diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/Files.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/Files.kt
index 0aa87ee1dae..a53176bdd5d 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/Files.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/Files.kt
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ public fun File.relativePath(descendant: File): String {
  */
 public inline fun File.reader(): FileReader = FileReader(this)
 
-/**
- * Iterates through each line of this file then closing the underlying [[Reader]] when its completed
- */
-public inline fun File.forEachLine(block: (String) -> Any): Unit = reader().forEachLine(block)
-
 /**
  * Reads the entire content of the file as bytes
  *
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/IoTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/IoTest.kt
index b73f1f727af..86d24d32b36 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/IoTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/IoTest.kt
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ class IoTest(){
     assertEquals(arrayList("Hello", "World"), list)
   }
   
+  test fun testForEachLineFile() {
+    val file = File.createTempFile("temp", System.nanoTime().toString())
+    file.writeText("Hello\nWorld")
+
+
+    val list = ArrayList<String>()
+    file.forEachLine{
+      list.add(it)
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(arrayList("Hello", "World"), list)
+    file.deleteOnExit()
+  }
+
   test fun testListFiles() {
     val dir = File.createTempFile("temp", System.nanoTime().toString())
     dir.delete()