diff --git a/spring-core/src/jmh/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsBenchmark.java b/spring-core/src/jmh/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fc7753b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/jmh/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtilsBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Level;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+/**
+ * Benchmarks for {@link StringUtils}.
+ *
+ * @author Brian Clozel
+ */
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.Throughput)
+public class StringUtilsBenchmark {
+
+	@Benchmark
+	public void collectionToDelimitedString(DelimitedStringState state, Blackhole bh) {
+		bh.consume(StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(state.elements));
+	}
+
+	@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+	public static class DelimitedStringState {
+
+		@Param("10")
+		int elementMinSize;
+
+		@Param("20")
+		int elementMaxSize;
+
+		@Param("10")
+		int elementCount;
+
+		Collection<String> elements;
+
+		@Setup(Level.Iteration)
+		public void setup() {
+			Random random = new Random();
+			this.elements = new ArrayList<>(this.elementCount);
+			int bound = this.elementMaxSize - this.elementMinSize;
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.elementCount; i++) {
+				this.elements.add(String.format("%0" + (random.nextInt(bound) + this.elementMinSize) + "d", 1));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Benchmark
+	public void cleanPath(CleanPathState state, Blackhole bh) {
+		for (String path : state.paths) {
+			bh.consume(StringUtils.cleanPath(path));
+		}
+	}
+
+	@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+	public static class CleanPathState {
+
+		private static final List<String> SEGMENTS = Arrays.asList("some", "path", ".", "..", "springspring");
+
+		@Param("10")
+		int segmentCount;
+
+		@Param("20")
+		int pathsCount;
+
+		Collection<String> paths;
+
+		@Setup(Level.Iteration)
+		public void setup() {
+			this.paths = new ArrayList<>(this.pathsCount);
+			Random random = new Random();
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.pathsCount; i++) {
+				this.paths.add(createSamplePath(random));
+			}
+		}
+
+		private String createSamplePath(Random random) {
+			String separator = random.nextBoolean() ? "/" : "\\";
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			sb.append("jar:file:///c:");
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.segmentCount; i++) {
+				sb.append(separator);
+				sb.append(SEGMENTS.get(random.nextInt(SEGMENTS.size())));
+			}
+			sb.append(separator);
+			sb.append("the%20file.txt");
+			return sb.toString();
+		}
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
index e320e9bd4c..80a996d481 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StringUtils.java
@@ -735,42 +735,11 @@ public abstract class StringUtils {
 			pathElements.addFirst(CURRENT_PATH);
 		}
 
-		final String joined = joinStrings(pathElements, FOLDER_SEPARATOR);
+		final String joined = collectionToDelimitedString(pathElements, FOLDER_SEPARATOR);
 		// avoid string concatenation with empty prefix
 		return prefix.isEmpty() ? joined : prefix + joined;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Convert a {@link Collection Collection&lt;String&gt;} to a delimited {@code String} (e.g. CSV).
-	 * <p>This is an optimized variant of {@link #collectionToDelimitedString(Collection, String)}, which does not
-	 * require dynamic resizing of the StringBuilder's backing array.
-	 * @param coll the {@code Collection Collection&lt;String&gt;} to convert (potentially {@code null} or empty)
-	 * @param delim the delimiter to use (typically a ",")
-	 * @return the delimited {@code String}
-	 */
-	private static String joinStrings(@Nullable Collection<String> coll, String delim) {
-
-		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(coll)) {
-			return "";
-		}
-
-		// precompute total length of resulting string
-		int totalLength = (coll.size() - 1) * delim.length();
-		for (String str : coll) {
-			totalLength += str.length();
-		}
-
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(totalLength);
-		Iterator<?> it = coll.iterator();
-		while (it.hasNext()) {
-			sb.append(it.next());
-			if (it.hasNext()) {
-				sb.append(delim);
-			}
-		}
-		return sb.toString();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Compare two paths after normalization of them.
 	 * @param path1 first path for comparison
@@ -1330,7 +1299,12 @@ public abstract class StringUtils {
 			return "";
 		}
 
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		int totalLength = coll.size() * (prefix.length() + suffix.length()) + (coll.size() - 1) * delim.length();
+		for (Object element : coll) {
+			totalLength += element.toString().length();
+		}
+
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(totalLength);
 		Iterator<?> it = coll.iterator();
 		while (it.hasNext()) {
 			sb.append(prefix).append(it.next()).append(suffix);