diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d2a0cc5f..757a9868d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `squeeze` is now `dropdims` ([#28303], [#26660]).
 
-* `repmat` is now `repeat` ([#26039])
-
 ## New macros
 
 ## Other changes
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 453ad5418..adba4b025 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3977" #26039
-    Base.repeat(A::AbstractArray, counts::Integer...) = Base.repeat(A, outer = counts)
-    Base.repeat(a::AbstractVecOrMat, m::Integer, n::Integer=1) = Base.repmat(a, m, n)
-    Base.repeat(a::AbstractVector, m::Integer) = Base.repmat(a, m)
-end
-
 if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.2337"
     # qr doesn't take the full keyword anymore since 0.7.0-DEV.5211; we still support it
     # here to avoid unneccesary breakage
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index bb9adc41e..46f4c5c5e 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -1040,3 +1040,11 @@ let A = rand(5,5)
     @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 2, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, :, 1, :)) == IndexCartesian()
     @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 3, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, :, :, 1)) == IndexLinear()
 end
+
+@test repeat([1, 2], 3) == [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2]
+@test repeat(1:4, 2) == [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4]
+@test repeat([1 2; 3 4], 2, 3) == [1  2  1  2  1  2
+                                   3  4  3  4  3  4
+                                   1  2  1  2  1  2
+                                   3  4  3  4  3  4]
+@test repeat([1, 2], 1, 2, 3) == [x for x in 1:2, y in 1:2, z in 1:3]
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 05e6576d2..b9feb29ca 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -351,14 +351,6 @@ if VERSION < v"0.7.0-beta2.143"
     end
 end
 
-@test repeat([1, 2], 3) == [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2]
-@test repeat(1:4, 2) == [1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4]
-@test repeat([1 2; 3 4], 2, 3) == [1  2  1  2  1  2
-                                   3  4  3  4  3  4
-                                   1  2  1  2  1  2
-                                   3  4  3  4  3  4]
-@test repeat([1, 2], 1, 2, 3) == [x for x in 1:2, y in 1:2, z in 1:3]
-
 # Support for positional `stop`
 @test Compat.range(0, 5, length = 6) == 0.0:1.0:5.0
 @test Compat.range(0, 10, step = 2) == 0:2:10