diff --git a/src/libcore/private.rs b/src/libcore/private.rs
index aa976ee745d..c3068d6f61b 100644
--- a/src/libcore/private.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/private.rs
@@ -95,163 +95,11 @@ fn test_run_in_bare_thread() unsafe {
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)] // runtime type
 type rust_port_id = uint;
 
-type GlobalPtr = *libc::uintptr_t;
-
 fn compare_and_swap(address: &mut int, oldval: int, newval: int) -> bool {
     let old = rusti::atomic_cxchg(address, oldval, newval);
     old == oldval
 }
 
-/**
- * Atomically gets a channel from a pointer to a pointer-sized memory location
- * or, if no channel exists creates and installs a new channel and sets up a
- * new task to receive from it.
- */
-pub unsafe fn chan_from_global_ptr<T: Owned>(
-    global: GlobalPtr,
-    task_fn: fn() -> task::TaskBuilder,
-    f: fn~(oldcomm::Port<T>)
-) -> oldcomm::Chan<T> {
-
-    enum Msg {
-        Proceed,
-        Abort
-    }
-
-    log(debug,~"ENTERING chan_from_global_ptr, before is_prob_zero check");
-    let is_probably_zero = *global == 0u;
-    log(debug,~"after is_prob_zero check");
-    if is_probably_zero {
-        log(debug,~"is probably zero...");
-        // There's no global channel. We must make it
-
-        let (setup1_po, setup1_ch) = pipes::stream();
-        let (setup2_po, setup2_ch) = pipes::stream();
-
-        // FIXME #4422: Ugly type inference hint
-        let setup2_po: pipes::Port<Msg> = setup2_po;
-
-        do task_fn().spawn |move f, move setup1_ch, move setup2_po| {
-            let po = oldcomm::Port::<T>();
-            let ch = oldcomm::Chan(&po);
-            setup1_ch.send(ch);
-
-            // Wait to hear if we are the official instance of
-            // this global task
-            match setup2_po.recv() {
-              Proceed => f(move po),
-              Abort => ()
-            }
-        };
-
-        log(debug,~"before setup recv..");
-        // This is the proposed global channel
-        let ch = setup1_po.recv();
-        // 0 is our sentinal value. It is not a valid channel
-        assert *ch != 0;
-
-        // Install the channel
-        log(debug,~"BEFORE COMPARE AND SWAP");
-        let swapped = compare_and_swap(
-            cast::reinterpret_cast(&global),
-            0, cast::reinterpret_cast(&ch));
-        log(debug,fmt!("AFTER .. swapped? %?", swapped));
-
-        if swapped {
-            // Success!
-            setup2_ch.send(Proceed);
-            ch
-        } else {
-            // Somebody else got in before we did
-            setup2_ch.send(Abort);
-            cast::reinterpret_cast(&*global)
-        }
-    } else {
-        log(debug, ~"global != 0");
-        cast::reinterpret_cast(&*global)
-    }
-}
-
-#[test]
-pub fn test_from_global_chan1() {
-
-    // This is unreadable, right?
-
-    // The global channel
-    let globchan = 0;
-    let globchanp = ptr::addr_of(&globchan);
-
-    // Create the global channel, attached to a new task
-    let ch = unsafe {
-        do chan_from_global_ptr(globchanp, task::task) |po| {
-            let ch = oldcomm::recv(po);
-            oldcomm::send(ch, true);
-            let ch = oldcomm::recv(po);
-            oldcomm::send(ch, true);
-        }
-    };
-    // Talk to it
-    let po = oldcomm::Port();
-    oldcomm::send(ch, oldcomm::Chan(&po));
-    assert oldcomm::recv(po) == true;
-
-    // This one just reuses the previous channel
-    let ch = unsafe {
-        do chan_from_global_ptr(globchanp, task::task) |po| {
-            let ch = oldcomm::recv(po);
-            oldcomm::send(ch, false);
-        }
-    };
-
-    // Talk to the original global task
-    let po = oldcomm::Port();
-    oldcomm::send(ch, oldcomm::Chan(&po));
-    assert oldcomm::recv(po) == true;
-}
-
-#[test]
-pub fn test_from_global_chan2() {
-
-    for iter::repeat(100) {
-        // The global channel
-        let globchan = 0;
-        let globchanp = ptr::addr_of(&globchan);
-
-        let resultpo = oldcomm::Port();
-        let resultch = oldcomm::Chan(&resultpo);
-
-        // Spawn a bunch of tasks that all want to compete to
-        // create the global channel
-        for uint::range(0, 10) |i| {
-            do task::spawn {
-                let ch = unsafe {
-                    do chan_from_global_ptr(
-                        globchanp, task::task) |po| {
-
-                        for uint::range(0, 10) |_j| {
-                            let ch = oldcomm::recv(po);
-                            oldcomm::send(ch, {i});
-                        }
-                    }
-                };
-                let po = oldcomm::Port();
-                oldcomm::send(ch, oldcomm::Chan(&po));
-                // We are The winner if our version of the
-                // task was installed
-                let winner = oldcomm::recv(po);
-                oldcomm::send(resultch, winner == i);
-            }
-        }
-        // There should be only one winner
-        let mut winners = 0u;
-        for uint::range(0u, 10u) |_i| {
-            let res = oldcomm::recv(resultpo);
-            if res { winners += 1u };
-        }
-        assert winners == 1u;
-    }
-}
-
 /**
  * Convert the current task to a 'weak' task temporarily
  *
diff --git a/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs b/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
index 097e923225a..c99bcaa54fa 100644
--- a/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ fn get_monitor_task_gl() -> IoTask unsafe {
                     debug!("global monitor task starting");
                     // As a weak task the runtime will notify us when to exit
                     do weaken_task |weak_exit_po| {
-                        debug!("global monitor task is now weak");
+                        debug!("global monitor task is weak");
                         weak_exit_po.recv();
                         iotask::exit(&iotask);
-                        debug!("global monitor task is leaving weakend state");
+                        debug!("global monitor task is unweak");
                     };
                     debug!("global monitor task exiting");
                 }