diff --git a/src/GMT.jl b/src/GMT.jl
index 4d4906dc23..042889a8cf 100644
--- a/src/GMT.jl
+++ b/src/GMT.jl
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ VERSION >= v"0.4" && __precompile__()
 
 module GMT
 
-using Compat
-import Compat.String
-
 export
 	GMT_Call_Module,
 	GMT_Create_Args,
diff --git a/test/gmtest.jl b/test/gmtest.jl
index ed8cb0f4a8..0288a70d33 100644
--- a/test/gmtest.jl
+++ b/test/gmtest.jl
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 #	Currently only family = "scripts" is implemented (means run test from the 'scripts' dir. TEST_DIR is ignored
 #		example: gmtest("GMT_insert", "", "scripts")
 
-using Compat
-import Compat.String
-
 global g_root_dir, out_path, GM
 include("gallery.jl")