diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0746273f41d603..56a2ffb8d539d6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ New library functions
 ---------------------
 
 * `logrange(start, stop; length)` makes a range of constant ratio, instead of constant step ([#39071])
-* `readdirx` for returning directory contents along with the type of the entries in a vector of new `DirEntry`
-  objects ([#53377])
 
 New library features
 --------------------
diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 64b1e133039ca0..ac735bb25d0fe9 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -866,7 +866,6 @@ export
     readbytes!,
     readchomp,
     readdir,
-    readdirx,
     readline,
     readlines,
     readuntil,
diff --git a/base/file.jl b/base/file.jl
index 4a669cbad3cd55..f2e1aedb893763 100644
--- a/base/file.jl
+++ b/base/file.jl
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export
     rename,
     readlink,
     readdir,
-    readdirx,
     rm,
     samefile,
     sendfile,
@@ -979,13 +978,13 @@ ischardev(obj::DirEntry) =  (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? ischardev(obj.path
 isblockdev(obj::DirEntry) = (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? isblockdev(obj.path)  : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_BLOCK
 
 """
-    readdirx(dir::AbstractString=pwd(); sort::Bool = true) -> Vector{DirEntry}
+    _readdirx(dir::AbstractString=pwd(); sort::Bool = true) -> Vector{DirEntry}
 
 Return a vector of [`DirEntry`](@ref) objects representing the contents of the directory `dir`,
 or the current working directory if not given. If `sort` is true, the returned vector is
 sorted by name.
 
-Unlike [`readdir`](@ref), `readdirx` returns [`DirEntry`](@ref) objects, which contain the name of the
+Unlike [`readdir`](@ref), `_readdirx` returns [`DirEntry`](@ref) objects, which contain the name of the
 file, the directory it is in, and the type of the file which is determined during the
 directory scan. This means that calls to [`isfile`](@ref), [`isdir`](@ref), [`islink`](@ref), [`isfifo`](@ref),
 [`issocket`](@ref), [`ischardev`](@ref), and [`isblockdev`](@ref) can be made on the
@@ -994,12 +993,12 @@ cannot be determined without a stat call. In these cases the `rawtype` field of
 object will be 0 (`UV_DIRENT_UNKNOWN`) and [`isfile`](@ref) etc. will fall back to a `stat` call.
 
 ```julia
-for obj in readdirx()
+for obj in _readdirx()
     isfile(obj) && println("$(obj.name) is a file with path $(obj.path)")
 end
 ```
 """
-readdirx(dir::AbstractString=pwd(); sort::Bool=true) = _readdir(dir; return_objects=true, sort)::Vector{DirEntry}
+_readdirx(dir::AbstractString=pwd(); sort::Bool=true) = _readdir(dir; return_objects=true, sort)::Vector{DirEntry}
 
 function _readdir(dir::AbstractString; return_objects::Bool=false, join::Bool=false, sort::Bool=true)
     # Allocate space for uv_fs_t struct
diff --git a/doc/src/base/file.md b/doc/src/base/file.md
index 075a694dff31f1..81cf8aa059b9b2 100644
--- a/doc/src/base/file.md
+++ b/doc/src/base/file.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Base.Filesystem.pwd
 Base.Filesystem.cd(::AbstractString)
 Base.Filesystem.cd(::Function)
 Base.Filesystem.readdir
-Base.Filesystem.readdirx
 Base.Filesystem.DirEntry
 Base.Filesystem.walkdir
 Base.Filesystem.mkdir
diff --git a/test/file.jl b/test/file.jl
index b8c1983e931ca1..c7fe3e88fece9f 100644
--- a/test/file.jl
+++ b/test/file.jl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if !Sys.iswindows() || Sys.windows_version() >= Sys.WINDOWS_VISTA_VER
     symlink(subdir, dirlink)
     @test stat(dirlink) == stat(subdir)
     @test readdir(dirlink) == readdir(subdir)
-    @test readdirx(dirlink) == readdirx(subdir)
+    @test Base.Filesystem._readdirx(dirlink) == Base.Filesystem._readdirx(subdir)
 
     # relative link
     relsubdirlink = joinpath(subdir, "rel_subdirlink")
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if !Sys.iswindows() || Sys.windows_version() >= Sys.WINDOWS_VISTA_VER
     symlink(reldir, relsubdirlink)
     @test stat(relsubdirlink) == stat(subdir2)
     @test readdir(relsubdirlink) == readdir(subdir2)
-    @test readdirx(relsubdirlink) == readdirx(subdir2)
+    @test Base.Filesystem._readdirx(relsubdirlink) == Base.Filesystem._readdirx(subdir2)
 
     # creation of symlink to directory that does not yet exist
     new_dir = joinpath(subdir, "new_dir")
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if !Sys.iswindows() || Sys.windows_version() >= Sys.WINDOWS_VISTA_VER
     mkdir(new_dir)
     touch(foo_file)
     @test readdir(new_dir) == readdir(nedlink)
-    @test readdirx(new_dir) == readdirx(nedlink)
+    @test Base.Filesystem._readdirx(new_dir) == Base.Filesystem._readdirx(nedlink)
 
     rm(foo_file)
     rm(new_dir)
@@ -1444,10 +1444,10 @@ rm(dirwalk, recursive=true)
                 touch(randstring())
             end
             @test issorted(readdir())
-            @test issorted(readdirx())
-            @test map(o->o.name, readdirx()) == readdir()
-            @test map(o->o.path, readdirx()) == readdir(join=true)
-            @test count(isfile, readdir(join=true)) == count(isfile, readdirx())
+            @test issorted(_readdirx())
+            @test map(o->o.name, Base.Filesystem._readdirx()) == readdir()
+            @test map(o->o.path, Base.Filesystem._readdirx()) == readdir(join=true)
+            @test count(isfile, readdir(join=true)) == count(isfile, Base.Filesystem._readdirx())
         end
     end
 end