diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/Component.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/Component.java
index 4dda9d2aa..6b04b50b0 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/Component.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/Component.java
@@ -733,6 +733,18 @@ public interface Component extends ComponentBuilderApplicable, ComponentLike, Ex
     return new TextComponentImpl.BuilderImpl();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a text component with {@code components} as the children.
+   *
+   * @param components the children
+   * @return a text component
+   * @since 4.10.0
+   */
+  static @NotNull TextComponent textOfChildren(final @NotNull ComponentLike@NotNull... components) {
+    if (components.length == 0) return empty();
+    return new TextComponentImpl(Arrays.asList(components), Style.empty(), "");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a text component by applying configuration from {@code consumer}.
    *
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponent.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponent.java
index c1e1e1745..4cccc0936 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponent.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponent.java
@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@ public interface TextComponent extends BuildableComponent<TextComponent, TextCom
    * @param components the children
    * @return a text component
    * @since 4.0.0
-   * @deprecated For removal since 4.9.0, use {@link Component#join(JoinConfiguration, ComponentLike...)} with {@link JoinConfiguration#noSeparators()}.
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.9.0, use {@link Component#textOfChildren(ComponentLike...)} instead
    */
   @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
   @Deprecated
   static @NotNull TextComponent ofChildren(final @NotNull ComponentLike@NotNull... components) {
-    final Component joined = Component.join(JoinConfiguration.noSeparators(), components);
-    if (joined instanceof TextComponent) return (TextComponent) joined;
-    else return Component.text().append(joined).build();
+    return Component.textOfChildren(components);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponentTest.java b/api/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponentTest.java
index ecbb97fba..4d382eb25 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponentTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/TextComponentTest.java
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ private static String legacy(final char character) {
     return TextComponentImpl.SECTION_CHAR + String.valueOf(character);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testOfChildren() {
+    assertSame(Component.empty(), Component.textOfChildren()); // empty array
+    assertEquals(
+      Component.text()
+        .append(Component.text("a"))
+        .append(Component.text().content("b"))
+        .build(),
+      Component.textOfChildren(
+        Component.text("a"),
+        Component.text().content("b")
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testOf() {
     final TextComponent component = Component.text("foo");