diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java
index 1116058329..003bc7ae05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StdDeserializer.java
@@ -828,29 +828,6 @@ protected CoercionAction _checkFromStringCoercion(DeserializationContext ctxt, S
     /* Helper methods for sub-classes, coercions, older (pre-2.12)
     /****************************************************
      */
-    /**
-     * Method called when JSON String with value "" (that is, zero length) is encountered.
-     *
-     * @deprecated Since 2.12
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    protected Object _coerceEmptyString(DeserializationContext ctxt, boolean isPrimitive) throws JsonMappingException
-    {
-        Enum<?> feat;
-        boolean enable;
-
-        if (!ctxt.isEnabled(MapperFeature.ALLOW_COERCION_OF_SCALARS)) {
-            feat = MapperFeature.ALLOW_COERCION_OF_SCALARS;
-            enable = true;
-        } else if (isPrimitive && ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_PRIMITIVES)) {
-            feat = DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NULL_FOR_PRIMITIVES;
-            enable = false;
-        } else {
-            return getNullValue(ctxt);
-        }
-        _reportFailedNullCoerce(ctxt, enable, feat, "empty String (\"\")");
-        return null;
-    }
 
     protected void _failDoubleToIntCoercion(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt,
             String type) throws IOException
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalDoubleDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalDoubleDeserializer.java
index 00033a96fc..47d9900cb4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalDoubleDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalDoubleDeserializer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonTokenId;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.CoercionAction;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.LogicalType;
 
 public class OptionalDoubleDeserializer extends BaseScalarOptionalDeserializer<OptionalDouble>
@@ -29,16 +30,22 @@ public OptionalDouble deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) thr
         }
         switch (p.currentTokenId()) {
         case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING:
-            String text = p.getText().trim();
-            if ((text.length() == 0)) {
-                _coerceEmptyString(ctxt, false);
-                return _empty;
+            {
+                String text = p.getText();
+                CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
+                    return (OptionalDouble) getNullValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
+                    return (OptionalDouble) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                text = text.trim();
+                if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
+                    _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, false);
+                    return _empty;
+                }
+                return OptionalDouble.of(_parseDoublePrimitive(ctxt, text));
             }
-            if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
-                _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, false);
-                return _empty;
-            }
-            return OptionalDouble.of(_parseDoublePrimitive(ctxt, text));
         case JsonTokenId.ID_NUMBER_INT: // coercion here should be fine
             return OptionalDouble.of(p.getDoubleValue());
         case JsonTokenId.ID_NULL:
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalIntDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalIntDeserializer.java
index 4f6f78e21a..ef64522e5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalIntDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalIntDeserializer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonTokenId;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.CoercionAction;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.LogicalType;
 
 public class OptionalIntDeserializer extends BaseScalarOptionalDeserializer<OptionalInt>
@@ -29,16 +30,22 @@ public OptionalInt deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws
         }
         switch (p.currentTokenId()) {
         case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING:
-            String text = p.getText().trim();
-            if ((text.length() == 0)) {
-                _coerceEmptyString(ctxt, false);
-                return _empty;
+            {
+                String text = p.getText();
+                CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
+                    return (OptionalInt) getNullValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
+                    return (OptionalInt) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                text = text.trim();
+                if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
+                    _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, false);
+                    return _empty;
+                }
+                return OptionalInt.of(_parseIntPrimitive(ctxt, text));
             }
-            if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
-                _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, false);
-                return _empty;
-            }
-            return OptionalInt.of(_parseIntPrimitive(ctxt, text));
         case JsonTokenId.ID_NUMBER_FLOAT:
             if (!ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_FLOAT_AS_INT)) {
                 _failDoubleToIntCoercion(p, ctxt, "int");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalLongDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalLongDeserializer.java
index a8c9e661d0..38d0ab7168 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalLongDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ext/jdk8/OptionalLongDeserializer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonTokenId;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.CoercionAction;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.LogicalType;
 
 public class OptionalLongDeserializer extends BaseScalarOptionalDeserializer<OptionalLong>
@@ -30,16 +31,22 @@ public OptionalLong deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throw
         }
         switch (p.currentTokenId()) {
         case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING:
-            String text = p.getText().trim();
-            if ((text.length() == 0)) {
-                _coerceEmptyString(ctxt, false);
-                return _empty;
+            {
+                String text = p.getText();
+                CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
+                    return (OptionalLong) getNullValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
+                    return (OptionalLong) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                text = text.trim();
+                if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
+                    _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, false);
+                    return _empty;
+                }
+                return OptionalLong.of(_parseLongPrimitive(ctxt, text));
             }
-            if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
-                _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, false);
-                return _empty;
-            }
-            return OptionalLong.of(_parseLongPrimitive(ctxt, text));
         case JsonTokenId.ID_NUMBER_FLOAT:
             if (!ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_FLOAT_AS_INT)) {
                 _failDoubleToIntCoercion(p, ctxt, "long");