diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44067f7af..168896d01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `reprmime(mime, x)` is now `repr(mime, x)` ([#25990]) and `mimewritable` is now `showable` ([#26089]).
 
-* `num` and `den` are now `numerator` and `denominator` ([#19246])
-
 * `takebuf_array` is now a method of `take!`. `takebuf_string(io)` becomes `String(take!(io))` ([#19088])
 
 * `is_apple`, `is_bsd`, `is_linux`, `is_unix`, and `is_windows` are now `Sys.isapple`, `Sys.isbsd`,
@@ -491,7 +489,6 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#18629]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18629
 [#18727]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18727
 [#19088]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19088
-[#19246]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19246
 [#19449]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19449
 [#19635]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19635
 [#19784]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19784
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index f78e0021e..f9a8903ee 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -142,14 +142,6 @@ else
     end
 end
 
-# julia#19246
-@static if !isdefined(Base, :numerator)
-    # 0.6
-    const numerator = num
-    const denominator = den
-    export numerator, denominator
-end
-
 # julia #19950
 @static if !isdefined(Base, :iszero)
     # 0.6
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index cf6ad2fda..2ab808b18 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ end
 @test !(Int >: Integer)
 @test Integer >: Int
 
-# julia#19246
-@test numerator(1//2) === 1
-@test denominator(1//2) === 2
-
 # julia#19088
 let io = IOBuffer()
     write(io, "aaa")