diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt
index ac110beeb00..e9fc480dc1a 100644
--- a/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/core/string.kt
@@ -18,23 +18,14 @@ internal fun String.nativeStartsWith(s: String, position: Int): Boolean = noImpl
 native("endsWith")
 internal fun String.nativeEndsWith(s: String): Boolean = noImpl
 
-deprecated("Use split(Regex) instead.")
+deprecated("Use split(Regex) instead.", ReplaceWith("split(regex.toRegex()).toTypedArray()"))
 library("splitString")
 public fun String.splitWithRegex(regex: String): Array<String> = noImpl
 
-deprecated("Use split(Regex) instead.")
+deprecated("Use split(Regex) instead.", ReplaceWith("split(regex.toRegex(), limit = limit).toTypedArray()"))
 library("splitString")
 public fun String.splitWithRegex(regex: String, limit: Int): Array<String> = noImpl
 
-deprecated("Use split(Regex) instead.")
-library("splitString")
-public fun String.split(regex: String): Array<String> = noImpl
-
-deprecated("Use split(Regex) instead.")
-library("splitString")
-public fun String.split(regex: String, limit: Int): Array<String> = noImpl
-
-
 native public fun String.substring(beginIndex : Int) : String = noImpl
 native public fun String.substring(beginIndex : Int, endIndex : Int) : String = noImpl
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
index e5e5195b32d..a4073631a4e 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/Strings.kt
@@ -923,6 +923,10 @@ public fun String.splitToSequence(vararg delimiters: String, ignoreCase: Boolean
  * the beginning to the end of this string, and matches at each position the first element in [delimiters]
  * that is equal to a delimiter in this instance at that position.
  */
+public fun String.split(vararg delimiters: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false, limit: Int = 0): List<String> =
+        splitToSequence(*delimiters, ignoreCase = ignoreCase, limit = limit).toList()
+
+deprecated("Use split(delimiters) instead.", ReplaceWith("split(*delimiters, ignoreCase = ignoreCase, limit = limit)"))
 public fun String.splitBy(vararg delimiters: String, ignoreCase: Boolean = false, limit: Int = 0): List<String> =
         splitToSequence(*delimiters, ignoreCase = ignoreCase, limit = limit).toList()
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index dfa54c17e63..6100d27dad7 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -128,17 +128,6 @@ public fun String.split(regex: Pattern, limit: Int = 0): List<String>
     require(limit >= 0, { "Limit must be non-negative, but was $limit" } )
     return regex.split(this, if (limit == 0) -1 else limit).asList()
 }
-/**
- * Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.
- */
-deprecated("Convert String argument to regex with toRegex or use splitBy instead for literal delimiters. Please note the change of return type.", ReplaceWith("split(regex.toRegex()).dropLastWhile { it.isEmpty() }.toTypedArray()"))
-public fun String.split(regex: String): Array<String> = (this as java.lang.String).split(regex)
-
-/**
- * Splits this string into at most [limit] chunks around matches of the given regular expression.
- */
-deprecated("Convert String argument to regex with toRegex or use splitBy instead for literal delimiters. Please note the change of return type and the restriction of limit to be non-negative.", ReplaceWith("split(regex.toRegex(), limit.coerceAtLeast(0)).toTypedArray()"))
-public fun String.split(regex: String, limit: Int): Array<String> = (this as java.lang.String).split(regex, limit)
 
 /**
  * Returns a substring of this string starting with the specified index.
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
index 9e9c9da078c..d55ac51c03d 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
@@ -353,18 +353,18 @@ class StringTest {
 
 
     test fun split() {
-        assertEquals(listOf(""), "".splitBy(";"))
+        assertEquals(listOf(""), "".split(";"))
         assertEquals(listOf("test"), "test".split(*charArray()), "empty list of delimiters, none matched -> entire string returned")
-        assertEquals(listOf("test"), "test".splitBy(*array<String>()), "empty list of delimiters, none matched -> entire string returned")
+        assertEquals(listOf("test"), "test".split(*array<String>()), "empty list of delimiters, none matched -> entire string returned")
 
         assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123;456"), "abc;def,123;456".split(';', ',', limit = 3))
-        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc<BR>def<br>123<bR>456".splitBy("<BR>", ignoreCase = true))
+        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc<BR>def<br>123<bR>456".split("<BR>", ignoreCase = true))
 
-        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc=-def==123=456".splitBy("==", "=-", "="))
+        assertEquals(listOf("abc", "def", "123", "456"), "abc=-def==123=456".split("==", "=-", "="))
 
-        assertEquals(listOf("", "a", "b", "c", ""), "abc".splitBy(""))
-        assertEquals(listOf("", "a", "b", "b", "a", ""), "abba".splitBy("", "a"))
-        assertEquals(listOf("", "", "b", "b", "", ""), "abba".splitBy("a", ""))
+        assertEquals(listOf("", "a", "b", "c", ""), "abc".split(""))
+        assertEquals(listOf("", "a", "b", "b", "a", ""), "abba".split("", "a"))
+        assertEquals(listOf("", "", "b", "b", "", ""), "abba".split("a", ""))
     }
 
     test fun splitToLines() {