diff --git a/base/LineEdit.jl b/base/LineEdit.jl
index 30f7aca305204..a4b26a15c0d62 100644
--- a/base/LineEdit.jl
+++ b/base/LineEdit.jl
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ function prompt!(term, prompt, s = init_state(term, prompt))
     raw!(term, true)
     enable_bracketed_paste(term)
     try
-        start_reading(term)
+        Base.start_reading(term)
         activate(prompt, s, term)
         while true
             map = keymap(s, prompt)
@@ -1583,14 +1583,14 @@ function prompt!(term, prompt, s = init_state(term, prompt))
                 state = :done
             end
             if state == :abort
-                stop_reading(term)
+                Base.stop_reading(term)
                 return buffer(s), false, false
             elseif state == :done
-                stop_reading(term)
+                Base.stop_reading(term)
                 return buffer(s), true, false
             elseif state == :suspend
                 @unix_only begin
-                    stop_reading(term)
+                    Base.stop_reading(term)
                     return buffer(s), true, true
                 end
             else
diff --git a/base/exports.jl b/base/exports.jl
index 9dd1ec523c618..7ba4179e8f126 100644
--- a/base/exports.jl
+++ b/base/exports.jl
@@ -1170,11 +1170,6 @@ export
     serialize,
     skip,
     skipchars,
-    start_reading,
-    start_timer,
-    start_watching,
-    stop_reading,
-    stop_timer,
     takebuf_array,
     takebuf_string,
     truncate,
diff --git a/test/repl.jl b/test/repl.jl
index 41d97fe1144ed..059415fdf8591 100644
--- a/test/repl.jl
+++ b/test/repl.jl
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ master = Base.TTY(RawFD(fdm); readable = true)
 nENV = copy(ENV)
 nENV["TERM"] = "dumb"
 p = spawn(setenv(`$exename --startup-file=no --quiet`,nENV),slave,slave,slave)
-start_reading(master)
+Base.start_reading(master)
 Base.wait_readnb(master,1)
 write(master,"1\nquit()\n")
 
diff --git a/test/subarray.jl b/test/subarray.jl
index 39505c17d1be5..13051bc2f564a 100644
--- a/test/subarray.jl
+++ b/test/subarray.jl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using Base.Test
 # import Base: ViewIndex, nextLD, dimsizeexpr, rangetype, merge_indexes, first_index, stride1expr, tailsize, subarray_linearindexing_dim
 using Base.Cartesian