diff --git a/include/fmt/ranges.h b/include/fmt/ranges.h
index ff682a8f..d7dbc168 100644
--- a/include/fmt/ranges.h
+++ b/include/fmt/ranges.h
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR auto join(const Tuple& tuple FMT_LIFETIMEBOUND, string_view sep)
  *     // Output: "1, 2, 3"
  */
 template <typename T>
-auto join(std::initializer_list<T> list, string_view sep)
+FMT_DEPRECATED auto join(std::initializer_list<T> list, string_view sep)
     -> join_view<const T*, const T*> {
   return join(std::begin(list), std::end(list), sep);
 }
diff --git a/include/fmt/xchar.h b/include/fmt/xchar.h
index dad64357..31706f96 100644
--- a/include/fmt/xchar.h
+++ b/include/fmt/xchar.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ auto join(Range&& range, S&& sep)
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-auto join(std::initializer_list<T> list, wstring_view sep)
+FMT_DEPRECATED auto join(std::initializer_list<T> list, wstring_view sep)
     -> join_view<const T*, const T*, wchar_t> {
   return join(std::begin(list), std::end(list), sep);
 }
diff --git a/test/ranges-test.cc b/test/ranges-test.cc
index 9ff6b9b1..7ec0d76c 100644
--- a/test/ranges-test.cc
+++ b/test/ranges-test.cc
@@ -433,12 +433,6 @@ TEST(ranges_test, join_tuple) {
 #endif
 }
 
-TEST(ranges_test, join_initializer_list) {
-  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", fmt::join({1, 2, 3}, ", ")), "1, 2, 3");
-  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", fmt::join({"fmt", "rocks", "!"}, " ")),
-            "fmt rocks !");
-}
-
 struct zstring_sentinel {};
 
 bool operator==(const char* p, zstring_sentinel) { return *p == '\0'; }
diff --git a/test/xchar-test.cc b/test/xchar-test.cc
index 87aad4a1..cfe8389d 100644
--- a/test/xchar-test.cc
+++ b/test/xchar-test.cc
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ TEST(xchar_test, join) {
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(u"({})", fmt::join(vector, u", ")), u"(1, 2, 3)");
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(U"({})", fmt::join(vector, U", ")), U"(1, 2, 3)");
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(L"({})", fmt::join(vector, L", ")), L"(1, 2, 3)");
-  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(L"({})", fmt::join({1, 2, 3}, L", ")), L"(1, 2, 3)");
   auto tuple_char16 = std::tuple<char16_t, int, float>(u'a', 1, 2.0f);
   EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format(u"({})", fmt::join(tuple_char16, u", ")), u"(a, 1, 2)");
   auto tuple_char32 = std::tuple<char32_t, int, float>(U'a', 1, 2.0f);