diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 7b716234add..36411e801fb 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ public fun String.toDouble(): Double = java.lang.Double.parseDouble(this)
 /**
  * Returns the list of all characters in this string.
  */
+@Deprecated("Use toList() instead.", ReplaceWith("toList()"))
 public fun String.toCharList(): List<Char> = toCharArray().toList()
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt
index 337f33ec28d..fa9e13e5a52 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/CollectionJVMTest.kt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class CollectionJVMTest {
 
     @test fun flatMap() {
         val data = listOf("", "foo", "bar", "x", "")
-        val characters = data.flatMap { it.toCharList() }
+        val characters = data.flatMap { it.toList() }
         println("Got list of characters ${characters}")
         assertEquals(7, characters.size)
         val text = characters.joinToString("")