diff --git a/mk/crates.mk b/mk/crates.mk
index 05018d2a940..ba959d2778e 100644
--- a/mk/crates.mk
+++ b/mk/crates.mk
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ TARGET_CRATES := libc std term \
                  getopts collections test rand \
                  core alloc \
                  rustc_unicode rustc_bitflags \
-		 alloc_system alloc_jemalloc rustc_const_eval
+		 alloc_system alloc_jemalloc
 RUSTC_CRATES := rustc rustc_typeck rustc_mir rustc_borrowck rustc_resolve rustc_driver \
                 rustc_trans rustc_back rustc_llvm rustc_privacy rustc_lint \
                 rustc_data_structures rustc_front rustc_platform_intrinsics \
-                rustc_plugin rustc_metadata rustc_passes rustc_save_analysis
+                rustc_plugin rustc_metadata rustc_passes rustc_save_analysis \
+                rustc_const_eval
 HOST_CRATES := syntax syntax_ext $(RUSTC_CRATES) rustdoc fmt_macros \
 		flate arena graphviz rbml log serialize
 TOOLS := compiletest rustdoc rustc rustbook error_index_generator
@@ -94,9 +95,9 @@ DEPS_syntax_ext := syntax fmt_macros
 DEPS_rustc_const_eval := std syntax
 
 DEPS_rustc := syntax fmt_macros flate arena serialize getopts rbml rustc_front\
-              log graphviz rustc_llvm rustc_back rustc_data_structures\
+              log graphviz rustc_back rustc_data_structures\
 		  	  rustc_const_eval
-DEPS_rustc_back := std syntax rustc_llvm rustc_front flate log libc
+DEPS_rustc_back := std syntax rustc_front flate log libc
 DEPS_rustc_borrowck := rustc rustc_front rustc_mir log graphviz syntax
 DEPS_rustc_data_structures := std log serialize
 DEPS_rustc_driver := arena flate getopts graphviz libc rustc rustc_back rustc_borrowck \
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ DEPS_rustc_metadata := rustc rustc_front syntax rbml rustc_const_eval
 DEPS_rustc_passes := syntax rustc core rustc_front
 DEPS_rustc_mir := rustc rustc_front syntax rustc_const_eval
 DEPS_rustc_resolve := arena rustc rustc_front log syntax
-DEPS_rustc_platform_intrinsics := rustc rustc_llvm
+DEPS_rustc_platform_intrinsics := std
 DEPS_rustc_plugin := rustc rustc_metadata syntax rustc_mir
 DEPS_rustc_privacy := rustc rustc_front log syntax
 DEPS_rustc_trans := arena flate getopts graphviz libc rustc rustc_back rustc_mir \
diff --git a/src/etc/platform-intrinsics/generator.py b/src/etc/platform-intrinsics/generator.py
index 786cb20ed75..a21194962f9 100644
--- a/src/etc/platform-intrinsics/generator.py
+++ b/src/etc/platform-intrinsics/generator.py
@@ -759,12 +759,11 @@ class CompilerDefs(object):
 
 use {{Intrinsic, Type}};
 use IntrinsicDef::Named;
-use rustc::middle::ty::TyCtxt;
 
 // The default inlining settings trigger a pathological behaviour in
 // LLVM, which causes makes compilation very slow. See #28273.
 #[inline(never)]
-pub fn find<'tcx>(_tcx: &TyCtxt<'tcx>, name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {{
+pub fn find(name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {{
     if !name.starts_with("{0}") {{ return None }}
     Some(match &name["{0}".len()..] {{'''.format(platform.intrinsic_prefix())
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/Cargo.toml b/src/librustc/Cargo.toml
index 1f000c2af68..d2dc5f1ed93 100644
--- a/src/librustc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/librustc/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,5 @@ rustc_bitflags = { path = "../librustc_bitflags" }
 rustc_const_eval = { path = "../librustc_const_eval" }
 rustc_data_structures = { path = "../librustc_data_structures" }
 rustc_front = { path = "../librustc_front" }
-rustc_llvm = { path = "../librustc_llvm" }
 serialize = { path = "../libserialize" }
 syntax = { path = "../libsyntax" }
diff --git a/src/librustc/lib.rs b/src/librustc/lib.rs
index 4fdfe59e2b0..6b5f889fcfb 100644
--- a/src/librustc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/lib.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ extern crate getopts;
 extern crate graphviz;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate rbml;
-pub extern crate rustc_llvm as llvm;
 extern crate rustc_back;
 extern crate rustc_front;
 extern crate rustc_data_structures;
@@ -140,10 +139,6 @@ pub mod util {
     pub mod fs;
 }
 
