diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25a3b9b8b..ca79f39ed 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 * `using Compat.SparseArrays` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
   not yet part of the standard library ([#25249]).
 
-* `using Compat.LinearAlgebra` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
-  not yet part of the standard library ([#25571]).
-
 * `using Compat.Random` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
   not yet part of the standard library ([#24874]).
 
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 956f679a3..db252624e 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -24,16 +24,11 @@ import Dates
 import Libdl
 const AbstractDateTime = Compat.Dates.AbstractDateTime
 import Printf
+import LinearAlgebra
 
 
 include("compatmacro.jl")
 
-@static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3449"
-    const LinearAlgebra = Base.LinAlg
-else
-    import LinearAlgebra
-end
-
 if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3389"
     const SparseArrays = Base.SparseArrays
 else
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index 426802080..0c359008a 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ module Test25056
     @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, Symbol("@sprintf"))
 end
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3449
+let A = [2.0 1.0; 1.0 3.0], b = [2.0, 3.0]
+    @test diag(A) == b
+end
+
 
 # tests of removed functionality (i.e. justs tests Base)
 
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7ccea8296..52cfcd848 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -249,11 +249,6 @@ end
 # 0.7.0-DEV.912
 @test occursin('W', "Hello, World!")
 
-# 0.7.0-DEV.3449
-let A = [2.0 1.0; 1.0 3.0], b = [2.0, 3.0]
-    @test diag(A) == b
-end
-
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3173
 @test invpermute!(permute!([1, 2], 2:-1:1), 2:-1:1) == [1, 2]