diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp
index f0b5887786..e24564cf87 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.cpp
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ void HTMLElement::visit_edges(Cell::Visitor& visitor)
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#dom-dir
-DeprecatedString HTMLElement::dir() const
+StringView HTMLElement::dir() const
 {
+    // FIXME: This should probably be `Reflect` in the IDL.
+    // The dir IDL attribute on an element must reflect the dir content attribute of that element, limited to only known values.
     auto dir = deprecated_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::dir);
 #define __ENUMERATE_HTML_ELEMENT_DIR_ATTRIBUTE(keyword) \
     if (dir.equals_ignoring_ascii_case(#keyword##sv))   \
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ DeprecatedString HTMLElement::dir() const
     return {};
 }
 
-void HTMLElement::set_dir(DeprecatedString const& dir)
+void HTMLElement::set_dir(String const& dir)
 {
     MUST(set_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::dir, dir));
 }
@@ -89,22 +91,21 @@ bool HTMLElement::is_editable() const
     }
 }
 
-DeprecatedString HTMLElement::content_editable() const
+StringView HTMLElement::content_editable() const
 {
     switch (m_content_editable_state) {
     case ContentEditableState::True:
-        return "true";
+        return "true"sv;
     case ContentEditableState::False:
-        return "false";
+        return "false"sv;
     case ContentEditableState::Inherit:
-        return "inherit";
-    default:
-        VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
+        return "inherit"sv;
     }
+    VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interaction.html#contenteditable
-WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> HTMLElement::set_content_editable(DeprecatedString const& content_editable)
+WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> HTMLElement::set_content_editable(StringView content_editable)
 {
     if (content_editable.equals_ignoring_ascii_case("inherit"sv)) {
         remove_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::contenteditable);
@@ -129,14 +130,14 @@ void HTMLElement::set_inner_text(StringView text)
     set_needs_style_update(true);
 }
 
-DeprecatedString HTMLElement::inner_text()
+String HTMLElement::inner_text()
 {
     StringBuilder builder;
 
     // innerText for element being rendered takes visibility into account, so force a layout and then walk the layout tree.
     document().update_layout();
     if (!layout_node())
-        return text_content();
+        return MUST(String::from_deprecated_string(text_content()));
 
     Function<void(Layout::Node const&)> recurse = [&](auto& node) {
         for (auto* child = node.first_child(); child; child = child->next_sibling()) {
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ DeprecatedString HTMLElement::inner_text()
     };
     recurse(*layout_node());
 
-    return builder.to_deprecated_string();
+    return MUST(builder.to_string());
 }
 
 // // https://drafts.csswg.org/cssom-view/#dom-htmlelement-offsettop
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
index 787a005227..037eb0caee 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.h
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ public:
 
     DeprecatedString title() const { return deprecated_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::title); }
 
-    DeprecatedString dir() const;
-    void set_dir(DeprecatedString const&);
+    StringView dir() const;
+    void set_dir(String const&);
 
     virtual bool is_editable() const final;
-    DeprecatedString content_editable() const;
-    WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> set_content_editable(DeprecatedString const&);
+    StringView content_editable() const;
+    WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> set_content_editable(StringView);
 
-    DeprecatedString inner_text();
+    String inner_text();
     void set_inner_text(StringView);
 
     int offset_top() const;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.idl b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.idl
index 2e2e1d141a..52fc46dd64 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.idl
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLElement.idl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #import <DOM/EventHandler.idl>
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics.html#htmlelement
-[Exposed=Window, UseDeprecatedAKString]
+[Exposed=Window]
 interface HTMLElement : Element {
 
     [HTMLConstructor] constructor();