diff --git a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt
index 8057d8fd3a5..fddcc5234ae 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/Arrays.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 package kotlin
 
-import kotlin.internal.PureReifiable
 import kotlin.native.internal.ExportTypeInfo
 import kotlin.native.internal.IntrinsicType
 import kotlin.native.internal.GCUnsafeCall
@@ -588,7 +587,7 @@ private class BooleanIteratorImpl(val collection: BooleanArray) : BooleanIterato
  *
  * @throws RuntimeException if the specified [size] is negative.
  */
-public inline fun <reified @PureReifiable T> arrayOfNulls(size: Int): Array<T?> =
+public inline fun <T> arrayOfNulls(size: Int): Array<T?> =
         @Suppress("NON_PUBLIC_CALL_FROM_PUBLIC_INLINE")
         arrayOfUninitializedElements<T?>(size)
 
@@ -597,7 +596,7 @@ public inline fun <reified @PureReifiable T> arrayOfNulls(size: Int): Array<T?>
  */
 @TypedIntrinsic(IntrinsicType.IDENTITY)
 @PointsTo(0x00, 0x01) // ret -> elements
-public external inline fun <reified @PureReifiable T> arrayOf(vararg elements: T): Array<T>
+public external inline fun <T> arrayOf(vararg elements: T): Array<T>
 
 @GCUnsafeCall("Kotlin_emptyArray")
 external public fun <T> emptyArray(): Array<T>
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.kt b/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.kt
index fc0580b7826..be18f3cc54b 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/api/js/kotlin.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public inline fun UShortArray(size: kotlin.Int, init: (kotlin.Int) -> kotlin.USh
 
 public inline fun <T> arrayOf(vararg elements: T): kotlin.Array<T>
 
-public inline fun <reified T> arrayOfNulls(size: kotlin.Int): kotlin.Array<T?>
+public inline fun <T> arrayOfNulls(size: kotlin.Int): kotlin.Array<T?>
 
 public inline fun booleanArrayOf(vararg elements: kotlin.Boolean): kotlin.BooleanArray
 
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/builtins/Library.kt b/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/builtins/Library.kt
index baac039f129..f99f0a94e78 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/builtins/Library.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/js-ir/builtins/Library.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 package kotlin
 
-import kotlin.internal.PureReifiable
 import kotlin.js.*
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ public operator fun String?.plus(other: Any?): String =
 /**
  * Returns an array of objects of the given type with the given [size], initialized with null values.
  */
-public inline fun <reified T> arrayOfNulls(size: Int): Array<T?> = fillArrayVal<T?>(Array<T?>(size), null)
+public inline fun <T> arrayOfNulls(size: Int): Array<T?> = fillArrayVal<T?>(Array<T?>(size), null)
 
 /**
  * Returns an array containing the specified elements.
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Library.kt b/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Library.kt
index 451c0052919..c85d2a73822 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Library.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/wasm/builtins/kotlin/Library.kt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 package kotlin
 
-import kotlin.internal.PureReifiable
 import kotlin.wasm.internal.enumValueOfIntrinsic
 import kotlin.wasm.internal.enumValuesIntrinsic
 
@@ -30,9 +29,8 @@ public operator fun String?.plus(other: Any?): String = (this ?: "null") + other
  *
  * @throws RuntimeException if the specified [size] is negative.
  */
-// TODO: Should T be reified?
-@Suppress("REIFIED_TYPE_PARAMETER_NO_INLINE")
-public fun <@PureReifiable reified T> arrayOfNulls(size: Int): Array<T?> = Array(size)
+@Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+public inline fun <T> arrayOfNulls(size: Int): Array<T?> = Array<Any?>(size) as Array<T?>
 
 /**
  * Returns an array containing the specified elements.