diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index d7ef52f96f..0f64391810 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -217,29 +217,11 @@ what we publish.
   - `b16encode()`
   - `b16decode()`
 
-- Added new `String.chars()` and `String.char_slices()` iterator methods, and
-  deprecated the existing `String.__iter__()` method.
+- Added new `String.chars()` and `String.char_slices()` iterator methods.
 
   Different use-cases may prefer iterating over the `Char`s encoded in a string,
-  or iterating over subslices containing single characters. Neither iteration
-  semantics is an obvious default, so the existing `__iter__()` method has been
-  deprecated in favor of writing explicit iteration methods for the time being.
-
-  Code of the form:
-
-  ```mojo
-  var s: String  = ...
-  for c in s:
-      # ...
-  ```
-
-  can be migrated to using the `.char_slices()` method:
-
-  ```mojo
-  var s: String = ...
-  for c in s.char_slices():
-      # ...
-  ```
+  or iterating over subslices containing single characters. The existing
+  `__iter__()` method defaults to `String.char_slices()`.
 
 - The `String.__len__()` and `StringSlice.__len__()` methods now return the
   length of the string in bytes.
diff --git a/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo b/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo
index 0d39db2fa5..9c7a0f141a 100644
--- a/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/test/collections/string/test_string.mojo
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ def test_string_char_slices_iter():
     # Borrow immutably
     fn conc(vs: String) -> String:
         var c = String("")
-        for v in vs.char_slices():
+        for v in vs:
             c += v
         return c
 
@@ -1163,11 +1163,11 @@ def test_string_char_slices_iter():
         concat += v
     assert_equal(321, atol(concat))
 
-    for v in vs.char_slices():
+    for v in vs:
         v.unsafe_ptr().origin_cast[mut=True]()[] = ord("1")
 
     # Borrow immutably
-    for v in vs.char_slices():
+    for v in vs:
         concat += v
 
     assert_equal(321111, atol(concat))
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ def test_string_char_slices_iter():
         var ptr = item.unsafe_ptr()
         var amnt_characters = 0
         var byte_idx = 0
-        for v in item.char_slices():
+        for v in item:
             var byte_len = v.byte_length()
             for i in range(byte_len):
                 assert_equal(ptr[byte_idx + i], v.unsafe_ptr()[i])