diff --git a/pkg/policy/selector/parsing_test.go b/pkg/policy/selector/parsing_test.go
index e693b80..cbf7309 100644
--- a/pkg/policy/selector/parsing_test.go
+++ b/pkg/policy/selector/parsing_test.go
@@ -515,36 +515,6 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, sel[3].Index())
 	})
 
-	t.Run("index on string", func(t *testing.T) {
-		sel, err := Parse(`.["foo"].[1]`)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, 4, len(sel))
-		require.True(t, sel[0].Identity())
-		require.False(t, sel[0].Optional())
-		require.False(t, sel[0].Iterator())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[0].Slice())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[0].Field())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[0].Index())
-		require.False(t, sel[1].Identity())
-		require.False(t, sel[1].Optional())
-		require.False(t, sel[1].Iterator())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[1].Slice())
-		require.Equal(t, sel[1].Field(), "foo")
-		require.Empty(t, sel[1].Index())
-		require.True(t, sel[2].Identity())
-		require.False(t, sel[2].Optional())
-		require.False(t, sel[2].Iterator())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[2].Slice())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[2].Field())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[2].Index())
-		require.False(t, sel[3].Identity())
-		require.False(t, sel[3].Optional())
-		require.False(t, sel[3].Iterator())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[3].Slice())
-		require.Empty(t, sel[3].Field())
-		require.Equal(t, sel[3].Index(), 1)
-	})
-
 	t.Run("slice on array", func(t *testing.T) {
 		sel, err := Parse(`.[1:3]`)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/policy/selector/selector.go b/pkg/policy/selector/selector.go
index 1d7de5d..84a86ab 100644
--- a/pkg/policy/selector/selector.go
+++ b/pkg/policy/selector/selector.go
@@ -229,17 +229,18 @@ func resolve(sel Selector, subject ipld.Node, at []string) (ipld.Node, error) {
 				}
 				cur, _ = cur.LookupByIndex(int64(idx))
 
-			case datamodel.Kind_String:
-				str, _ := cur.AsString()
-				runes := []rune(str)
-				if idx < 0 {
-					idx = len(runes) + idx
-				}
-				if idx < 0 || idx >= len(runes) {
-					err := newResolutionError(fmt.Sprintf("index out of bounds: %d", seg.Index()), at)
-					return nil, errIfNotOptional(seg, err)
-				}
-				cur = basicnode.NewString(string(runes[idx]))
+			//	TODO: not supported yet
+			//case datamodel.Kind_String:
+			//	str, _ := cur.AsString()
+			//	runes := []rune(str)
+			//	if idx < 0 {
+			//		idx = len(runes) + idx
+			//	}
+			//	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(runes) {
+			//		err := newResolutionError(fmt.Sprintf("index out of bounds: %d", seg.Index()), at)
+			//		return nil, errIfNotOptional(seg, err)
+			//	}
+			//	cur = basicnode.NewString(string(runes[idx]))
 
 			case datamodel.Kind_Bytes:
 				b, _ := cur.AsBytes()
diff --git a/pkg/policy/selector/selector_test.go b/pkg/policy/selector/selector_test.go
index 758add9..961060b 100644
--- a/pkg/policy/selector/selector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/policy/selector/selector_test.go
@@ -187,20 +187,6 @@ func TestSelect(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, "el", str) // assert sliced substring
 	})
 
-	t.Run("index on string", func(t *testing.T) {
-		sel, err := Parse(`.[2]`)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-
-		node := basicnode.NewString("hello")
-		res, err := sel.Select(node)
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.NotEmpty(t, res)
-
-		str, err := res.AsString()
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, "l", str) // assert indexed character
-	})
-
 	t.Run("out of bounds slicing", func(t *testing.T) {
 		node, err := qp.BuildList(basicnode.Prototype.Any, 3, func(la datamodel.ListAssembler) {
 			qp.ListEntry(la, qp.Int(1))