diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 54f57c816bf34..54f98bdf96a54 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1346,6 +1346,7 @@ end
 @deprecate srand(filename::AbstractString, n::Integer=4) srand(read!(filename, Array{UInt32}(Int(n))))
 @deprecate MersenneTwister(filename::AbstractString)  srand(MersenneTwister(0), read!(filename, Array{UInt32}(Int(4))))
 
+
 # PR #21974
 @deprecate versioninfo(verbose::Bool) versioninfo(verbose=verbose)
 @deprecate versioninfo(io::IO, verbose::Bool) versioninfo(io, verbose=verbose)
@@ -1645,6 +1646,22 @@ end
 # PR #23187
 @deprecate cpad(s, n::Integer, p=" ") rpad(lpad(s, div(n+strwidth(s), 2), p), n, p) false
 
+# PR #22088
+function hex2num(s::AbstractString)
+    depwarn("hex2num(s) is deprecated. Use reinterpret(Float64, parse(UInt64, s, 16)) instead.", :hex2num)
+    if length(s) <= 4
+        return reinterpret(Float16, parse(UInt16, s, 16))
+    end
+    if length(s) <= 8
+        return reinterpret(Float32, parse(UInt32, s, 16))
+    end
+    return reinterpret(Float64, parse(UInt64, s, 16))
+end
+
+@deprecate num2hex(x::Union{Float16,Float32,Float64}) hex(reintepret(Unsigned, x), sizeof(x)*2)
+@deprecate num2hex(n::Integer) hex(n, sizeof(n)*2)
+
+
 # END 0.7 deprecations
 
 # BEGIN 1.0 deprecations
diff --git a/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl b/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl
index 47a32ae5cf895..71011c1d32047 100644
--- a/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl
+++ b/base/docs/helpdb/Base.jl
@@ -428,19 +428,6 @@ original string, otherwise they must be from distinct character ranges.
 """
 eachmatch
 
-"""
-    num2hex(f)
-
-Get a hexadecimal string of the binary representation of a floating point number.
-
-# Examples
-```jldoctest
-julia> num2hex(2.2)
-"400199999999999a"
-```
-"""
-num2hex
-
 """
     truncate(file,n)
 
@@ -1301,13 +1288,6 @@ false
 """
 isempty
 
-"""
-    hex2num(str)
-
-Convert a hexadecimal string to the floating point number it represents.
-"""
-hex2num
-
 """
     InexactError(name::Symbol, T, val)
 
diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 80601067a1dce..eecd75f36d46e 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ export
     gamma,
     gcd,
     gcdx,
-    hex2num,
     hypot,
     imag,
     inv,
@@ -377,7 +376,6 @@ export
     nextpow2,
     nextprod,
     numerator,
-    num2hex,
     one,
     oneunit,
     powermod,
diff --git a/base/floatfuncs.jl b/base/floatfuncs.jl
index 32612f3525ea2..5e04b96128d96 100644
--- a/base/floatfuncs.jl
+++ b/base/floatfuncs.jl
@@ -37,20 +37,6 @@ maxintfloat() = maxintfloat(Float64)
 
 isinteger(x::AbstractFloat) = (x - trunc(x) == 0)
 
-num2hex(x::Float16) = hex(bitcast(UInt16, x), 4)
-num2hex(x::Float32) = hex(bitcast(UInt32, x), 8)
-num2hex(x::Float64) = hex(bitcast(UInt64, x), 16)
-
-function hex2num(s::AbstractString)
-    if length(s) <= 4
-        return bitcast(Float16, parse(UInt16, s, 16))
-    end
-    if length(s) <= 8
-        return bitcast(Float32, parse(UInt32, s, 16))
-    end
-    return bitcast(Float64, parse(UInt64, s, 16))
-end
-
 """
     round([T,] x, [digits, [base]], [r::RoundingMode])
 
diff --git a/base/intfuncs.jl b/base/intfuncs.jl
index b95c54ef6f9ee..d6c782e33a89e 100644
--- a/base/intfuncs.jl
+++ b/base/intfuncs.jl
@@ -584,8 +584,6 @@ function hex(x::Unsigned, pad::Int, neg::Bool)
     String(a)
 end
 
-num2hex(n::Integer) = hex(n, sizeof(n)*2)
-
 const base36digits = ['0':'9';'a':'z']
 const base62digits = ['0':'9';'A':'Z';'a':'z']
 
diff --git a/doc/src/stdlib/numbers.md b/doc/src/stdlib/numbers.md
index d04e7510a536f..91941c4a338fa 100644
--- a/doc/src/stdlib/numbers.md
+++ b/doc/src/stdlib/numbers.md
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ Base.Math.significand
 Base.Math.exponent
 Base.complex(::Complex)
 Base.bswap
-Base.num2hex
-Base.hex2num
 Base.hex2bytes
 Base.bytes2hex
 ```
diff --git a/test/floatfuncs.jl b/test/floatfuncs.jl
index d1796d68d5a18..c97f077f05438 100644
--- a/test/floatfuncs.jl
+++ b/test/floatfuncs.jl
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ for elty in (Float16,Float32,Float64)
     @test !isinteger(elty(NaN))
 end
 
-# num2hex, hex2num
-for elty in (Float16,Float32,Float64), _ = 1:10
-    x = rand(elty)
-    @test hex2num(num2hex(x)) ≈ x
-end
-
 # round
 for elty in (Float32,Float64)
     x = rand(elty)
diff --git a/test/intfuncs.jl b/test/intfuncs.jl
index 7498927596c11..0ecf36d203a97 100644
--- a/test/intfuncs.jl
+++ b/test/intfuncs.jl
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ end
 
 @test hex(12) == "c"
 @test hex(-12, 3) == "-00c"
-@test num2hex(1243) == (Int == Int32 ? "000004db" : "00000000000004db")
 
 @test base(2, 5, 7) == "0000101"
 
diff --git a/test/numbers.jl b/test/numbers.jl
index 9ce99dcd79840..45603503c66bf 100644
--- a/test/numbers.jl
+++ b/test/numbers.jl
@@ -387,20 +387,6 @@ end
 @test base(12,typemin(Int128)) == "-2a695925806818735399a37a20a31b3534a8"
 @test base(12,typemax(Int128)) == "2a695925806818735399a37a20a31b3534a7"
 
-@test hex2num("3ff0000000000000") == 1.
-@test hex2num("bff0000000000000") == -1.
-@test hex2num("4000000000000000") == 2.
-@test hex2num("7ff0000000000000") == Inf
-@test hex2num("fff0000000000000") == -Inf
-@test isnan(hex2num("7ff8000000000000"))
-@test isnan(hex2num("fff8000000000000"))
-@test hex2num("3f800000") == 1.0f0
-@test hex2num("bf800000") == -1.0f0
-@test hex2num("7f800000") == Inf32
-@test hex2num("ff800000") == -Inf32
-@test isnan(hex2num("7fc00000"))
-@test isnan(hex2num("ffc00000"))
-
 # floating-point printing
 @test repr(1.0) == "1.0"
 @test repr(-1.0) == "-1.0"