diff --git a/src/string.rs b/src/string.rs
index 811d3432..2a5fee12 100644
--- a/src/string.rs
+++ b/src/string.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bitflags! {
 }
 
 impl String {
-  pub fn new_empty<'sc>(scope: &mut impl ToLocal<'sc>) -> Local<'sc, String> {
+  pub fn empty<'sc>(scope: &mut impl ToLocal<'sc>) -> Local<'sc, String> {
     let ptr = unsafe { v8__String__Empty(scope.isolate()) };
     // FIXME(bnoordhuis) v8__String__Empty() is infallible so there
     // is no need to box up the result, only to unwrap it again.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl String {
     new_type: NewStringType,
   ) -> Option<Local<'sc, String>> {
     if buffer.is_empty() {
-      return Some(Self::new_empty(scope));
+      return Some(Self::empty(scope));
     }
     let ptr = unsafe {
       v8__String__NewFromUtf8(
diff --git a/tests/test_api.rs b/tests/test_api.rs
index c0febe08..1885ec79 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.rs
+++ b/tests/test_api.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fn test_string() {
   {
     let mut hs = v8::HandleScope::new(scope);
     let scope = hs.enter();
-    let local = v8::String::new_empty(scope);
+    let local = v8::String::empty(scope);
     assert_eq!(0, local.length());
     assert_eq!(0, local.utf8_length(scope));
     assert_eq!("", local.to_rust_string_lossy(scope));