diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index dba1a3a14..f1431775a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
@@ -4520,9 +4521,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
         }
         final Object first = iterator.next();
         if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
-            @SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" ) // ObjectUtils.toString(Object) has been deprecated in 3.2
-            final
-            String result = ObjectUtils.toString(first);
+            final String result = Objects.toString(first, "");
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -4567,8 +4566,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
         }
         final Object first = iterator.next();
         if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
-            @SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" ) // ObjectUtils.toString(Object) has been deprecated in 3.2
-            final String result = ObjectUtils.toString(first);
+            final String result = Objects.toString(first, "");
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -4663,8 +4661,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
 
         final Iterator<Object> iterator = Arrays.asList(objects).iterator();
         while (iterator.hasNext()) {
-            @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // o.k. to use as long as we do not require java 7 or greater
-            final String value = ObjectUtils.toString(iterator.next());
+            final String value = Objects.toString(iterator.next(), "");
             result.append(value);
 
             if (iterator.hasNext()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrBuilder.java
index 6079101cd..a18625c36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/text/StrBuilder.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.ObjectUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.Builder;
@@ -1245,8 +1245,7 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
      */
     public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Object[] array, final String separator) {
         if (array != null && array.length > 0) {
-            @SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" ) // ObjectUtils.toString(Object) has been deprecated in 3.2
-            final String sep = ObjectUtils.toString(separator);
+            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, "");
             append(array[0]);
             for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
                 append(sep);
@@ -1268,8 +1267,7 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
      */
     public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Iterable<?> iterable, final String separator) {
         if (iterable != null) {
-            @SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" ) // ObjectUtils.toString(Object) has been deprecated in 3.2
-            final String sep = ObjectUtils.toString(separator);
+            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, "");
             final Iterator<?> it = iterable.iterator();
             while (it.hasNext()) {
                 append(it.next());
@@ -1293,8 +1291,7 @@ public class StrBuilder implements CharSequence, Appendable, Serializable, Build
      */
     public StrBuilder appendWithSeparators(final Iterator<?> it, final String separator) {
         if (it != null) {
-            @SuppressWarnings( "deprecation" ) // ObjectUtils.toString(Object) has been deprecated in 3.2
-            final String sep = ObjectUtils.toString(separator);
+            final String sep = Objects.toString(separator, "");
             while (it.hasNext()) {
                 append(it.next());
                 if (it.hasNext()) {