diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9dba8544cecbf..fed1fae81dd83 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ Standard library changes
 Deprecated or removed
 ---------------------
 
+* `Base.map`, `Iterators.map`, and `foreach` lost their single-argument methods ([#52631]).
+
 
 External dependencies
 ---------------------
diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
index 743aca7395c91..7248e9f8038e6 100644
--- a/base/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -3108,9 +3108,8 @@ julia> foreach((x, y) -> println(x, " with ", y), tri, 'a':'z')
 7 with c
 ```
 """
-foreach(f) = (f(); nothing)
 foreach(f, itr) = (for x in itr; f(x); end; nothing)
-foreach(f, itrs...) = (for z in zip(itrs...); f(z...); end; nothing)
+foreach(f, itr, itrs...) = (for z in zip(itr, itrs...); f(z...); end; nothing)
 
 ## map over arrays ##
 
@@ -3282,10 +3281,6 @@ end
 concatenate_setindex!(R, v, I...) = (R[I...] .= (v,); R)
 concatenate_setindex!(R, X::AbstractArray, I...) = (R[I...] = X)
 
-## 0 arguments
-
-map(f) = f()
-
 ## 1 argument
 
 function map!(f::F, dest::AbstractArray, A::AbstractArray) where F
@@ -3421,7 +3416,7 @@ julia> map(+, [1 2; 3 4], [1,10,100,1000], zeros(3,1))  # iterates until 3rd is
  102.0
 ```
 """
-map(f, iters...) = collect(Generator(f, iters...))
+map(f, it, iters...) = collect(Generator(f, it, iters...))
 
 # multi-item push!, pushfirst! (built on top of type-specific 1-item version)
 # (note: must not cause a dispatch loop when 1-item case is not defined)
diff --git a/base/iterators.jl b/base/iterators.jl
index 14cbd104c09d1..a03d426e05622 100644
--- a/base/iterators.jl
+++ b/base/iterators.jl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ julia> collect(Iterators.map(x -> x^2, 1:3))
  9
 ```
 """
-map(f, args...) = Base.Generator(f, args...)
+map(f, arg, args...) = Base.Generator(f, arg, args...)
 
 tail_if_any(::Tuple{}) = ()
 tail_if_any(x::Tuple) = tail(x)
diff --git a/base/tuple.jl b/base/tuple.jl
index 19b88234cbb00..274f8d8354890 100644
--- a/base/tuple.jl
+++ b/base/tuple.jl
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ end
 # n argument function
 heads(ts::Tuple...) = map(t -> t[1], ts)
 tails(ts::Tuple...) = map(tail, ts)
-map(f, ::Tuple{}...) = ()
+map(f, ::Tuple{}, ::Tuple{}...) = ()
 anyempty(x::Tuple{}, xs...) = true
 anyempty(x::Tuple, xs...) = anyempty(xs...)
 anyempty() = false
@@ -615,4 +615,4 @@ Return an empty tuple, `()`.
 empty(@nospecialize x::Tuple) = ()
 
 foreach(f, itr::Tuple) = foldl((_, x) -> (f(x); nothing), itr, init=nothing)
-foreach(f, itrs::Tuple...) = foldl((_, xs) -> (f(xs...); nothing), zip(itrs...), init=nothing)
+foreach(f, itr::Tuple, itrs::Tuple...) = foldl((_, xs) -> (f(xs...); nothing), zip(itr, itrs...), init=nothing)
diff --git a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl
index 5ad678e82f014..24ad7960f00b4 100644
--- a/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl
+++ b/stdlib/LinearAlgebra/src/adjtrans.jl
@@ -396,8 +396,14 @@ hcat(tvs::Transpose{T,Vector{T}}...) where {T} = _transpose_hcat(tvs...)
 #
 # note that the caller's operation f operates in the domain of the wrapped vectors' entries.
 # hence the adjoint->f->adjoint shenanigans applied to the parent vectors' entries.
-map(f, avs::AdjointAbsVec...) = adjoint(map((xs...) -> adjoint(f(adjoint.(xs)...)), parent.(avs)...))
-map(f, tvs::TransposeAbsVec...) = transpose(map((xs...) -> transpose(f(transpose.(xs)...)), parent.(tvs)...))
+function map(f, av::AdjointAbsVec, avs::AdjointAbsVec...)
+    s = (av, avs...)
+    adjoint(map((xs...) -> adjoint(f(adjoint.(xs)...)), parent.(s)...))
+end
+function map(f, tv::TransposeAbsVec, tvs::TransposeAbsVec...)
+    s = (tv, tvs...)
+    transpose(map((xs...) -> transpose(f(transpose.(xs)...)), parent.(s)...))
+end
 quasiparentt(x) = parent(x); quasiparentt(x::Number) = x # to handle numbers in the defs below
 quasiparenta(x) = parent(x); quasiparenta(x::Number) = conj(x) # to handle numbers in the defs below
 quasiparentc(x) = parent(parent(x)); quasiparentc(x::Number) = conj(x) # to handle numbers in the defs below
diff --git a/test/abstractarray.jl b/test/abstractarray.jl
index d1987bbe0b668..21b80c257872f 100644
--- a/test/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/test/abstractarray.jl
@@ -822,9 +822,8 @@ Base.getindex(A::TSlowNIndexes{T,2}, i::Int, j::Int) where {T} = A.data[i,j]
     @test isa(map(Set, Array[[1,2],[3,4]]), Vector{Set{Int}})
 end
 
-@testset "mapping over scalars and empty arguments:" begin
+@testset "mapping over scalars" begin
     @test map(sin, 1) === sin(1)
-    @test map(()->1234) === 1234
 end
 
 function test_UInt_indexing(::Type{TestAbstractArray})
diff --git a/test/functional.jl b/test/functional.jl
index fce64c0e5720a..3436fb8911cc1 100644
--- a/test/functional.jl
+++ b/test/functional.jl
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ end
 
 # foreach
 let a = []
-    foreach(()->push!(a,0))
-    @test a == [0]
-    a = []
     foreach(x->push!(a,x), [1,5,10])
     @test a == [1,5,10]
     a = []
diff --git a/test/iterators.jl b/test/iterators.jl
index 74d7d61f0a496..d8184eab7b656 100644
--- a/test/iterators.jl
+++ b/test/iterators.jl
@@ -1010,6 +1010,15 @@ end
     @test collect(Iterators.partition(lstrip("01111", '0'), 2)) == ["11", "11"]
 end
 
+@testset "no single-argument map methods" begin
+    maps = (tuple, Returns(nothing), (() -> nothing))
+    mappers = (Iterators.map, map, foreach)
+    for f ∈ maps, m ∈ mappers
+        @test !applicable(m, f)
+        @test !hasmethod(m, Tuple{typeof(f)})
+    end
+end
+
 @testset "Iterators docstrings" begin
     @test isempty(Docs.undocumented_names(Iterators))
 end