-pub mod lib {
-    pub use llvm;
-}
-
 // A private module so that macro-expanded idents like
 // `::rustc::lint::Lint` will also work in `rustc` itself.
 //
diff --git a/src/librustc/session/config.rs b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
index bf532d9ccf9..0eef4b5221a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/session/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ use std::env;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-use llvm;
-
 pub struct Config {
     pub target: Target,
     pub int_type: IntTy,
@@ -1052,10 +1050,6 @@ pub fn build_session_options(matches: &getopts::Matches) -> Options {
     let dump_dep_graph = debugging_opts.dump_dep_graph;
     let no_analysis = debugging_opts.no_analysis;
 
-    if debugging_opts.debug_llvm {
-        unsafe { llvm::LLVMSetDebug(1); }
-    }
-
     let mut output_types = HashMap::new();
     if !debugging_opts.parse_only && !no_trans {
         for list in matches.opt_strs("emit") {
diff --git a/src/librustc_back/Cargo.toml b/src/librustc_back/Cargo.toml
index 255ca60e2b8..2cf6cbc4bcf 100644
--- a/src/librustc_back/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/librustc_back/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ crate-type = ["dylib"]
 [dependencies]
 syntax = { path = "../libsyntax" }
 serialize = { path = "../libserialize" }
-rustc_llvm = { path = "../librustc_llvm" }
 rustc_front = { path = "../librustc_front" }
 log = { path = "../liblog" }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_back/lib.rs b/src/librustc_back/lib.rs
index d854b9ed697..80dec2cd281 100644
--- a/src/librustc_back/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_back/lib.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 extern crate syntax;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate serialize;
-extern crate rustc_llvm;
 extern crate rustc_front;
 #[macro_use] extern crate log;
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
index d8d1cf5a026..057a34c27b1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/lib.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ pub fn run_compiler<'a>(args: &[String],
 
     let sopts = config::build_session_options(&matches);
 
+    if sopts.debugging_opts.debug_llvm {
+        unsafe { llvm::LLVMSetDebug(1); }
+    }
+
     let descriptions = diagnostics_registry();
 
     do_or_return!(callbacks.early_callback(&matches,
diff --git a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/Cargo.toml b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/Cargo.toml
index 97bf4f854cc..92f37f974ef 100644
--- a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,3 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 name = "rustc_platform_intrinsics"
 path = "lib.rs"
 crate-type = ["dylib"]
-
-[dependencies]
-rustc_llvm = { path = "../librustc_llvm" }
-rustc = { path = "../librustc" }
diff --git a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/aarch64.rs b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/aarch64.rs
index 97fe632a529..0fb8513e138 100644
--- a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/aarch64.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/aarch64.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 
 use {Intrinsic, Type};
 use IntrinsicDef::Named;
-use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
 
 // The default inlining settings trigger a pathological behaviour in
 // LLVM, which causes makes compilation very slow. See #28273.
 #[inline(never)]
-pub fn find<'tcx>(_tcx: &TyCtxt<'tcx>, name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
+pub fn find(name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
     if !name.starts_with("aarch64_v") { return None }
     Some(match &name["aarch64_v".len()..] {
         "hadd_s8" => Intrinsic {
diff --git a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/arm.rs b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/arm.rs
index 65751d65232..834528aaaa3 100644
--- a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/arm.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/arm.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 
 use {Intrinsic, Type};
 use IntrinsicDef::Named;
-use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
 
