diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8bf9aff78..4d2a0cc5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `range` supporting `stop` as positional argument ([#28708]).
 
-* `selectdim` to obtain a view of an array with a specified index for a specified dimension ([#26009]).
-
 * Single-argument `permutedims(x)` for matrices and vectors ([#24839]).
 
 * `fetch` for `Task`s ([#25940]).
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 1342de441..453ad5418 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -76,17 +76,6 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-if !isdefined(Base, :selectdim) # 0.7.0-DEV.3976
-    export selectdim
-    @inline selectdim(A::AbstractArray, d::Integer, i) = _selectdim(A, d, i, Base.setindex(map(Base.Slice, axes(A)), i, d))
-    @noinline function _selectdim(A, d, i, idxs)
-        d >= 1 || throw(ArgumentError("dimension must be ≥ 1"))
-        nd = ndims(A)
-        d > nd && (i == 1 || throw(BoundsError(A, (ntuple(k->Colon(),d-1)..., i))))
-        return view(A, idxs...)
-    end
-end
-
 if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3977" #26039
     Base.repeat(A::AbstractArray, counts::Integer...) = Base.repeat(A, outer = counts)
     Base.repeat(a::AbstractVecOrMat, m::Integer, n::Integer=1) = Base.repmat(a, m, n)
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index daed1615c..ca356cd7f 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -1031,3 +1031,17 @@ end
 if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.5165"
     @test_throws UndefKeywordError Compat.cat([1, 2], [3, 4])
 end
+
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3976
+let A = rand(5,5)
+    @test selectdim(A, 1, 3) == A[3, :]
+    @test selectdim(A, 1, 1:3) == A[1:3, :]
+    @test selectdim(A, 2, 3) == A[:, 3]
+    @test selectdim(A, 2, 1:3) == A[:, 1:3]
+    selectdim(A, 1, 3)[3] = 42
+    @test A[3,3] == 42
+    B = rand(4, 3, 2)
+    @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 1, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, 1, :, :)) == IndexLinear()
+    @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 2, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, :, 1, :)) == IndexCartesian()
+    @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 3, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, :, :, 1)) == IndexLinear()
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index b7740a849..a67f6cc8b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -82,23 +82,6 @@ end
 
 @test codeunit("foo") == codeunit(SubString("fooαβγ",1,3)) == UInt8
 
-# 0.7.0-DEV.3976
-let A = rand(5,5)
-    @test selectdim(A, 1, 3) == A[3, :]
-    @test selectdim(A, 1, 1:3) == A[1:3, :]
-    @test selectdim(A, 2, 3) == A[:, 3]
-    @test selectdim(A, 2, 1:3) == A[:, 1:3]
-    selectdim(A, 1, 3)[3] = 42
-    @test A[3,3] == 42
-    if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3976" || VERSION >= v"0.7.0-DEV.4739"
-        # in the omitted version range, Julia's selectdim always gives IndexCartesian()
-        B = rand(4, 3, 2)
-        @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 1, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, 1, :, :)) == IndexLinear()
-        @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 2, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, :, 1, :)) == IndexCartesian()
-        @test IndexStyle(selectdim(B, 3, 1)) == IndexStyle(view(B, :, :, 1)) == IndexLinear()
-    end
-end
-
 # 0.7.0-DEV.843 / 0.7.0-DEV.2337
 let A = [1 2; 1 2; 1 2]
     if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.5211"