diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
index 393045bf93e..2690edc4644 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
@@ -587,10 +587,23 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
     }
 
     fn lower_block(&mut self, b: &Block) -> P<hir::Block> {
+        let mut stmts = Vec::new();
+        let mut expr = None;
+
+        if let Some((last, rest)) = b.stmts.split_last() {
+            stmts = rest.iter().map(|s| self.lower_stmt(s)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            let last = self.lower_stmt(last);
+            if let hir::StmtExpr(e, _) = last.node {
+                expr = Some(e);
+            } else {
+                stmts.push(last);
+            }
+        }
+
         P(hir::Block {
             id: b.id,
-            stmts: b.stmts.iter().map(|s| self.lower_stmt(s)).collect(),
-            expr: b.expr.as_ref().map(|ref x| self.lower_expr(x)),
+            stmts: stmts.into(),
+            expr: expr,
             rules: self.lower_block_check_mode(&b.rules),
             span: b.span,
         })
diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/pretty.rs b/src/librustc_driver/pretty.rs
index 0a093887c50..4c0082ed5b8 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/pretty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/pretty.rs
@@ -657,8 +657,10 @@ impl fold::Folder for ReplaceBodyWithLoop {
     fn fold_block(&mut self, b: P<ast::Block>) -> P<ast::Block> {
         fn expr_to_block(rules: ast::BlockCheckMode, e: Option<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Block> {
             P(ast::Block {
-                expr: e,
-                stmts: vec![],
+                stmts: e.map(|e| codemap::Spanned {
+                    span: e.span,
+                    node: ast::StmtKind::Expr(e, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
+                }).into_iter().collect(),
                 rules: rules,
                 id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                 span: codemap::DUMMY_SP,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
index 8537fcc221c..e138119149c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
@@ -528,9 +528,6 @@ impl PartialEq for MetaItemKind {
 pub struct Block {
     /// Statements in a block
     pub stmts: Vec<Stmt>,
-    /// An expression at the end of the block
-    /// without a semicolon, if any
-    pub expr: Option<P<Expr>>,
     pub id: NodeId,
     /// Distinguishes between `unsafe { ... }` and `{ ... }`
     pub rules: BlockCheckMode,
@@ -803,7 +800,7 @@ pub enum StmtKind {
     /// Could be an item or a local (let) binding:
     Decl(P<Decl>, NodeId),
 
-    /// Expr without trailing semi-colon (must have unit type):
+    /// Expr without trailing semi-colon
     Expr(P<Expr>, NodeId),
 
     /// Expr with trailing semi-colon (may have any type):
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
index 3a1cdae9bfb..1a01fa2e9e0 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
@@ -98,12 +98,9 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
     fn stmt_item(&self, sp: Span, item: P<ast::Item>) -> ast::Stmt;
 
     // blocks
-    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>,
-             expr: Option<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Block>;
+    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>) -> P<ast::Block>;
     fn block_expr(&self, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Block>;
-    fn block_all(&self, span: Span,
-                 stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>,
-                 expr: Option<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Block>;
+    fn block_all(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>) -> P<ast::Block>;
 
     // expressions
     fn expr(&self, span: Span, node: ast::ExprKind) -> P<ast::Expr>;
@@ -508,7 +505,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     fn stmt_expr(&self, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> ast::Stmt {
-        respan(expr.span, ast::StmtKind::Semi(expr, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))
+        respan(expr.span, ast::StmtKind::Expr(expr, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))
     }
 
     fn stmt_let(&self, sp: Span, mutbl: bool, ident: ast::Ident,
@@ -556,9 +553,8 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         P(respan(sp, ast::StmtKind::Decl(P(decl), ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID)))
     }
 
