diff --git a/docs/source/misc.rst b/docs/source/misc.rst
index 54569dd95..34878936b 100644
--- a/docs/source/misc.rst
+++ b/docs/source/misc.rst
@@ -25,24 +25,6 @@ Miscellaneous Functions
 
     Construct a dictionary that maps each distinct value in ``x`` to its first index.
 
-.. function:: findat(a, x)
-
-    For each element in ``x``, find its first index in ``a``. If the value does not appear in ``a``, the corresponding index is ``0``. 
-
-    **Examples:**
-  
-    .. code-block:: julia
-    
-        julia> findat([2,4,6], [2,3,4])
-        3-element Array{Int64,1}:
-        1
-        0
-        2
-
-.. function:: findat!(r, a, x)
-
-    Write the results of ``findat(a, x)`` to a pre-allocated array ``r``.
-
 .. function:: indicatormat(x, k[; sparse=false])  
 
     Construct a boolean matrix ``r`` of size ``(k, length(x))`` such that ``r[x[i], i] = true`` and all other elements are set to ``false``.
diff --git a/src/deprecates.jl b/src/deprecates.jl
index 28db02afe..ae56cf7b1 100644
--- a/src/deprecates.jl
+++ b/src/deprecates.jl
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ import Base.varm, Base.stdm
 @deprecate adjR2(obj::StatisticalModel, variant::Symbol) adjr2(obj, variant)
 @deprecate adjR²(obj::StatisticalModel, variant::Symbol) adjr²(obj, variant)
 
+@deprecate findat(a, x) indexin(x, a)
+@deprecate findat!(r, a, x)  (y = indexin(x, a); copy!(r, y))
diff --git a/src/misc.jl b/src/misc.jl
index a35b84037..71d816c24 100644
--- a/src/misc.jl
+++ b/src/misc.jl
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ function inverse_rle{T}(vals::AbstractVector{T}, lens::IntegerVector)
 end
 
 
-# findat (get positions (within a) for elements in b)
 """
     indexmap(a)
 
@@ -115,25 +114,6 @@ function levelsmap{T}(a::AbstractArray{T})
     return d
 end
 
-function findat!{T}(r::IntegerArray, a::AbstractArray{T}, b::AbstractArray{T})
-    length(r) == length(b) || raise_dimerror()
-    d = indexmap(a)
-    @inbounds for i = 1 : length(b)
-        r[i] = get(d, b[i], 0)
-    end
-    return r
-end
-
-
-"""
-    findat(a, b)
-
-For each element in `b`, find its first index in `a`. If the value does
-not occur in `a`, the corresponding index is 0.
-"""
-findat(a::AbstractArray, b::AbstractArray) = findat!(Array(Int, size(b)), a, b)
-
-
 # indicatormat
 
 # x: input elements,