diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 316863687..df7258ad7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,9 +106,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 * `using Compat.Markdown` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
   not yet part of the standard library ([#25738]).
 
-* `using Compat.Sockets` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
-  not yet part of the standard library ([#25935])
-
 * `using Compat.Statistics` is provided on versions older than 0.7, where this library is
   not yet part of the standard library ([#27834]).
 
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index f0d99c7f9..b17076f85 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -2,22 +2,8 @@ VERSION < v"0.7.0-beta2.199" && __precompile__()
 
 module Compat
 
-# https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/25935
-if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.4442"
-    @eval module Sockets
-        import Base:
-            @ip_str, IPAddr, IPv4, IPv6, UDPSocket, TCPSocket, DNSError,
-            accept, connect, getaddrinfo, getipaddr, getsockname, listen,
-            listenany, recv, recvfrom, send, bind
-
-        export
-            @ip_str, IPAddr, IPv4, IPv6, UDPSocket, TCPSocket,
-            accept, connect, getaddrinfo, getipaddr, getsockname, listen,
-            listenany, recv, recvfrom, send, bind
-    end
-else
-    import Sockets
-end
+# to be deprecated
+import Sockets
 
 include("compatmacro.jl")
 
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..648991db0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# tests of functionality to be deprecated
+
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3666
+module TestSockets
+    using Compat
+    using Compat.Sockets
+    using Compat.Test
+
+    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :UDPSocket)
+    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :connect)
+    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :listen)
+    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :recv)
+
+    @test ip"127.0.0.1".host == UInt32(2130706433)
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 0765091e1..def808796 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -913,20 +913,6 @@ import Compat.Markdown
     @test stderr === STDERR
 end
 
-# 0.7.0-DEV.3666
-module TestSockets
-    using Compat
-    using Compat.Sockets
-    using Compat.Test
-
-    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :UDPSocket)
-    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :connect)
-    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :listen)
-    @test isdefined(@__MODULE__, :recv)
-
-    @test ip"127.0.0.1".host == UInt32(2130706433)
-end
-
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3526
 module TestNames
     export foo
@@ -1554,4 +1540,6 @@ if VERSION >= v"0.7"
     end
 end
 
+include("old.jl")
+
 nothing