diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 16b52edc25343..e7ce28e4e6e3d 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 # the name of the function, which is used to ensure that the deprecation warning
 # is only printed the first time for each call place.
 
-macro deprecate(old,new)
+macro deprecate(old,new,ex=true)
     meta = Expr(:meta, :noinline)
     if isa(old,Symbol)
         oldname = Expr(:quote,old)
         newname = Expr(:quote,new)
         Expr(:toplevel,
-            Expr(:export,esc(old)),
+            ex ? Expr(:export,esc(old)) : nothing,
             :(function $(esc(old))(args...)
                   $meta
                   depwarn(string($oldname," is deprecated, use ",$newname," instead."),
@@ -1765,11 +1765,11 @@ end
 
 # limit use of LibGit2.get method (part of #19839)
 eval(Base.LibGit2, quote
-     @deprecate get{T<:GitObject}(::Type{T}, repo::GitRepo, x) T(repo, x)
-     @deprecate get{T<:GitObject}(::Type{T}, repo::GitRepo, oid::GitHash, oid_size::Int) T(repo, GitShortHash(oid, oid_size))
-     @deprecate revparse(repo::GitRepo, objname::AbstractString) GitObject(repo, objname)
-     @deprecate object(repo::GitRepo, te::GitTreeEntry) GitObject(repo, te)
-     @deprecate commit(ann::GitAnnotated) GitHash(ann)
+     @deprecate get{T<:GitObject}(::Type{T}, repo::GitRepo, x) T(repo, x) false
+     @deprecate get{T<:GitObject}(::Type{T}, repo::GitRepo, oid::GitHash, oid_size::Int) T(repo, GitShortHash(oid, oid_size)) false
+     @deprecate revparse(repo::GitRepo, objname::AbstractString) GitObject(repo, objname) false
+     @deprecate object(repo::GitRepo, te::GitTreeEntry) GitObject(repo, te) false
+     @deprecate commit(ann::GitAnnotated) GitHash(ann) false
 end)
 
 # End deprecations scheduled for 0.6