diff --git a/src/libstd/repr.rs b/src/libstd/repr.rs
index cc7d08847da..3e2c5773acc 100644
--- a/src/libstd/repr.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/repr.rs
@@ -412,10 +412,12 @@ impl<'self> TyVisitor for ReprVisitor<'self> {
         true
     }
 
-    fn visit_enter_class(&mut self, name: &str, _n_fields: uint,
+    fn visit_enter_class(&mut self, name: &str, n_fields: uint,
                          _sz: uint, _align: uint) -> bool {
         self.writer.write(name.as_bytes());
-        self.writer.write(['{' as u8]);
+        if n_fields != 0 {
+            self.writer.write(['{' as u8]);
+        }
         true
     }
 
@@ -431,9 +433,11 @@ impl<'self> TyVisitor for ReprVisitor<'self> {
         true
     }
 
-    fn visit_leave_class(&mut self, _name: &str, _n_fields: uint,
+    fn visit_leave_class(&mut self, _name: &str, n_fields: uint,
                          _sz: uint, _align: uint) -> bool {
-        self.writer.write(['}' as u8]);
+        if n_fields != 0 {
+            self.writer.write(['}' as u8]);
+        }
         true
     }
 
@@ -650,5 +654,5 @@ fn test_repr() {
                "(10u64, ~\"hello\")");
 
     struct Foo;
-    exact_test(&(~[Foo, Foo]), "~[repr::test_repr::Foo{}, repr::test_repr::Foo{}]");
+    exact_test(&(~[Foo, Foo]), "~[repr::test_repr::Foo, repr::test_repr::Foo]");
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/vec.rs b/src/libstd/vec.rs
index f596520ba95..22c64c6b39c 100644
--- a/src/libstd/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/vec.rs
@@ -3682,11 +3682,11 @@ mod tests {
 
         let xs = ~[Foo, Foo, Foo];
         assert_eq!(fmt!("%?", xs.slice(0, 2).to_owned()),
-                   ~"~[vec::tests::Foo{}, vec::tests::Foo{}]");
+                   ~"~[vec::tests::Foo, vec::tests::Foo]");
 
         let xs: [Foo, ..3] = [Foo, Foo, Foo];
         assert_eq!(fmt!("%?", xs.slice(0, 2).to_owned()),
-                   ~"~[vec::tests::Foo{}, vec::tests::Foo{}]");
+                   ~"~[vec::tests::Foo, vec::tests::Foo]");
         cnt = 0;
         for f in xs.iter() {
             assert!(*f == Foo);
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/ifmt.rs b/src/test/run-pass/ifmt.rs
index 32bb30720c5..c60c97552fa 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/ifmt.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/ifmt.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn main() {
 
     // Make sure there's a poly formatter that takes anything
     t!(format!("{:?}", 1), "1");
-    t!(format!("{:?}", A), "A{}");
+    t!(format!("{:?}", A), "A");
     t!(format!("{:?}", ()), "()");
     t!(format!("{:?}", @(~1, "foo")), "@(~1, \"foo\")");