diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 97954f933a130..777fc3ca7d349 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ Deprecated or removed
     The two argument form `isvalid(type, value)` can be used with the above types, with values
     of type `Vector{UInt8}`, `Vector{UInt16}`, `Vector{UInt32}`, and `Vector{Char}` ([#11241]).
 
+  * Instead of `utf32(64,123,...)` use `utf32(UInt32[64,123,...])` ([#11379]).
+
 Julia v0.3.0 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
@@ -1432,3 +1434,4 @@ Too numerous to mention.
 [#11145]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/11145
 [#11171]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/11171
 [#11241]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/11241
+[#11379]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/11379
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index acdb1b60a7735..2e406d599df42 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -466,3 +466,7 @@ end
 @deprecate is_valid_utf8(str)  isvalid(UTF8String, str)
 @deprecate is_valid_utf16(str) isvalid(UTF16String, str)
 @deprecate is_valid_utf32(str) isvalid(UTF32String, str)
+
+# 11379
+
+@deprecate utf32(c::Integer...)   UTF32String(UInt32[c...,0])
diff --git a/base/utf32.jl b/base/utf32.jl
index 3d6390cb21bdd..b183912491de0 100644
--- a/base/utf32.jl
+++ b/base/utf32.jl
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ next(s::UTF32String, i::Int) = (s.data[i], i+1)
 endof(s::UTF32String) = length(s.data) - 1
 length(s::UTF32String) = length(s.data) - 1
 
-function utf32(c::Integer...)
-    a = Array(Char, length(c) + 1)
-    for i = 1:length(c)
-        a[i] = Char(c[i])
-    end
-    a[end] = Char(0)
-    UTF32String(a)
-end
-
 utf32(x) = convert(UTF32String, x)
 convert(::Type{UTF32String}, c::Char) = UTF32String(Char[c, Char(0)])
 convert(::Type{UTF32String}, s::UTF32String) = s
diff --git a/test/unicode.jl b/test/unicode.jl
index 6742e86786f53..5d3a64285ca83 100644
--- a/test/unicode.jl
+++ b/test/unicode.jl
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ else
     end
 
     str1 = "∀ ε > 0, ∃ δ > 0: |x-y| < δ ⇒ |f(x)-f(y)| < ε"
-    str2 = utf32(
+    str2 = UTF32String(UInt32[
                  8704, 32, 949, 32, 62, 32, 48, 44, 32, 8707, 32,
                  948, 32, 62, 32, 48, 58, 32, 124, 120, 45, 121, 124,
                  32, 60, 32, 948, 32, 8658, 32, 124, 102, 40, 120,
                  41, 45, 102, 40, 121, 41, 124, 32, 60, 32, 949
-                 )
+                 ,0])
     @test str1 == str2
 
     # Cleanup unicode data