diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 758b2cdc3..0f183f750 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `reprmime(mime, x)` is now `repr(mime, x)` ([#25990]) and `mimewritable` is now `showable` ([#26089]).
 
-* `module_name`, `Base.function_name`, and `Base.datatype_name` are now methods of a
-  new function called `nameof` ([#25622]).
-
 * `search` is now `findfirst`/`findnext` and `rsearch` is now `findlast`/`findprev`,
   sometimes combined with `isequal` or `in` ([#24673], [#26436]).
 
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 4992957b1..21dcd604c 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -71,13 +71,6 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-@static if !isdefined(Base, :nameof)
-    nameof(m::Module) = Base.module_name(m)
-    nameof(f::Function) = Base.function_name(f)
-    nameof(t::Union{DataType,UnionAll}) = Base.datatype_name(t)
-    export nameof
-end
-
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3469
 @static if !isdefined(Base, :GC)
     @eval module GC
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index 13cc97c83..cff9f804f 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -664,3 +664,9 @@ end
 
 @test codeunits("foo") == [0x66,0x6f,0x6f] == codeunits(SubString("fooαβγ",1,3))
 @test ncodeunits("αβγ") == 6 == ncodeunits(SubString("fooαβγ",4,8))
+
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3539
+@test nameof(Compat.Sys) == :Sys
+@test nameof(sin) == :sin
+@test nameof(Float64) == :Float64
+@test nameof(Array) == :Array
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f30839e13..8f11face2 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -82,12 +82,6 @@ end
 
 @test codeunit("foo") == codeunit(SubString("fooαβγ",1,3)) == UInt8
 
-# 0.7.0-DEV.3539
-@test nameof(Compat.Sys) == :Sys
-@test nameof(sin) == :sin
-@test nameof(Float64) == :Float64
-@test nameof(Array) == :Array
-
 module TestPkg
     using Compat
     using Compat.Pkg