diff --git a/src/banded/BandedLU.jl b/src/banded/BandedLU.jl
index 4f330f95..1af01e98 100644
--- a/src/banded/BandedLU.jl
+++ b/src/banded/BandedLU.jl
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ Base.iterate(S::BandedLU, ::Val{:U}) = (S.U, Val(:p))
 Base.iterate(S::BandedLU, ::Val{:p}) = (S.p, Val(:done))
 Base.iterate(S::BandedLU, ::Val{:done}) = nothing
 
-if !(isdefined(LinearAlgebra, :AdjointFactorization)) # VERSION < v"1.10-"
-    adjoint(F::BandedLU) = Adjoint(F)
-end
 transpose(F::BandedLU) = TransposeFact(F)
 
 lu(S::BandedLU) = S
diff --git a/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl b/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl
index f3e54478..af3ba97e 100644
--- a/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl
+++ b/src/generic/AbstractBandedMatrix.jl
@@ -332,10 +332,9 @@ end
 ####
 
 bandwidths(A::AdjOrTrans{T,S}) where {T,S} = reverse(bandwidths(parent(A)))
-if VERSION >= v"1.9"
-    copy(A::Adjoint{T,<:AbstractBandedMatrix}) where T = copy(parent(A))'
-    copy(A::Transpose{T,<:AbstractBandedMatrix}) where T = transpose(copy(parent(A)))
-end
+copy(A::Adjoint{T,<:AbstractBandedMatrix}) where T = copy(parent(A))'
+copy(A::Transpose{T,<:AbstractBandedMatrix}) where T = transpose(copy(parent(A)))
+
 
 function sum!(ret::AbstractArray, A::AbstractBandedMatrix)
     #Behaves similarly to Base.sum!
diff --git a/src/symbanded/SplitCholesky.jl b/src/symbanded/SplitCholesky.jl
index 6b3a820f..d54ba0f8 100644
--- a/src/symbanded/SplitCholesky.jl
+++ b/src/symbanded/SplitCholesky.jl
@@ -54,13 +54,9 @@ function splitcholesky!(::HermitianLayout{<:BandedColumnMajor},
     SplitCholesky(A, A.uplo)
 end
 
-if !(isdefined(LinearAlgebra, :AdjointFactorization)) # VERSION < v"1.10-"
-    adjoint(S::SplitCholesky) = Adjoint(S)
-else
-    transpose(S::SplitCholesky{<:Real}) = S'
-    transpose(::SplitCholesky) =
-        throw(ArgumentError("transpose of SplitCholesky decomposition is not supported, consider using adjoint"))
-end
+transpose(S::SplitCholesky{<:Real}) = S'
+transpose(::SplitCholesky) =
+    throw(ArgumentError("transpose of SplitCholesky decomposition is not supported, consider using adjoint"))
 
 function lmul!(S::SplitCholesky{T,<:HermOrSym{T,M}}, B::AbstractVecOrMat{T}) where {T<:Real,M<:BandedMatrix{T}}
     require_one_based_indexing(B)
diff --git a/test/test_banded.jl b/test/test_banded.jl
index fef85f03..a161752f 100644
--- a/test/test_banded.jl
+++ b/test/test_banded.jl
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ include("mymatrix.jl")
             @test Matrix(sparse(A)) ≈ Matrix(A)
 
             @test Matrix(A') ≈ Matrix(A)'
-            @test Matrix(transpose(A)) ≈ transpose(Matrix(A))
+            @test Matrix(transpose(A)) ≈ copy(transpose(A)) ≈ transpose(Matrix(A))
             @test Matrix((A+im*A)') ≈ (Matrix(A)+im*Matrix(A))'
             @test Matrix(transpose(A+im*A)) ≈ transpose(Matrix(A)+im*Matrix(A))
 
