diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c41848bbe..20b5b9cd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -224,11 +224,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `reprmime(mime, x)` is now `repr(mime, x)` ([#25990]) and `mimewritable` is now `showable` ([#26089]).
 
-* `readstring` is replaced by methods of `read`. ([#22864])
-
-    `read(::IO, ::Type{String})`, `read(::AbstractString, ::Type{String})`,
-    and `read(::AbstractCmd, ::Type{String})` are defined for 0.6 and below.
-
 * `Range` is now `AbstractRange` ([#23570])
 
 * `select`* functions (`select`, `select!`, `selectperm`, `selectperm!`) are renamed to
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index c86e2e021..6877d44ac 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ end
 
 include("compatmacro.jl")
 
-if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.1053"
-    Base.read(obj::IO, ::Type{String}) = readstring(obj)
-    Base.read(obj::AbstractString, ::Type{String}) = readstring(obj)
-    Base.read(obj::Base.AbstractCmd, ::Type{String}) = readstring(obj)
-end
-
 # https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/20005
 if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.896"
     Base.InexactError(name::Symbol, T, val) = InexactError()
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index 31b8e3c8e..f9e6f2541 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -204,3 +204,11 @@ struct TestType
 end
 @test fieldcount(TestType) == 2
 @test fieldcount(Int) == 0
+
+# 0.7
+@test read(IOBuffer("aaaa"), String) == "aaaa"
+@test occursin("read(@__FILE__, String)", read(@__FILE__, String))
+let cmd = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no -e "println(:aaaa)"`
+    @test read(cmd, String) == "aaaa\n"
+    @test read(pipeline(cmd, stderr=devnull), String) == "aaaa\n"
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 4d60ddc0d..44792cba6 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -110,14 +110,6 @@ let
     @test vec([b for (a,b) in pairs(IndexCartesian(), A14)]) == [11,12,13,14]
 end
 
-# 0.7
-@test read(IOBuffer("aaaa"), String) == "aaaa"
-@test occursin("read(@__FILE__, String)", read(@__FILE__, String))
-let cmd = `$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no -e "println(:aaaa)"`
-    @test read(cmd, String) == "aaaa\n"
-    @test read(pipeline(cmd, stderr=devnull), String) == "aaaa\n"
-end
-
 # 0.7
 @test isa(1:2, AbstractRange)