diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/box_border.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/box_border.dart
index 375013b4f7..a6c082a249 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/box_border.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/painting/box_border.dart
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ class Border extends BoxBorder {
   /// Creates a border whose sides are all the same.
   ///
   /// The `side` argument must not be null.
-  const Border.uniform(BorderSide side)
+  const Border.fromBorderSide(BorderSide side)
       : assert(side != null),
         top = side,
         right = side,
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class Border extends BoxBorder {
     BorderStyle style = BorderStyle.solid,
   }) {
     final BorderSide side = BorderSide(color: color, width: width, style: style);
-    return Border.uniform(side);
+    return Border.fromBorderSide(side);
   }
 
   /// Creates a [Border] that represents the addition of the two given
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/painting/border_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/painting/border_test.dart
index 7e7a42e99b..d662556a9d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/painting/border_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/painting/border_test.dart
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ void main() {
   });
 
   test('Border.uniform constructor', () {
-    expect(() => Border.uniform(null), throwsAssertionError);
+    expect(() => Border.fromBorderSide(null), throwsAssertionError);
     const BorderSide side = BorderSide();
-    const Border border = Border.uniform(side);
+    const Border border = Border.fromBorderSide(side);
     expect(border.left, same(side));
     expect(border.top, same(side));
     expect(border.right, same(side));