diff --git a/src/liballoc/slice.rs b/src/liballoc/slice.rs
index 8768f1ff081c1..04bef58774bb7 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/slice.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/slice.rs
@@ -582,7 +582,9 @@ pub trait SliceConcatExt<T: ?Sized> {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     #[rustc_deprecated(since = "1.3.0", reason = "renamed to join")]
-    fn connect(&self, sep: &T) -> Self::Output;
+    fn connect(&self, sep: &T) -> Self::Output {
+        self.join(sep)
+    }
 }
 
 #[unstable(feature = "slice_concat_ext",
@@ -616,10 +618,6 @@ impl<T: Clone, V: Borrow<[T]>> SliceConcatExt<T> for [V] {
         }
         result
     }
-
-    fn connect(&self, sep: &T) -> Vec<T> {
-        self.join(sep)
-    }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/liballoc/str.rs b/src/liballoc/str.rs
index f66ff894ae865..0b7374fd8e473 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/str.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/str.rs
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ impl<S: Borrow<str>> SliceConcatExt<str> for [S] {
             String::from_utf8_unchecked( join_generic_copy(self, sep.as_bytes()) )
         }
     }
-
-    fn connect(&self, sep: &str) -> String {
-        self.join(sep)
-    }
 }
 
 macro_rules! spezialize_for_lengths {