diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/ParsePrimitivesJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/ParsePrimitivesJVM.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6aee15ec5fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/ParsePrimitivesJVM.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+@file:kotlin.jvm.JvmMultifileClass
+@file:kotlin.jvm.JvmName("StringsKt")
+@file:kotlin.jvm.JvmVersion
+@file:Suppress("PLATFORM_CLASS_MAPPED_TO_KOTLIN")
+
+package kotlin.text
+
+
+/**
+ * Returns `true` if the contents of this string is equal to the word "true", ignoring case, and `false` otherwise.
+ */
+@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
+public inline fun String.toBoolean(): Boolean = java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean(this)
+
+/**
+ * Parses the string as a signed [Byte] number and returns the result.
+ * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
+ */
+@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
+public inline fun String.toByte(): Byte = java.lang.Byte.parseByte(this)
+
+/**
+ * Parses the string as a [Short] number and returns the result.
+ * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
+ */
+@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
+public inline fun String.toShort(): Short = java.lang.Short.parseShort(this)
+
+/**
+ * Parses the string as an [Int] number and returns the result.
+ * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
+ */
+@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
+public inline fun String.toInt(): Int = java.lang.Integer.parseInt(this)
+
+/**
+ * Parses the string as a [Long] number and returns the result.
+ * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
+ */
+@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
+public inline fun String.toLong(): Long = java.lang.Long.parseLong(this)
+
+/**
+ * Parses the string as a [Float] number and returns the result.
+ * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
+ */
+@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
+public inline fun String.toFloat(): Float = java.lang.Float.parseFloat(this)
+
+/**
+ * Parses the string as a [Double] number and returns the result.
+ * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
+ */
+@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
+public inline fun String.toDouble(): Double = java.lang.Double.parseDouble(this)
+
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
index e782a342764..b0c73036c4b 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/text/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 
 package kotlin.text
 
-import java.io.StringReader
-import java.util.regex.Pattern
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
 import java.util.*
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
 
 /**
@@ -366,62 +365,12 @@ public inline fun String.toLowerCase(locale: java.util.Locale): String = (this a
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public inline fun String.toUpperCase(locale: java.util.Locale): String = (this as java.lang.String).toUpperCase(locale)
 
-/**
- * Returns `true` if the contents of this string is equal to the word "true", ignoring case, and `false` otherwise.
- */
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toBoolean(): Boolean = java.lang.Boolean.parseBoolean(this)
-
-/**
- * Parses the string as a signed [Byte] number and returns the result.
- * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
- */
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toByte(): Byte = java.lang.Byte.parseByte(this)
-
-/**
- * Parses the string as a [Short] number and returns the result.
- * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
- */
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toShort(): Short = java.lang.Short.parseShort(this)
-
-/**
- * Parses the string as an [Int] number and returns the result.
- * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
- */
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toInt(): Int = java.lang.Integer.parseInt(this)
-
-/**
- * Parses the string as a [Long] number and returns the result.
- * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
- */
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toLong(): Long = java.lang.Long.parseLong(this)
-
-/**
- * Parses the string as a [Float] number and returns the result.
- * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
- */
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toFloat(): Float = java.lang.Float.parseFloat(this)
-
-/**
- * Parses the string as a [Double] number and returns the result.
- * @throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
- */
-@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
-public inline fun String.toDouble(): Double = java.lang.Double.parseDouble(this)
-
 /**
  * Encodes the contents of this string using the specified character set and returns the resulting byte array.
  */
 @kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
 public inline fun String.toByteArray(charset: Charset = Charsets.UTF_8): ByteArray = (this as java.lang.String).getBytes(charset)
 
-
-
 /**
  * Converts the string into a regular expression [Pattern] optionally
  * with the specified [flags] from [Pattern] or'd together
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/ParsePrimitivesJVMTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/ParsePrimitivesJVMTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f617c2694af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/ParsePrimitivesJVMTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+@file:kotlin.jvm.JvmVersion
+package test.text
+
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFails
+import org.junit.Test as test
+
+class ParsePrimitivesJVMTest {
+
+    @test fun toBoolean() {
+        assertEquals(true, "true".toBoolean())
+        assertEquals(true, "True".toBoolean())
+        assertEquals(false, "false".toBoolean())
+        assertEquals(false, "not so true".toBoolean())
+    }
+
+    @test fun toByte() {
+        assertEquals(77.toByte(), "77".toByte())
+        assertFails { "255".toByte() }
+    }
+
+    @test fun toShort() {
+        assertEquals(77.toShort(), "77".toShort())
+    }
+
+    @test fun toInt() {
+        assertEquals(77, "77".toInt())
+    }
+
+    @test fun toLong() {
+        assertEquals(77.toLong(), "77".toLong())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt
index 210d5402dba..898f363962f 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/text/StringJVMTest.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 package test.text
 
 import test.collections.assertArrayNotSameButEquals
-import java.util.Locale
+import java.util.*
 import kotlin.test.*
 
 import org.junit.Test