diff --git a/src/string.cr b/src/string.cr
index bcaa969215cd..603c7e1278cd 100644
--- a/src/string.cr
+++ b/src/string.cr
@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ class String
     byte_slice start, bytesize - start
   end
 
-  @[Deprecated("Use .char_at(index).ord instead")]
   def codepoint_at(index)
     char_at(index).ord
   end