diff --git a/runtime/src/launcher/cpp/launcher.cpp b/runtime/src/launcher/cpp/launcher.cpp
index 5af5fcb6f59..209814c59d7 100644
--- a/runtime/src/launcher/cpp/launcher.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/launcher/cpp/launcher.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-#include <string.h>
-
 #include "Memory.h"
 #include "Natives.h"
 #include "Runtime.h"
-#include "String.h"
+#include "KString.h"
 #include "Types.h"
 
 //--- Setup args --------------------------------------------------------------//
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp
index 4d5cb749ab0..bc4ed164c5e 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Exceptions.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "Exceptions.h"
 #include "Memory.h"
 #include "Natives.h"
-#include "String.h"
+#include "KString.h"
 #include "Types.h"
 
 class KotlinException {
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/String.cpp b/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from runtime/src/main/cpp/String.cpp
rename to runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
index fd8268b4399..a0f9c825dad 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/cpp/String.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "Exceptions.h"
 #include "Memory.h"
 #include "Natives.h"
-#include "String.h"
+#include "KString.h"
 #include "Types.h"
 
 #include "utf8.h"
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/String.h b/runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.h
similarity index 100%
rename from runtime/src/main/cpp/String.h
rename to runtime/src/main/cpp/KString.h
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/ToString.cpp b/runtime/src/main/cpp/ToString.cpp
index 10c75020b64..6882d5f33c3 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/cpp/ToString.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/main/cpp/ToString.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "Exceptions.h"
 #include "Memory.h"
 #include "Natives.h"
-#include "String.h"
+#include "KString.h"
 #include "Types.h"
 
 extern "C" {