diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/internal/CollectionToArray.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/internal/CollectionToArray.kt
index 637372d4d12..502ba26572e 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/internal/CollectionToArray.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/runtime/kotlin/jvm/internal/CollectionToArray.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import java.util.Arrays
 private val EMPTY = emptyArray<Any?>() // shared empty array
 private const val MAX_SIZE = Int.MAX_VALUE - 2 // empirically maximal array size that can be allocated without exceeding VM limits
 
+// TODO: eventually should become internal @PublishedApi
+@Deprecated("This function will be made internal in a future release")
+@DeprecatedSinceKotlin(warningSince = "1.9")
 @JvmName("toArray")
 fun collectionToArray(collection: Collection<*>): Array<Any?> =
     toArrayImpl(
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ fun collectionToArray(collection: Collection<*>): Array<Any?> =
     )
 
 // Note: Array<Any?> here can have any reference array JVM type at run time
+// TODO: eventually should become internal @PublishedApi
+@Deprecated("This function will be made internal in a future release")
+@DeprecatedSinceKotlin(warningSince = "1.9")
 @JvmName("toArray")
 fun collectionToArray(collection: Collection<*>, a: Array<Any?>?): Array<Any?> {
     // Collection.toArray contract requires that NullPointerException is thrown when array is null
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/collections/CollectionsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/collections/CollectionsJVM.kt
index ae8aecbe009..1379048fc42 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/collections/CollectionsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jvm/src/kotlin/collections/CollectionsJVM.kt
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ public actual fun <T> Iterable<T>.shuffled(): List<T> = toMutableList().apply {
 public fun <T> Iterable<T>.shuffled(random: java.util.Random): List<T> = toMutableList().apply { shuffle(random) }
 
 
+@Suppress("DEPRECATION")
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 internal actual inline fun collectionToArray(collection: Collection<*>): Array<Any?> =
     kotlin.jvm.internal.collectionToArray(collection)
 
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST", "DEPRECATION")
 internal actual inline fun <T> collectionToArray(collection: Collection<*>, array: Array<T>): Array<T> =
     kotlin.jvm.internal.collectionToArray(collection, array as Array<Any?>) as Array<T>