-    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>,
-             expr: Option<P<Expr>>) -> P<ast::Block> {
-        self.block_all(span, stmts, expr)
+    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>) -> P<ast::Block> {
+        self.block_all(span, stmts)
     }
 
     fn stmt_item(&self, sp: Span, item: P<ast::Item>) -> ast::Stmt {
@@ -567,19 +563,18 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     fn block_expr(&self, expr: P<ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Block> {
-        self.block_all(expr.span, Vec::new(), Some(expr))
+        self.block_all(expr.span, vec![Spanned {
+            span: expr.span,
+            node: ast::StmtKind::Expr(expr, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
+        }])
     }
-    fn block_all(&self,
-                 span: Span,
-                 stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>,
-                 expr: Option<P<ast::Expr>>) -> P<ast::Block> {
-            P(ast::Block {
-               stmts: stmts,
-               expr: expr,
-               id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
-               rules: BlockCheckMode::Default,
-               span: span,
-            })
+    fn block_all(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>) -> P<ast::Block> {
+        P(ast::Block {
+           stmts: stmts,
+           id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
+           rules: BlockCheckMode::Default,
+           span: span,
+        })
     }
 
     fn expr(&self, span: Span, node: ast::ExprKind) -> P<ast::Expr> {
@@ -948,14 +943,14 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
                     ids: Vec<ast::Ident>,
                     stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>)
                     -> P<ast::Expr> {
-        self.lambda(span, ids, self.block(span, stmts, None))
+        self.lambda(span, ids, self.block(span, stmts))
     }
     fn lambda_stmts_0(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>) -> P<ast::Expr> {
-        self.lambda0(span, self.block(span, stmts, None))
+        self.lambda0(span, self.block(span, stmts))
     }
     fn lambda_stmts_1(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<ast::Stmt>,
                       ident: ast::Ident) -> P<ast::Expr> {
-        self.lambda1(span, self.block(span, stmts, None), ident)
+        self.lambda1(span, self.block(span, stmts), ident)
     }
 
     fn arg(&self, span: Span, ident: ast::Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> ast::Arg {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index 73acbb2aa0a..263c10cee5b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -636,23 +636,14 @@ pub fn expand_block(blk: P<Block>, fld: &mut MacroExpander) -> P<Block> {
 
 // expand the elements of a block.
 pub fn expand_block_elts(b: P<Block>, fld: &mut MacroExpander) -> P<Block> {
-    b.map(|Block {id, stmts, expr, rules, span}| {
+    b.map(|Block {id, stmts, rules, span}| {
         let new_stmts = stmts.into_iter().flat_map(|x| {
             // perform pending renames and expand macros in the statement
             fld.fold_stmt(x).into_iter()
         }).collect();
-        let new_expr = expr.map(|x| {
-            let expr = {
-                let pending_renames = &mut fld.cx.syntax_env.info().pending_renames;
-                let mut rename_fld = IdentRenamer{renames:pending_renames};
-                rename_fld.fold_expr(x)
-            };
-            fld.fold_expr(expr)
-        });
         Block {
             id: fld.new_id(id),
             stmts: new_stmts,
-            expr: new_expr,
             rules: rules,
             span: span
         }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs
index 871b0d4b1c0..b1290451cbf 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs
@@ -512,10 +512,8 @@ pub fn expand_quote_matcher(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
     let (cx_expr, tts) = parse_arguments_to_quote(cx, tts);
     let mut vector = mk_stmts_let(cx, sp);
     vector.extend(statements_mk_tts(cx, &tts[..], true));
-    let block = cx.expr_block(
-        cx.block_all(sp,
-                     vector,
-                     Some(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt")))));
+    vector.push(cx.stmt_expr(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt"))));
+    let block = cx.expr_block(cx.block_all(sp, vector));
 
     let expanded = expand_wrapper(cx, sp, cx_expr, block, &[&["syntax", "ext", "quote", "rt"]]);
     base::MacEager::expr(expanded)
@@ -765,8 +763,9 @@ fn statements_mk_tt(cx: &ExtCtxt, tt: &TokenTree, matcher: bool) -> Vec<ast::Stm
             let stmt_let_tt = cx.stmt_let(sp, true, id_ext("tt"), cx.expr_vec_ng(sp));
             let mut tts_stmts = vec![stmt_let_tt];
             tts_stmts.extend(statements_mk_tts(cx, &seq.tts[..], matcher));
-            let e_tts = cx.expr_block(cx.block(sp, tts_stmts,
-                                                   Some(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt")))));
+            tts_stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt"))));
+            let e_tts = cx.expr_block(cx.block(sp, tts_stmts));
+
             let e_separator = match seq.separator {
                 Some(ref sep) => cx.expr_some(sp, expr_mk_token(cx, sp, sep)),
                 None => cx.expr_none(sp),
@@ -884,10 +883,8 @@ fn expand_tts(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[TokenTree])
 
     let mut vector = mk_stmts_let(cx, sp);
     vector.extend(statements_mk_tts(cx, &tts[..], false));
-    let block = cx.expr_block(
-        cx.block_all(sp,
-                     vector,
-                     Some(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt")))));
+    vector.push(cx.stmt_expr(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt"))));
+    let block = cx.expr_block(cx.block_all(sp, vector));
 
