+{
+	static_assert(bx::isTriviallyCopyable<bx::StringView>(), "StringView must stay trivially copyable");
+
+	union Variant
+	{
+		struct { bx::StringView name; } named;
+		struct { int32_t value; }       scalar;
+	};
+
+	struct Node
+	{
+		int32_t        kind;
+		bx::StringView span;
+		Variant        variant;
+	};
+
+	static_assert(bx::isTriviallyCopyable<Variant>(), "a union holding a StringView must stay copyable");
+
+	const Node node =
+	{
+		.kind    = 7,
+		.span    = bx::StringView("span"),
+		.variant = { .named = { .name = bx::StringView("hello") } },
+	};
+
+	const Node copy = node;
+	REQUIRE(7 == copy.kind);
+	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp(copy.span, "span") );
+	REQUIRE(0 == bx::strCmp(copy.variant.named.name, "hello") );
+}