diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a2e47dcd..7ed54f1c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   range of annoying problems, such as strange half-pixels along edges
 - vips_max() / _min() track the top n maxima / minima
 - deprecate im_maxpos_avg(): too specialised to be worth maintaining
+- deprecate im_linreg(): easily done by combining other operators
+- deprecate im_point(): easily done by combining other operators
 
 14/11/12 started 7.30.6
 - capture tiff warnings earlier
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index deaf6098..592735d3 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- im_cross_phase.c, im_linreg.c, im_point_bilinear.c need deprecating?
+- im_cross_phase.c needs a rewrite?
 
 - add vips_band()/vips_bor()
 
diff --git a/libvips/arithmetic/Makefile.am b/libvips/arithmetic/Makefile.am
index b26a2ea6..84ac1c05 100644
--- a/libvips/arithmetic/Makefile.am
+++ b/libvips/arithmetic/Makefile.am
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ libarithmetic_la_SOURCES = \
 	im_cross_phase.c \
 	deviate.c \
 	divide.c \
-	im_linreg.c \
 	measure.c \
 	multiply.c \
-	im_point_bilinear.c \
 	remainder.c \
 	sign.c \
 	stats.c \
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am b/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am
index 30539bad..aee29f81 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libdeprecated.la
 
 libdeprecated_la_SOURCES = \
+	im_linreg.c \
+	im_point_bilinear.c \
 	im_openslide2vips.c \
 	im_lab_morph.c \
 	deprecated_dispatch.c \
diff --git a/libvips/arithmetic/im_linreg.c b/libvips/deprecated/im_linreg.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libvips/arithmetic/im_linreg.c
rename to libvips/deprecated/im_linreg.c
diff --git a/libvips/arithmetic/im_point_bilinear.c b/libvips/deprecated/im_point_bilinear.c
similarity index 100%
rename from libvips/arithmetic/im_point_bilinear.c
rename to libvips/deprecated/im_point_bilinear.c
diff --git a/libvips/include/vips/arithmetic.h b/libvips/include/vips/arithmetic.h
index 7d3404d3..4ec79cb4 100644
--- a/libvips/include/vips/arithmetic.h
+++ b/libvips/include/vips/arithmetic.h
@@ -360,12 +360,6 @@ int vips_stats( VipsImage *in, VipsImage **out, ... )
 int vips_measure( VipsImage *in, VipsImage **out, int h, int v, ... )
 	__attribute__((sentinel));
 
-int im_linreg( VipsImage **ins, VipsImage *out, double *xs );
-int im_point( VipsImage *im, VipsInterpolate *interpolate, 
-	double x, double y, int band, double *out );
-int im_point_bilinear( VipsImage *im, 
-	double x, double y, int band, double *out );
-
 int im_cross_phase( VipsImage *a, VipsImage *b, VipsImage *out );
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h b/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h
index 4009ec26..bd79b561 100644
--- a/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h
+++ b/libvips/include/vips/vips7compat.h
@@ -669,6 +669,13 @@ int im_minpos_vec( VipsImage *im, int *xpos, int *ypos, double *minima, int n );
 
 int im_maxpos_avg( VipsImage *im, double *xpos, double *ypos, double *out );
 
+int im_linreg( VipsImage **ins, VipsImage *out, double *xs );
+
+int im_point( VipsImage *im, VipsInterpolate *interpolate, 
+	double x, double y, int band, double *out );
+int im_point_bilinear( VipsImage *im, 
+	double x, double y, int band, double *out );
+
 int im_copy( VipsImage *in, VipsImage *out );
 int im_copy_set( VipsImage *in, VipsImage *out, 
 	VipsInterpretation interpretation,