def removeprefix(string, prefix):
    """
    Returns <string> without the <prefix> prefix.

    Copied from https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0616/#specification
    to support python versions < 3.9

    :param str string: string from which to remove prefix
    :param str prefix: prefix to remove from string
    :return str: string without prefix
    """
    if string.startswith(prefix):
        return string[len(prefix):]
    else:
        return string[:]