diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 07ccb1881e301..c222644b90680 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ Deprecated or removed
   * Calling `union` with no arguments is deprecated; construct an empty set with an appropriate
     element type using `Set{T}()` instead ([#23144]).
 
+  * `Base.cpad` has been removed; use an appropriate combination of `rpad` and `lpad`
+    instead ([#23187]).
+
 Julia v0.6.0 Release Notes
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 196ca8270a25b..54f57c816bf34 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1642,6 +1642,9 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+# PR #23187
+@deprecate cpad(s, n::Integer, p=" ") rpad(lpad(s, div(n+strwidth(s), 2), p), n, p) false
+
 # END 0.7 deprecations
 
 # BEGIN 1.0 deprecations
diff --git a/base/pkg/entry.jl b/base/pkg/entry.jl
index 41f638102cfdb..58487eac71db1 100644
--- a/base/pkg/entry.jl
+++ b/base/pkg/entry.jl
@@ -572,7 +572,8 @@ end
 
 function warnbanner(msg...; label="[ WARNING ]", prefix="")
     cols = Base.displaysize(STDERR)[2]
-    warn(prefix="", Base.cpad(label,cols,"="))
+    str = rpad(lpad(label, div(cols+strwidth(label), 2), "="), cols, "=")
+    warn(prefix="", str)
     println(STDERR)
     warn(prefix=prefix, msg...)
     println(STDERR)
diff --git a/base/strings/util.jl b/base/strings/util.jl
index d8f665a28b13e..f7297ae6810fc 100644
--- a/base/strings/util.jl
+++ b/base/strings/util.jl
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ julia> rpad("March",20)
 ```
 """
 rpad(s, n::Integer, p=" ") = rpad(string(s),n,string(p))
-cpad(s, n::Integer, p=" ") = rpad(lpad(s,div(n+strwidth(s),2),p),n,p)
 
 # splitter can be a Char, Vector{Char}, AbstractString, Regex, ...
 # any splitter that provides search(s::AbstractString, splitter)