diff --git a/base/hashing.jl b/base/hashing.jl
index 897a0d73cb874..2323a6566732c 100644
--- a/base/hashing.jl
+++ b/base/hashing.jl
@@ -345,7 +345,3 @@ end
 
 @assume_effects :total hash(data::String, h::UInt) =
     GC.@preserve data hash_bytes(pointer(data), sizeof(data), UInt64(h), HASH_SECRET) % UInt
-
-# no longer used in Base, but a lot of packages access these internals
-const memhash = UInt === UInt64 ? :memhash_seed : :memhash32_seed
-const memhash_seed = UInt === UInt64 ? 0x71e729fd56419c81 : 0x56419c81