diff --git a/test/test_broadcasting.jl b/test/test_broadcasting.jl
index 1512ada0..1a85cccc 100644
--- a/test/test_broadcasting.jl
+++ b/test/test_broadcasting.jl
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ Random.seed!(0)
             @test 1 .+ A isa BandedMatrix
             @test (1 .+ A) == 1 .+ Matrix(A)
             @test 1 .\ A == 1 .\ Matrix(A)
-    
             @test 1 .\ A isa BandedMatrix
             @test bandwidths(1 .\ A) == bandwidths(A)
             
diff --git a/test/test_symbanded.jl b/test/test_symbanded.jl
index a8362025..7a579e20 100644
--- a/test/test_symbanded.jl
+++ b/test/test_symbanded.jl
@@ -348,14 +348,13 @@ end
         B = sbmatrix(W, T, Ub, wb, n)
         AM, BM = Matrix.((A,B))
         @test eigvals(A, B) ≈ eigvals(AM, BM)
-        if VERSION >= v"1.9"
-            Λ, V = eigen(A, B)
-            VM = Matrix(V)
-            Λ2, V2 = eigen(AM, BM)
-            @test Λ ≈ Λ2
-            @test VM' * AM * VM ≈ V2' * AM * V2
-            @test VM' * AM * VM ≈ VM' * BM * VM * Diagonal(Λ)
-        end
+        
+        Λ, V = eigen(A, B)
+        VM = Matrix(V)
+        Λ2, V2 = eigen(AM, BM)
+        @test Λ ≈ Λ2
+        @test VM' * AM * VM ≈ V2' * AM * V2
+        @test VM' * AM * VM ≈ VM' * BM * VM * Diagonal(Λ)
     end
 end
 
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ end
 
         b = rand(T,size(A,1))
         @test Ac\b ≈ Matrix(A)\b
-        VERSION >= v"1.9-" && @test Ac\b ≈ A\b
+        @test Ac\b ≈ A\b
     end
 
     for T in (Float64, BigFloat)
@@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ end
 
         b = rand(T,size(A,1))
         @test Ac\b ≈ Matrix(A)\b
-        VERSION >= v"1.9-" && @test Ac\b ≈ A\b
+        @test Ac\b ≈ A\b
     end
 
     let T = ComplexF64
@@ -396,7 +395,7 @@ end
 
         b = rand(T,size(A,1))
         @test Ac\b ≈ Matrix(A)\b
-        VERSION >= v"1.9-" && @test Ac\b ≈ A\b
+        @test Ac\b ≈ A\b
     end
 
     B = BandedMatrix(1=>Float64[1:4;], 0=>Float64[1:5;], -1=>Float64[1:4;])
@@ -409,11 +408,9 @@ end
         B = BandedMatrix(Symmetric(L * L'));
         Bv = Symmetric(view(B, :, :))
         chol = cholesky(Bv)
-        if VERSION >= v"1.7"
-            @test MemoryLayout(chol.U) isa TriangularLayout{'U', 'N', typeof(MemoryLayout(B))}
-            @test MemoryLayout(chol.L) isa TriangularLayout{'L', 'N', typeof(MemoryLayout(B'))}
-            @test isbanded(chol.L)
-        end
+        @test MemoryLayout(chol.U) isa TriangularLayout{'U', 'N', typeof(MemoryLayout(B))}
+        @test MemoryLayout(chol.L) isa TriangularLayout{'L', 'N', typeof(MemoryLayout(B'))}
+        @test isbanded(chol.L)
         @test isbanded(chol.U)
         cc = LinearAlgebra.cholcopy(Bv)
         @test cc isa Symmetric{Float64, typeof(B)}
@@ -464,4 +461,16 @@ end
     @test eltype(bandedmatrix) == eltype(matrix)
 end
 
+@testset "splitcholesky!" begin
+    for T in (Float32, Float64, ComplexF32, ComplexF64)
+        A = Hermitian(brand(T, 20, 20, 2, 4) + 10I)
+        S = BandedMatrices.splitcholesky!(A)
+        if T <: Real
+            @test transpose(S) ≡ S'
+        else
+            @test_throws ArgumentError transpose(S)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 end # module