diff --git a/base/operators.jl b/base/operators.jl
index 7d68761eace3f..8809352f8c4e0 100644
--- a/base/operators.jl
+++ b/base/operators.jl
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ julia> max(2, 5, 1)
 5
 ```
 """
-max(x, y) = ifelse(isless(y, x), x, y)
+max(x, y) = Core.ifelse(isless(y, x), x, y)
 
 """
     min(x, y, ...)
diff --git a/base/reduce.jl b/base/reduce.jl
index 64ea4293c9893..0bb4449f22ab4 100644
--- a/base/reduce.jl
+++ b/base/reduce.jl
@@ -616,15 +616,15 @@ prod(a; kw...) = mapreduce(identity, mul_prod, a; kw...)
 _fast(::typeof(min),x,y) = min(x,y)
 _fast(::typeof(max),x,y) = max(x,y)
 function _fast(::typeof(max), x::AbstractFloat, y::AbstractFloat)
-    ifelse(isnan(x),
+    Core.ifelse(isnan(x),
         x,
-        ifelse(x > y, x, y))
+        Core.ifelse(x > y, x, y))
 end
 
 function _fast(::typeof(min),x::AbstractFloat, y::AbstractFloat)
-    ifelse(isnan(x),
+    Core.ifelse(isnan(x),
         x,
-        ifelse(x < y, x, y))
+        Core.ifelse(x < y, x, y))
 end
 
 isbadzero(::typeof(max), x::AbstractFloat) = (x == zero(x)) & signbit(x)
@@ -860,8 +860,8 @@ ExtremaMap(::Type{T}) where {T} = ExtremaMap{Type{T}}(T)
 function _extrema_rf(x::NTuple{2,T}, y::NTuple{2,T}) where {T<:IEEEFloat}
     (x1, x2), (y1, y2) = x, y
     anynan = isnan(x1)|isnan(y1)
-    z1 = ifelse(anynan, x1-y1, ifelse(signbit(x1-y1), x1, y1))
-    z2 = ifelse(anynan, x1-y1, ifelse(signbit(x2-y2), y2, x2))
+    z1 = Core.ifelse(anynan, x1-y1, Core.ifelse(signbit(x1-y1), x1, y1))
+    z2 = Core.ifelse(anynan, x1-y1, Core.ifelse(signbit(x2-y2), y2, x2))
     z1, z2
 end