diff --git a/stdlib/src/collections/string/string.mojo b/stdlib/src/collections/string/string.mojo
index 1b0fbe9a4e..cae177cd9f 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/collections/string/string.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/collections/string/string.mojo
@@ -1063,7 +1063,6 @@ struct String(
         """
         self._iadd[False](other.as_bytes())
 
-    @deprecated("Use `str.chars()` or `str.char_slices()` instead.")
     fn __iter__(self) -> _StringSliceIter[__origin_of(self)]:
         """Iterate over the string, returning immutable references.
 
diff --git a/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo b/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo
index 223b4ec71e..fcaa2071a3 100644
--- a/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo
+++ b/stdlib/src/collections/string/string_slice.mojo
@@ -881,7 +881,6 @@ struct StringSlice[mut: Bool, //, origin: Origin[mut]](
             self.unsafe_ptr(), rhs.unsafe_ptr(), min(len1, len2)
         )
 
-    @deprecated("Use `str.chars()` or `str.char_slices()` instead.")
     fn __iter__(self) -> _StringSliceIter[origin]:
         """Iterate over the string, returning immutable references.