diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f7cbccdc..dcab75107 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * Three-argument methods `prevind(s,i,n)`, `nextind(s,i,n)` ([#23805]), and `length(s,i,j)` ([#24999]); the latter two replace `chr2ind` and `ind2chr` in Julia 0.7, respectively.
 
-* `Compat.range` supporting positional and keyword arguments flavors ([#25896]), ([#28708]).
+* `range` supporting `stop` as positional argument ([#28708]).
 
 * `Compat.mv` and `Compat.cp` with `force` keyword argument ([#26069]).
 
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
    for entries with no match and gives the index of the first (rather than the last) match
    ([#25662], [#25998]).
 
-* `LinSpace` is now `LinRange` ([#25896]).
-
 * `isupper`, `islower`, `ucfirst` and `lcfirst` are now `isuppercase`, `islowercase`,
   `uppercasefirst` and `lowercasefirst` ([#26442]).
 
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index a01c7617d..643f056f2 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -76,38 +76,6 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-@static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3986"
-    const LinRange = Base.LinSpace
-    export LinRange
-
-    function range(start; step=nothing, stop=nothing, length=nothing)
-        have_step = step !== nothing
-        have_stop = stop !== nothing
-        have_length = length !== nothing
-
-        if !(have_stop || have_length)
-            throw(ArgumentError("At least one of `length` or `stop` must be specified"))
-        elseif have_step && have_stop && have_length
-            throw(ArgumentError("Too many arguments specified; try passing only one of `stop` or `length`"))
-        elseif start === nothing
-            throw(ArgumentError("Can't start a range at `nothing`"))
-        end
-
-        if have_stop && !have_length
-            return have_step ? (start:step:stop) : (start:stop)
-        elseif have_length && !have_stop
-            return have_step ? Base.range(start, step, length) : Base.range(start, length)
-        elseif !have_step
-            return linspace(start, stop, length)
-        end
-    end
-elseif VERSION < v"1.0.0-DEV.57"
-    import Base: LinRange
-    range(start; kwargs...) = Base.range(start; kwargs...)
-else
-    import Base: range # import as it is further extended below
-end
-
 @static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.3995"
     cp(src::AbstractString, dst::AbstractString; force::Bool=false, follow_symlinks::Bool=false) =
         Base.cp(src, dst; remove_destination = force, follow_symlinks = follow_symlinks)
@@ -419,7 +387,7 @@ function rangedepwarn(;step=nothing, length=nothing, kwargs...)
 end
 
 if VERSION < v"1.1.0-DEV.506"
-    function range(start, stop; kwargs...)
+    function Base.range(start, stop; kwargs...)
         rangedepwarn(;kwargs...)
         range(start; stop=stop, kwargs...)
     end
diff --git a/src/deprecated.jl b/src/deprecated.jl
index 4b1488b03..e0d937245 100644
--- a/src/deprecated.jl
+++ b/src/deprecated.jl
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if VERSION >= v"1.1.0-DEV.506"
     # deprecation of range(start, stop) for earlier versions is done in Compat.jl
     # This method is restricted to Number, since we don't
     # want to overwrite the (::Any, ::Any) method in Base.
-    function range(start::Number, stop::Number; kwargs...)
+    function Base.range(start::Number, stop::Number; kwargs...)
         rangedepwarn(;kwargs...)
         range(start; stop=stop, kwargs...)
     end
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index 9025dee09..9c0da97ab 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -834,3 +834,13 @@ let buf = Compat.IOBuffer(sizehint=20)
     println(buf, "Hello world.")
     @test String(take!(buf)) == "Hello world.\n"
 end
+
+# 0.7.0-DEV.3986
+@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(1)
+@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(nothing)
+@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(1, step=1)
+@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(1, step=1, stop=4, length=3)
+@test Compat.range(2, step=2, stop=8) == 2:2:8
+@test Compat.range(2, stop=8) == 2:8
+@test Compat.range(2, step=2, length=8) == 2:2:16
+@test Compat.range(1.0, stop=2.0, length=3) == 1.0:0.5:2.0
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 13a4f345e..5b58598ce 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -82,16 +82,6 @@ end
 
 @test codeunit("foo") == codeunit(SubString("fooαβγ",1,3)) == UInt8
 
-# 0.7.0-DEV.3986
-@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(1)
-@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(nothing)
-@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(1, step=1)
-@test_throws ArgumentError Compat.range(1, step=1, stop=4, length=3)
-@test Compat.range(2, step=2, stop=8) == 2:2:8
-@test Compat.range(2, stop=8) == 2:8
-@test Compat.range(2, step=2, length=8) == 2:2:16
-@test Compat.range(1.0, stop=2.0, length=3) == 1.0:0.5:2.0
-
 # 0.7.0-DEV.3995
 mktempdir(@__DIR__) do dir
     src = joinpath(dir, "src.jl")