diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathReadWrite.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathReadWrite.kt
index a7781153e8f..352b3b311f6 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathReadWrite.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/src/kotlin/io/path/PathReadWrite.kt
@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ public inline fun Path.bufferedWriter(
     return writer(charset, *options).buffered(bufferSize)
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns a new [PrintWriter] for writing the content of this file.
- */
-@SinceKotlin("1.4")
-@ExperimentalPathApi
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun Path.printWriter(charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8, vararg options: OpenOption): PrintWriter {
-    return PrintWriter(bufferedWriter(charset, options = options))
-}
-
 /**
  * Gets the entire content of this file as a byte array.
  *
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathReadWriteTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathReadWriteTest.kt
index 042f6e16054..87c6a91923f 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathReadWriteTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/jdk7/test/PathReadWriteTest.kt
@@ -91,35 +91,6 @@ class PathReadWriteTest {
         assertEquals(Files.readAllLines(file, Charsets.UTF_8), listOf("line1", "line2"))
     }
 
-    @Test
-    fun testPrintWriter() {
-        val file = Files.createTempFile(null, null)
-
-        val writer = file.printWriter()
-        val str1 = "Hello, world!"
-        val str2 = "Everything is wonderful!"
-        writer.println(str1)
-        writer.println(str2)
-        writer.close()
-
-        val writer2 = file.printWriter(options = arrayOf(StandardOpenOption.APPEND))
-        val str3 = "Hello again!"
-        writer2.println(str3)
-        writer2.close()
-
-        val writer3 = file.printWriter(Charsets.UTF_8, StandardOpenOption.APPEND)
-        val str4 = "Hello one last time!"
-        writer3.println(str4)
-        writer3.close()
-
-        file.bufferedReader().use { reader ->
-            assertEquals(str1, reader.readLine())
-            assertEquals(str2, reader.readLine())
-            assertEquals(str3, reader.readLine())
-            assertEquals(str4, reader.readLine())
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     fun testWriteBytes() {
         val file = Files.createTempFile(null, null)