diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index 8031059ffcd..dfa54c17e63 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public fun String.split(regex: Pattern, limit: Int = 0): List<String>
 /**
  * Splits this string around matches of the given regular expression.
  */
-deprecated("Convert String argument to regex with toRegex or use splitBy instead for literal delimiters. Please note the change of return type.", ReplaceWith("split(regex.toRegex()).toTypedArray()"))
+deprecated("Convert String argument to regex with toRegex or use splitBy instead for literal delimiters. Please note the change of return type.", ReplaceWith("split(regex.toRegex()).dropLastWhile { it.isEmpty() }.toTypedArray()"))
 public fun String.split(regex: String): Array<String> = (this as java.lang.String).split(regex)
 
 /**
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt
index 62c719fb37f..29bee11c35e 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class StringJVMTest {
         assertEquals(listOf("ab", "cd", "def", ""), s.split(isDigit))
         assertEquals(listOf("ab", "cd", "def3"), s.split(isDigit, 3))
 
+        // deprecation replacement equivalence
+        assertEquals("\\d".toPattern().split(s).toList(), s.split("\\d".toRegex()).dropLastWhile { it.isEmpty() }.toTypedArray().toList())
+
         fails {
             s.split(isDigit, -1)
         }