diff --git a/benchmarks/dom/creation.sky b/benchmarks/dom/creation.sky
index 0f05fe9df89..7076a7e064a 100644
--- a/benchmarks/dom/creation.sky
+++ b/benchmarks/dom/creation.sky
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function createElement(tagName) {
 
 function createText(text) {
   texts++;
-  return document.createTextNode(text);
+  return new Text(text);
 }
 
 function createElements(root, depth) {
diff --git a/benchmarks/layout/simple-blocks.sky b/benchmarks/layout/simple-blocks.sky
index 094f763b103..61657b24162 100644
--- a/benchmarks/layout/simple-blocks.sky
+++ b/benchmarks/layout/simple-blocks.sky
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ var content = document.getElementById('content');
 var out = [];
 for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
   var div = document.createElement('div');
-  div.appendChild(document.createElement('span')).appendChild(document.createTextNode('foo'));
-  div.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' '));
-  div.appendChild(document.createElement('span')).appendChild(document.createTextNode('bar'));
+  div.appendChild(document.createElement('span')).appendChild(new Text('foo'));
+  div.appendChild(new Text(' '));
+  div.appendChild(document.createElement('span')).appendChild(new Text('bar'));
   content.appendChild(div);
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/core/dom/Document.cpp b/engine/core/dom/Document.cpp
index 41cddb15143..50071581812 100644
--- a/engine/core/dom/Document.cpp
+++ b/engine/core/dom/Document.cpp
@@ -517,11 +517,6 @@ PassRefPtr<DocumentFragment> Document::createDocumentFragment()
     return DocumentFragment::create(*this);
 }
 
-PassRefPtr<Text> Document::createTextNode(const String& data)
-{
-    return Text::create(*this, data);
-}
-
 PassRefPtr<Text> Document::createEditingTextNode(const String& text)
 {
     return Text::createEditingText(*this, text);
@@ -545,7 +540,7 @@ PassRefPtr<Node> Document::importNode(Node* importedNode, bool deep, ExceptionSt
 {
     switch (importedNode->nodeType()) {
     case TEXT_NODE:
-        return createTextNode(toText(importedNode)->data());
+        return Text::create(*this, toText(importedNode)->data());
     case ELEMENT_NODE: {
         Element* oldElement = toElement(importedNode);
         RefPtr<Element> newElement = createElement(oldElement->tagQName(), false);
diff --git a/engine/core/dom/Document.h b/engine/core/dom/Document.h
index 27df6466cdb..5f8591b9eec 100644
--- a/engine/core/dom/Document.h
+++ b/engine/core/dom/Document.h
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ public:
 
     PassRefPtr<Element> createElement(const AtomicString& name, ExceptionState&);
     PassRefPtr<DocumentFragment> createDocumentFragment();
-    PassRefPtr<Text> createTextNode(const String& data);
     PassRefPtr<Node> importNode(Node* importedNode, bool deep, ExceptionState&);
     PassRefPtr<Element> createElement(const QualifiedName&, bool createdByParser);
 
diff --git a/engine/core/dom/Document.idl b/engine/core/dom/Document.idl
index fcdfbcd4f30..65535d5cc0f 100644
--- a/engine/core/dom/Document.idl
+++ b/engine/core/dom/Document.idl
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ typedef (CanvasRenderingContext2D or WebGLRenderingContext) RenderingContext;
 
     [CustomElementCallbacks, PerWorldBindings, RaisesException] Element createElement(DOMString tagName);
     DocumentFragment createDocumentFragment();
-    Text createTextNode(DOMString data);
 
     [CustomElementCallbacks, RaisesException, TypeChecking=Interface] Node importNode(Node node, optional boolean deep = false);
 
diff --git a/engine/core/dom/Node.cpp b/engine/core/dom/Node.cpp
index 4ebaf10edf2..c6986da84f8 100644
--- a/engine/core/dom/Node.cpp
+++ b/engine/core/dom/Node.cpp
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ void Node::setTextContent(const String& text)
             // Note: This API will not insert empty text nodes:
             // http://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-node-textcontent
             if (!text.isEmpty())
-                container->appendChild(document().createTextNode(text), ASSERT_NO_EXCEPTION);
+                container->appendChild(Text::create(document(), text), ASSERT_NO_EXCEPTION);
             return;
         }
         case DOCUMENT_NODE:
diff --git a/engine/core/editing/InsertLineBreakCommand.cpp b/engine/core/editing/InsertLineBreakCommand.cpp
index 70d4205e5d1..5aa547b6e9f 100644
--- a/engine/core/editing/InsertLineBreakCommand.cpp
+++ b/engine/core/editing/InsertLineBreakCommand.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void InsertLineBreakCommand::doApply()
     pos = positionOutsideTabSpan(pos);
 
     RefPtr<Node> nodeToInsert = nullptr;
-    nodeToInsert = document().createTextNode("\n");
+    nodeToInsert = Text::create(document(), "\n");
 
