diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df7258ad7..d8665a9e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -338,9 +338,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `object_id` is now `objectid` ([#25615]).
 
-* `DevNull`, `STDIN`, `STDOUT` and `STDERR` are now `devnull`, `stdin`, `stdout` and
-  `stderr` respectively ([#25959]).
-
 * `LinSpace` is now `LinRange` ([#25896]).
 
 * `isupper`, `islower`, `ucfirst` and `lcfirst` are now `isuppercase`, `islowercase`,
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index b17076f85..6a442a966 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -7,31 +7,6 @@ import Sockets
 
 include("compatmacro.jl")
 
-@static if !isdefined(Base, :devnull) #25959
-    export devnull, stdout, stdin, stderr
-    const devnull = DevNull
-    for f in (:stdout, :stdin, :stderr)
-        F = Symbol(uppercase(string(f)))
-        rf = Symbol(string("_redirect_", f))
-        @eval begin
-            $f = $F
-            # overload internal _redirect_std* functions
-            # so that they change Compat.std*
-            function Base.$rf(stream::IO)
-                ret = invoke(Base.$rf, Tuple{Any}, stream)
-                global $f = $F
-                return ret
-            end
-        end
-    end
-    # in __init__ because these can't be saved during precompiling
-    function __init__()
-        global stdout = STDOUT
-        global stdin = STDIN
-        global stderr = STDERR
-    end
-end
-
 @static if !isdefined(Base, Symbol("@nospecialize"))
     # 0.7
     macro nospecialize(arg)
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index 648991db0..3f1710336 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -13,3 +13,13 @@ module TestSockets
 
     @test ip"127.0.0.1".host == UInt32(2130706433)
 end
+
+# tests of removed functionality (i.e. justs tests Base)
+
+# 25959
+@test all(x -> isa(x, IO), (devnull, stdin, stdout, stderr))
+@static if !isdefined(Base, :devnull)
+    @test stdin === STDIN
+    @test stdout === STDOUT
+    @test stderr === STDERR
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index def808796..2fab9bc7a 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -905,14 +905,6 @@ import Compat.Markdown
 @test repr("text/plain", "string") == "\"string\"" #25990
 @test showable("text/plain", 3.14159) #26089
 
-# 25959
-@test all(x -> isa(x, IO), (devnull, stdin, stdout, stderr))
-@static if !isdefined(Base, :devnull)
-    @test stdin === STDIN
-    @test stdout === STDOUT
-    @test stderr === STDERR
-end
-
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3526
 module TestNames
     export foo