     (cx_expr, block)
 }
@@ -901,13 +898,14 @@ fn expand_wrapper(cx: &ExtCtxt,
     let cx_expr_borrow = cx.expr_addr_of(sp, cx.expr_deref(sp, cx_expr));
     let stmt_let_ext_cx = cx.stmt_let(sp, false, id_ext("ext_cx"), cx_expr_borrow);
 
-    let stmts = imports.iter().map(|path| {
+    let mut stmts = imports.iter().map(|path| {
         // make item: `use ...;`
         let path = path.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect();
         cx.stmt_item(sp, cx.item_use_glob(sp, ast::Visibility::Inherited, ids_ext(path)))
-    }).chain(Some(stmt_let_ext_cx)).collect();
+    }).chain(Some(stmt_let_ext_cx)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(expr));
 
-    cx.expr_block(cx.block_all(sp, stmts, Some(expr)))
+    cx.expr_block(cx.block_all(sp, stmts))
 }
 
 fn expand_parse_call(cx: &ExtCtxt,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
index edf418e3332..8647937027b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
@@ -845,10 +845,9 @@ fn noop_fold_bounds<T: Folder>(bounds: TyParamBounds, folder: &mut T)
 }
 
 pub fn noop_fold_block<T: Folder>(b: P<Block>, folder: &mut T) -> P<Block> {
-    b.map(|Block {id, stmts, expr, rules, span}| Block {
+    b.map(|Block {id, stmts, rules, span}| Block {
         id: folder.new_id(id),
         stmts: stmts.move_flat_map(|s| folder.fold_stmt(s).into_iter()),
-        expr: expr.and_then(|x| folder.fold_opt_expr(x)),
         rules: rules,
         span: folder.new_span(span),
     })
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 341b076e7cf..dea6589fe7c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -3217,9 +3217,11 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                 let body_expr = self.parse_expr()?;
                 P(ast::Block {
                     id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
-                    stmts: vec![],
                     span: body_expr.span,
-                    expr: Some(body_expr),
+                    stmts: vec![Spanned {
+                        span: body_expr.span,
+                        node: StmtKind::Expr(body_expr, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
+                    }],
                     rules: BlockCheckMode::Default,
                 })
             }
@@ -4082,7 +4084,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     /// Precondition: already parsed the '{'.
     fn parse_block_tail(&mut self, lo: BytePos, s: BlockCheckMode) -> PResult<'a, P<Block>> {
         let mut stmts = vec![];
-        let mut expr = None;
 