     // FIXME: Need to merge text nodes when inserting just after or before text.
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void InsertLineBreakCommand::doApply()
             if (textNode->inDocument())
                 insertTextIntoNode(textNode, 0, nonBreakingSpaceString());
             else {
-                RefPtr<Text> nbspNode = document().createTextNode(nonBreakingSpaceString());
+                RefPtr<Text> nbspNode = Text::create(document(), nonBreakingSpaceString());
                 insertNodeAt(nbspNode.get(), positionBeforeTextNode);
                 endingPosition = firstPositionInNode(nbspNode.get());
             }
diff --git a/engine/core/html/HTMLTitleElement.cpp b/engine/core/html/HTMLTitleElement.cpp
index ca7e43229a6..e2419cc48a0 100644
--- a/engine/core/html/HTMLTitleElement.cpp
+++ b/engine/core/html/HTMLTitleElement.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void HTMLTitleElement::setText(const String &value)
     m_ignoreTitleUpdatesWhenChildrenChange = false;
 
     if (!value.isEmpty())
-        appendChild(document().createTextNode(value.impl()), IGNORE_EXCEPTION);
+        appendChild(Text::create(document(), value.impl()), IGNORE_EXCEPTION);
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/editing/delete_block_contents.sky b/tests/editing/delete_block_contents.sky
index 9fb308533d9..f1ab1f4e36c 100644
--- a/tests/editing/delete_block_contents.sky
+++ b/tests/editing/delete_block_contents.sky
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ describe("height of an editable block", function() {
     var elem = document.getElementById("test");
     var originalHeight = elem.offsetHeight;
     var d = elem.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
-    d.appendChild(document.createTextNode('aaa'));
+    d.appendChild(new Text('aaa'));
     d = elem.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
-    d.appendChild(document.createTextNode('bbb'));
+    d.appendChild(new Text('bbb'));
     var newHeight = elem.offsetHeight;
 
     while (elem.firstChild) {
diff --git a/tests/mutation-observer/delivery-order.sky b/tests/mutation-observer/delivery-order.sky
index 2a1f65a951e..bf056d1aa27 100644
--- a/tests/mutation-observer/delivery-order.sky
+++ b/tests/mutation-observer/delivery-order.sky
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('MutationObserver', function() {
         observers[6].observe(div, {characterData: true, subtree: true});
         observers[8].observe(div, {attributes: true});
         div.setAttribute('foo', 'bar');
-        div.appendChild(document.createTextNode('hello'));
+        div.appendChild(new Text('hello'));
         div.firstChild.textContent = 'goodbye';
         setTimeout(function() {
             assert.deepEqual(order, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
diff --git a/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-callback-non-element-crash.sky b/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-callback-non-element-crash.sky
index a6c4ff401d4..89450e7fb10 100644
--- a/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-callback-non-element-crash.sky
+++ b/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-callback-non-element-crash.sky
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function mutationCallback(mutations, observer) {
 var mutationObserver = new MutationObserver(mutationCallback);
 var body = document.getElementById("body");
 mutationObserver.observe(body, {childList: true});
-body.appendChild(document.createTextNode("PASS. We didn't crash"));
+body.appendChild(new Text("PASS. We didn't crash"));
 </script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-record-nullity.sky b/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-record-nullity.sky
index f32da640927..a3dfe00380b 100644
--- a/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-record-nullity.sky
+++ b/tests/mutation-observer/mutation-record-nullity.sky
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Non-relevant properties on mutation records should be null, except for
   var observer = new MutationObserver(function() {});
 
   it('on characterData records', function() {
-    var text = document.createTextNode('something');
+    var text = new Text('something');
     observer.observe(text, {characterData: true});
     text.data = 'something else';
     var record = observer.takeRecords()[0];
diff --git a/tests/mutation-observer/observe-characterdata.sky b/tests/mutation-observer/observe-characterdata.sky
index 21f2de6cea3..df264d94bce 100644
--- a/tests/mutation-observer/observe-characterdata.sky
+++ b/tests/mutation-observer/observe-characterdata.sky
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('MutationObserver on character data', function() {
             // ...observer.disconnect() should prevent further delivery of mutations.
 
             assert.equal(mutations, null);
-            charDataNode = document.createTextNode('');
+            charDataNode = new Text('');
             observer.observe(charDataNode, { characterData: true });
             charDataNode.textContent = 'foo';
             charDataNode.textContent = 'bar';
diff --git a/tests/mutation-observer/observe-options-character-data.sky b/tests/mutation-observer/observe-options-character-data.sky
index 2c37510ae77..698abe0732f 100644
--- a/tests/mutation-observer/observe-options-character-data.sky
+++ b/tests/mutation-observer/observe-options-character-data.sky
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 describe('Test MutationObserver.observe', function() {
   it('should respect character data options', function() {
     var observer = new MutationObserver(function() {});
-    var text = document.createTextNode('0');
+    var text = new Text('0');
 
     observer.observe(text, {characterDataOldValue: true});
     text.data = '1';
diff --git a/tests/mutation-observer/shadow-dom.sky b/tests/mutation-observer/shadow-dom.sky
index f2d1f49b288..9be869decd9 100644
--- a/tests/mutation-observer/shadow-dom.sky
+++ b/tests/mutation-observer/shadow-dom.sky
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('MutationObservers', function() {
   it('should handle shadow dom', function() {
     function mutate(element) {
       element.setAttribute('data-foo', 'bar');
-      element.insertBefore(document.createTextNode('hello'), element.firstChild);
+      element.insertBefore(new Text('hello'), element.firstChild);
       element.firstChild.textContent = 'goodbye';
       element.removeChild(element.firstChild);
     }