diff --git a/src/rewrite-helpers.jl b/src/rewrite-helpers.jl
index 2afc6d4b0..a36e1576a 100644
--- a/src/rewrite-helpers.jl
+++ b/src/rewrite-helpers.jl
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ end
 replacenode(expr::Num, rules...; fixpoint = false) = _replacenode(unwrap(expr), rules...; fixpoint)
 replacenode(expr::Symbolic, rules...; fixpoint = false) = _replacenode(unwrap(expr), rules...; fixpoint)
 replacenode(expr::Symbolic, r::Pair, rules::Pair...; fixpoint = false) = _replacenode(expr, r, rules...; fixpoint)
-replacenode(expr::Number, rules...; fixpoint = false) = expr
-replacenode(expr::Number, r::Pair, rules::Pair...; fixpoint = false) = expr
 
 function _replacenode(expr::Symbolic, rules...; fixpoint = false)
     rs = map(r -> r isa Pair ? (x -> isequal(x, r[1]) ? r[2] : nothing) : r, rules)
@@ -32,6 +30,13 @@ function _replacenode(expr::Symbolic, rules...; fixpoint = false)
     end
 end
 
+Base.@deprecate replace(expr::Num, r::Pair, rules::Pair...; fixpoint = false) replacenode(expr, r, rules...)
+Base.@deprecate replace(expr::Num, rules...; fixpoint = false) replacenode(expr, rules...)
+Base.@deprecate replace(expr::Symbolic, rules...; fixpoint = false) replacenode(expr, rules...)
+Base.@deprecate replace(expr::Symbolic, r::Pair, rules::Pair...; fixpoint = false) replacenode(expr, r, rules...)
+Base.@deprecate replace(expr::Number, rules...; fixpoint = false) replacenode(expr, rules...)
+Base.@deprecate replace(expr::Number, r::Pair, rules::Pair...; fixpoint = false) replacenode(expr, r, rules...)
+
 """
     hasnode(c, x)
 Returns true if any part of `x` fufills the condition given in c. c can be a function or an expression.
@@ -74,6 +79,10 @@ function _hasnode(r, y)
     end
 end
 
+Base.@deprecate occursin(r::Function, y::Union{Num, Symbolic}) hasnode(r::Function, y::Union{Num, Symbolic})
+Base.@deprecate occursin(r::Num, y::Union{Num, Symbolic}) hasnode(r::Num, y::Union{Num, Symbolic})
+Base.@deprecate occursin(r::Symbolic, y::Union{Num, Symbolic}) hasnode(r::Symbolic, y::Union{Num, Symbolic})
+
 """
 filterchildren(c, x)
 Returns all parts of `x` that fufills the condition given in c. c can be a function or an expression.