diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
index b8a1c8d5452..085c6d4fbab 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/common/src/kotlin/TextH.kt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ expect fun Char.isLowSurrogate(): Boolean
  * Converts the characters in the specified array to a string.
  */
 @SinceKotlin("1.2")
+@Deprecated("Use CharArray.concatToString() instead", ReplaceWith("chars.concatToString()"))
 public expect fun String(chars: CharArray): String
 
 /**
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public expect fun String(chars: CharArray): String
  * or `offset + length` is out of [chars] array bounds.
  */
 @SinceKotlin("1.2")
+@Deprecated("Use CharArray.concatToString(startIndex, endIndex) instead", ReplaceWith("chars.concatToString(offset, offset + length)"))
 public expect fun String(chars: CharArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt b/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt
index 78bcc0ddd88..d079686da63 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/js/src/kotlin/text/string.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import kotlin.js.RegExp
  * Converts the characters in the specified array to a string.
  */
 @SinceKotlin("1.2")
+@Deprecated("Use CharArray.concatToString() instead", ReplaceWith("chars.concatToString()"))
 public actual fun String(chars: CharArray): String {
     var result = ""
     for (char in chars) {
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public actual fun String(chars: CharArray): String {
  * or `offset + length` is out of [chars] array bounds.
  */
 @SinceKotlin("1.2")
+@Deprecated("Use CharArray.concatToString(startIndex, endIndex) instead", ReplaceWith("chars.concatToString(offset, offset + length)"))
 public actual fun String(chars: CharArray, offset: Int, length: Int): String {
     if (offset < 0 || length < 0 || chars.size - offset < length)
         throw IndexOutOfBoundsException("size: ${chars.size}; offset: $offset; length: $length")
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringBuilderTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringBuilderTest.kt
index 25b4b4186f4..408689fe085 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringBuilderTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringBuilderTest.kt
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ class StringBuilderTest {
                 'm', 'y', ' ', 'a', 'p', 'p', 'e', 'n', 'd', ' ', 'c', 'h', 'a', 'r', ' ', 'a', 'r', 'r', 'a', 'y', ' ', 't', 'e', 's', 't'
             )
 
-            String(charArray, 0, 1)
-
             sb.appendRange(charArray, 0, charArray.size /*25*/)
             sb.appendRange(charArray, 0, 9)
             sb.appendRange(charArray, 15, 25)
@@ -473,11 +471,11 @@ class StringBuilderTest {
             val chars = CharArray(10) { '_' }
 
             sb.toCharArray(chars, 8, 0, 2)
-            assertEquals("________my", String(chars))
+            assertEquals("________my", chars.concatToString())
             sb.toCharArray(chars, 3, 6, 11)
-            assertEquals("___harArmy", String(chars))
+            assertEquals("___harArmy", chars.concatToString())
             sb.toCharArray(chars, 0, 16, 19)
-            assertEquals("estharArmy", String(chars))
+            assertEquals("estharArmy", chars.concatToString())
 
             sb.setLength(5)
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
index d1a239a91ef..4ff2a458f9f 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringTest.kt
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ fun Char.isAsciiUpperCase() = this in 'A'..'Z'
 
 class StringTest {
 
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
     private fun testStringFromChars(expected: String, chars: CharArray, offset: Int, length: Int) {
         assertEquals(expected, String(chars, offset, length))
         assertEquals(expected, chars.concatToString(startIndex = offset, endIndex = offset + length))
     }
 
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
     private fun testStringFromChars(expected: String, chars: CharArray) {
         assertEquals(expected, String(chars))
         assertEquals(expected, chars.concatToString())
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class StringTest {
         testStringFromChars("Kotlin", chars, 0, chars.size)
     }
 
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
     @Test fun stringFromCharArraySlice() {
         val chars: CharArray = charArrayOf('K', 'o', 't', 'l', 'i', 'n', ' ', 'r', 'u', 'l', 'e', 's')
         testStringFromChars("rule", chars, 7, 4)
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ class StringTest {
         assertTrue(longConcatString.all { it == 'k' })
     }
 
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
     @Test fun stringFromCharArray() {
         val chars: CharArray = charArrayOf('K', 'o', 't', 'l', 'i', 'n')
         testStringFromChars("Kotlin", chars)
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ class StringTest {
         testStringFromChars("Ŭᎍ🀺", chars, 3, 4)
     }
 
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
     @Test fun stringFromCharArrayOutOfBounds() {
         fun test(chars: CharArray) {
             assertFailsWith<IndexOutOfBoundsException> { String(chars, -1, 1) }