diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ca4c8b63..68d394908 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `range` supporting `stop` as positional argument ([#28708]).
 
-* Single-argument `permutedims(x)` for matrices and vectors ([#24839]).
-
 * `mapslices` with `dims` keyword argument ([#27828]).
 
 * `hasproperty` and `hasfield` ([#28850]).
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 02eced4dd..fdc17fb52 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ end
     end
 end
 
-if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.2956" # julia#24839
-    Base.permutedims(A::AbstractMatrix) = permutedims(A, (2,1))
-    Base.permutedims(v::AbstractVector) = reshape(v, (1, length(v)))
-end
-
 # https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/27253
 @static if VERSION < v"0.7.0-alpha.44"
     Base.atan(x::Real, y::Real) = atan2(x, y)
diff --git a/test/old.jl b/test/old.jl
index cac1f384b..4b4f7d212 100644
--- a/test/old.jl
+++ b/test/old.jl
@@ -1210,3 +1210,7 @@ end
 @test something(Some(2)) === 2
 @test something(Some(2), 1) === 2
 @test something(nothing, Some(1)) === 1
+
+# julia#24839
+@test permutedims([1 2; 3 4]) == [1 3; 2 4]
+@test permutedims([1,2,3]) == [1 2 3]
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index d920aeb6b..0d5a08832 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ end
 @test length(Compat.CartesianIndices((1:2,))) == 2
 @test length(Compat.CartesianIndices((1:2, -1:1))) == 6
 
-# julia#24839
-@test permutedims([1 2; 3 4]) == [1 3; 2 4]
-@test permutedims([1,2,3]) == [1 2 3]
-
 # 0.7.0-alpha.44
 @test atan(1, 2) == atan(0.5)
 @test atan(1.0, 2.0) == atan(0.5)