diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/base.rs b/src/librustc_trans/base.rs
index 71875b008fa..5c53ba29095 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/base.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/base.rs
@@ -89,40 +89,6 @@ use rustc::hir;
 use rustc::ty::layout::{self, Layout};
 use syntax::ast;
 
-thread_local! {
-    static TASK_LOCAL_INSN_KEY: RefCell<Option<Vec<&'static str>>> = {
-        RefCell::new(None)
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn with_insn_ctxt<F>(blk: F)
-    where F: FnOnce(&[&'static str])
-{
-    TASK_LOCAL_INSN_KEY.with(move |slot| {
-        slot.borrow().as_ref().map(move |s| blk(s));
-    })
-}
-
-pub fn init_insn_ctxt() {
-    TASK_LOCAL_INSN_KEY.with(|slot| {
-        *slot.borrow_mut() = Some(Vec::new());
-    });
-}
-
-pub struct _InsnCtxt {
-    _cannot_construct_outside_of_this_module: (),
-}
-
-impl Drop for _InsnCtxt {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        TASK_LOCAL_INSN_KEY.with(|slot| {
-            if let Some(ctx) = slot.borrow_mut().as_mut() {
-                ctx.pop();
-            }
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 pub struct StatRecorder<'a, 'tcx: 'a> {
     ccx: &'a CrateContext<'a, 'tcx>,
     name: Option<String>,
@@ -144,10 +110,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Drop for StatRecorder<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if self.ccx.sess().trans_stats() {
             let iend = self.ccx.stats().n_llvm_insns.get();
-            self.ccx
-                .stats()
-                .fn_stats
-                .borrow_mut()
+            self.ccx.stats().fn_stats.borrow_mut()
                 .push((self.name.take().unwrap(), iend - self.istart));
             self.ccx.stats().n_fns.set(self.ccx.stats().n_fns.get() + 1);
             // Reset LLVM insn count to avoid compound costs.
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/builder.rs b/src/librustc_trans/builder.rs
index b710c08e1a4..575150ca4c2 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/builder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/builder.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl<'blk, 'tcx> Drop for Builder<'blk, 'tcx> {
 
 // This is a really awful way to get a zero-length c-string, but better (and a
 // lot more efficient) than doing str::as_c_str("", ...) every time.
-pub fn noname() -> *const c_char {
+fn noname() -> *const c_char {
     static CNULL: c_char = 0;
     &CNULL
 }
@@ -59,50 +59,13 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn count_insn(&self, category: &str) {
+    fn count_insn(&self, category: &str) {
         if self.ccx.sess().trans_stats() {
-            self.ccx.stats().n_llvm_insns.set(self.ccx
-                                                .stats()
-                                                .n_llvm_insns
-                                                .get() + 1);
+            self.ccx.stats().n_llvm_insns.set(self.ccx.stats().n_llvm_insns.get() + 1);
         }
-        self.ccx.count_llvm_insn();
         if self.ccx.sess().count_llvm_insns() {
-            base::with_insn_ctxt(|v| {
-                let mut h = self.ccx.stats().llvm_insns.borrow_mut();
-
-                // Build version of path with cycles removed.
-
-                // Pass 1: scan table mapping str -> rightmost pos.
-                let mut mm = FxHashMap();
-                let len = v.len();
-                let mut i = 0;
-                while i < len {
-                    mm.insert(v[i], i);
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-
-                // Pass 2: concat strings for each elt, skipping
-                // forwards over any cycles by advancing to rightmost
-                // occurrence of each element in path.
-                let mut s = String::from(".");
-                i = 0;
-                while i < len {
-                    i = mm[v[i]];
-                    s.push('/');
-                    s.push_str(v[i]);
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-
-                s.push('/');
-                s.push_str(category);
-
-                let n = match h.get(&s) {
-                    Some(&n) => n,
-                    _ => 0
-                };
-                h.insert(s, n+1);
-            })
+            let mut h = self.ccx.stats().llvm_insns.borrow_mut();
+            *h.entry(category.to_string()).or_insert(0) += 1;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_trans/context.rs b/src/librustc_trans/context.rs
index ead23b333ff..2b5d32a9650 100644
--- a/src/librustc_trans/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_trans/context.rs
@@ -149,11 +149,6 @@ pub struct LocalCrateContext<'tcx> {
 
     intrinsics: RefCell<FxHashMap<&'static str, ValueRef>>,
 
-    /// Number of LLVM instructions translated into this `LocalCrateContext`.
-    /// This is used to perform some basic load-balancing to keep all LLVM
-    /// contexts around the same size.
-    n_llvm_insns: Cell<usize>,
-
     /// Depth of the current type-of computation - used to bail out
     type_of_depth: Cell<usize>,
 
@@ -608,7 +603,6 @@ impl<'tcx> LocalCrateContext<'tcx> {
                 eh_unwind_resume: Cell::new(None),
                 rust_try_fn: Cell::new(None),
                 intrinsics: RefCell::new(FxHashMap()),
-                n_llvm_insns: Cell::new(0),
                 type_of_depth: Cell::new(0),
                 symbol_map: symbol_map,
                 local_gen_sym_counter: Cell::new(0),
@@ -634,10 +628,6 @@ impl<'tcx> LocalCrateContext<'tcx> {
             local_ccx.opaque_vec_type = opaque_vec_type;
             local_ccx.str_slice_type = str_slice_ty;
 
-            if shared.tcx.sess.count_llvm_insns() {
-                base::init_insn_ctxt()
-            }
-
             local_ccx
         }
     }
@@ -841,10 +831,6 @@ impl<'b, 'tcx> CrateContext<'b, 'tcx> {
         &self.local().intrinsics
     }
 
-    pub fn count_llvm_insn(&self) {
-        self.local().n_llvm_insns.set(self.local().n_llvm_insns.get() + 1);
-    }
-
     pub fn obj_size_bound(&self) -> u64 {
         self.tcx().data_layout.obj_size_bound()
     }