 // The default inlining settings trigger a pathological behaviour in
 // LLVM, which causes makes compilation very slow. See #28273.
 #[inline(never)]
-pub fn find<'tcx>(_tcx: &TyCtxt<'tcx>, name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
+pub fn find(name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
     if !name.starts_with("arm_v") { return None }
     Some(match &name["arm_v".len()..] {
         "hadd_s8" => Intrinsic {
diff --git a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/lib.rs b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/lib.rs
index 9736d558769..6fe1f0c2b9c 100644
--- a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/lib.rs
@@ -12,15 +12,10 @@
 #![unstable(feature = "rustc_private", issue = "27812")]
 #![crate_type = "dylib"]
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
-#![feature(staged_api, rustc_private)]
+#![feature(staged_api)]
 #![cfg_attr(not(stage0), deny(warnings))]
 #![allow(bad_style)]
 
-extern crate rustc_llvm as llvm;
-extern crate rustc;
-
-use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
-
 pub struct Intrinsic {
     pub inputs: &'static [&'static Type],
     pub output: &'static Type,
@@ -102,13 +97,13 @@ mod arm;
 mod aarch64;
 
 impl Intrinsic {
-    pub fn find<'tcx>(tcx: &TyCtxt<'tcx>, name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
+    pub fn find(name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
         if name.starts_with("x86_") {
-            x86::find(tcx, name)
+            x86::find(name)
         } else if name.starts_with("arm_") {
-            arm::find(tcx, name)
+            arm::find(name)
         } else if name.starts_with("aarch64_") {
-            aarch64::find(tcx, name)
+            aarch64::find(name)
         } else {
             None
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/x86.rs b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/x86.rs
index de9d3dcf355..54e2cb929b8 100644
--- a/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/x86.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_platform_intrinsics/x86.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
 
 use {Intrinsic, Type};
 use IntrinsicDef::Named;
-use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
 
 // The default inlining settings trigger a pathological behaviour in
 // LLVM, which causes makes compilation very slow. See #28273.
 #[inline(never)]
-pub fn find<'tcx>(_tcx: &TyCtxt<'tcx>, name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
+pub fn find(name: &str) -> Option<Intrinsic> {
     if !name.starts_with("x86_mm") { return None }
     Some(match &name["x86_mm".len()..] {
         "_movemask_ps" => Intrinsic {
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/intrinsic.rs b/src/librustc_trans/intrinsic.rs
index b7b74e44d3e..130a864f5e6 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/intrinsic.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/intrinsic.rs
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ pub fn trans_intrinsic_call<'a, 'blk, 'tcx>(mut bcx: Block<'blk, 'tcx>,
         }
 
         (_, _) => {
-            let intr = match Intrinsic::find(tcx, &name) {
+            let intr = match Intrinsic::find(&name) {
                 Some(intr) => intr,
                 None => unreachable!("unknown intrinsic '{}'", name),
             };
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/intrinsic.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/intrinsic.rs
index 8720469a724..3c43e0d5217 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/intrinsic.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/intrinsic.rs
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ pub fn check_platform_intrinsic_type(ccx: &CrateCtxt,
             }
         }
         _ => {
-            match intrinsics::Intrinsic::find(tcx, &name) {
+            match intrinsics::Intrinsic::find(&name) {
                 Some(intr) => {
                     // this function is a platform specific intrinsic
                     if i_n_tps != 0 {
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs b/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs
index 7454bbfb531..81ad276ca68 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ extern crate rustc;
 extern crate rustc_driver;
 extern crate rustc_front;
 extern crate rustc_lint;
+extern crate rustc_llvm as llvm;
 extern crate rustc_metadata;
 extern crate rustc_resolve;
 #[macro_use] extern crate syntax;
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ use std::thread::Builder;
 
 use rustc::dep_graph::DepGraph;
 use rustc::front::map as ast_map;
-use rustc::llvm;
 use rustc::middle::cstore::{CrateStore, LinkagePreference};
 use rustc::ty;
 use rustc::session::config::{self, basic_options, build_configuration, Input, Options};