def remove_leading_zeros(string: str) -> str:
    """Removes leading zeros from the given string, if applicable.

    Parameters
    ----------
    string: str
        The string to remove leading zeros from. This string must represent an
        integer value (i.e. it cannot contain a decimal point or any other
        non-digit character).

    Returns
    -------
    str
        The string without leading zeros
    """
    return str(int(string))