diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/IOStreams.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/IOStreams.kt
index be45068c749..b9f0a586a5c 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/IOStreams.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/IOStreams.kt
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public fun InputStream.iterator(): ByteIterator =
             }
         }
 
+
+/** Creates a new byte input stream for the string. */
+public fun String.byteInputStream(charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8): InputStream = ByteArrayInputStream(toByteArray(charset))
+
 /**
  * Creates a buffered input stream wrapping this stream.
  * @param bufferSize the buffer size to use.
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt
index e80804abc26..64592def5e9 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ public fun Reader.forEachLine(block: (String) -> Unit): Unit = useLines { it.for
 public inline fun <T> Reader.useLines(block: (Sequence<String>) -> T): T =
         buffered().use { block(it.lineSequence()) }
 
+/** Creates a new reader for the string. */
+public fun String.reader(): StringReader = StringReader(this)
+
 /**
  * Returns a sequence of corresponding file lines.
  *
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ public fun URL.readText(charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8): String = readBytes()
  */
 public fun URL.readBytes(): ByteArray = openStream().use { it.readBytes() }
 
+// TODO: Move to kotlin package, rename to using
 /**
  * Executes the given [block] function on this resource and then closes it down correctly whether an exception
  * is thrown or not.
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/files/Utils.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/files/Utils.kt
index 6da25880364..444a259ff7b 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/files/Utils.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/files/Utils.kt
@@ -115,12 +115,6 @@ public fun String.allSeparatorsToSystem(): String {
     return separatorsToSystem().pathSeparatorsToSystem()
 }
 
-/** Creates a new reader for the string. */
-public fun String.reader(): StringReader = StringReader(this)
-
-/** Creates a new byte input stream for the string. */
-public fun String.byteInputStream(charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8): InputStream = ByteArrayInputStream(toByteArray(charset))
-
 /**
  * Returns a pathname of this file with all path separators replaced with File.pathSeparator.
  *