diff --git a/include/core/SkString.h b/include/core/SkString.h
index a2579d913..743f07889 100644
--- a/include/core/SkString.h
+++ b/include/core/SkString.h
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ public:
     void insertScalar(size_t offset, SkScalar);
 
     void append(const SkString& str) { this->insert((size_t)-1, str); }
-    void append(const char c) { this->insert((size_t)-1, &c, 1); }
     void append(const char text[]) { this->insert((size_t)-1, text); }
     void append(const char text[], size_t len) { this->insert((size_t)-1, text, len); }
     void appendUnichar(SkUnichar uni) { this->insertUnichar((size_t)-1, uni); }
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ public:
 
     SkString& operator+=(const SkString& s) { this->append(s); return *this; }
     SkString& operator+=(const char text[]) { this->append(text); return *this; }
-    SkString& operator+=(const char c) { this->append(c); return *this; }
+    SkString& operator+=(const char c) { this->append(&c, 1); return *this; }
 
     /**
      *  Swap contents between this and other. This function is guaranteed
diff --git a/tests/StringTest.cpp b/tests/StringTest.cpp
index 487876490..2c5026c68 100644
--- a/tests/StringTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/StringTest.cpp
@@ -92,18 +92,6 @@ static void TestString(skiatest::Reporter* reporter) {
     f.prepend("hello ");
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, a.equals("hello world") && a == e && a == f);
 
-    a.reset();
-    a.append(SkString("string"));
-    a.append("text");
-    a.append('c');
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, a.equals("stringtextc"));
-
-    a.reset();
-    a += 'c';
-    a += "text";
-    a += SkString("string");
-    REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, a.equals("ctextstring"));
-
     a.reset();
     b.resize(0);
     REPORTER_ASSERT(reporter, a.isEmpty() && b.isEmpty() && a == b);