         while !self.eat(&token::CloseDelim(token::Brace)) {
             let Spanned {node, span} = if let Some(s) = self.parse_stmt_() {
@@ -4095,11 +4096,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             };
             match node {
                 StmtKind::Expr(e, _) => {
-                    self.handle_expression_like_statement(e, span, &mut stmts, &mut expr)?;
+                    self.handle_expression_like_statement(e, span, &mut stmts)?;
                 }
                 StmtKind::Mac(mac, MacStmtStyle::NoBraces, attrs) => {
-                    // statement macro without braces; might be an
-                    // expr depending on whether a semicolon follows
+                    // statement macro without braces
                     match self.token {
                         token::Semi => {
                             stmts.push(Spanned {
@@ -4115,11 +4115,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                             let lo = e.span.lo;
                             let e = self.parse_dot_or_call_expr_with(e, lo, attrs)?;
                             let e = self.parse_assoc_expr_with(0, LhsExpr::AlreadyParsed(e))?;
-                            self.handle_expression_like_statement(
-                                e,
-                                span,
-                                &mut stmts,
-                                &mut expr)?;
+                            self.handle_expression_like_statement(e, span, &mut stmts)?;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -4133,13 +4129,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                             });
                             self.bump();
                         }
-                        token::CloseDelim(token::Brace) => {
-                            // if a block ends in `m!(arg)` without
-                            // a `;`, it must be an expr
-                            expr = Some(self.mk_mac_expr(span.lo, span.hi,
-                                                         m.and_then(|x| x.node),
-                                                         attrs));
-                        }
                         _ => {
                             stmts.push(Spanned {
                                 node: StmtKind::Mac(m, style, attrs),
@@ -4165,7 +4154,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
         Ok(P(ast::Block {
             stmts: stmts,
-            expr: expr,
             id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
             rules: s,
             span: mk_sp(lo, self.last_span.hi),
@@ -4175,8 +4163,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     fn handle_expression_like_statement(&mut self,
                                         e: P<Expr>,
                                         span: Span,
-                                        stmts: &mut Vec<Stmt>,
-                                        last_block_expr: &mut Option<P<Expr>>)
+                                        stmts: &mut Vec<Stmt>)
                                         -> PResult<'a, ()> {
         // expression without semicolon
         if classify::expr_requires_semi_to_be_stmt(&e) {
@@ -4202,7 +4189,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     span: span_with_semi,
                 });
             }
-            token::CloseDelim(token::Brace) => *last_block_expr = Some(e),
             _ => {
                 stmts.push(Spanned {
                     node: StmtKind::Expr(e, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
index a2ee5bf6090..d38d5d9b6b6 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -1619,9 +1619,6 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                 }
             }
         }
-        if parse::classify::stmt_ends_with_semi(&st.node) {
-            try!(word(&mut self.s, ";"));
-        }
         self.maybe_print_trailing_comment(st.span, None)
     }
 
@@ -1668,14 +1665,6 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
         for st in &blk.stmts {
             try!(self.print_stmt(st));
         }
-        match blk.expr {
-            Some(ref expr) => {
-                try!(self.space_if_not_bol());
-                try!(self.print_expr_outer_attr_style(&expr, false));
-                try!(self.maybe_print_trailing_comment(expr.span, Some(blk.span.hi)));
-            }
-            _ => ()
-        }
         try!(self.bclose_maybe_open(blk.span, indented, close_box));
         self.ann.post(self, NodeBlock(blk))
     }
@@ -2084,24 +2073,23 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                     _ => false
                 };
 
-                if !default_return || !body.stmts.is_empty() || body.expr.is_none() {
-                    try!(self.print_block_unclosed(&body));
-                } else {
-                    // we extract the block, so as not to create another set of boxes
-                    let i_expr = body.expr.as_ref().unwrap();
-                    match i_expr.node {
-                        ast::ExprKind::Block(ref blk) => {
+                match body.stmts.last().map(|stmt| &stmt.node) {
+                    Some(&ast::StmtKind::Expr(ref i_expr, _)) if default_return &&
+                                                                 body.stmts.len() == 1 => {
+                        // we extract the block, so as not to create another set of boxes
+                        if let ast::ExprKind::Block(ref blk) = i_expr.node {
                             try!(self.print_block_unclosed_with_attrs(
                                 &blk,
                                 i_expr.attrs.as_attr_slice()));
-                        }
-                        _ => {
+                        } else {
                             // this is a bare expression
                             try!(self.print_expr(&i_expr));
                             try!(self.end()); // need to close a box
                         }
                     }
+                    _ => try!(self.print_block_unclosed(&body)),
                 }
+
                 // a box will be closed by print_expr, but we didn't want an overall
                 // wrapper so we closed the corresponding opening. so create an
                 // empty box to satisfy the close.
@@ -2295,6 +2283,7 @@ impl<'a> State<'a> {
                     try!(self.word_space("="));
                     try!(self.print_expr(&init));
                 }
+                try!(word(&mut self.s, ";"));
                 self.end()
             }
             ast::DeclKind::Item(ref item) => self.print_item(&item)
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/test.rs b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
index ca6ed76d549..72beea0421b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/test.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ fn mk_main(cx: &mut TestCtxt) -> P<ast::Item> {
     let main_attr = ecx.attribute(sp, main_meta);
     // pub fn main() { ... }
     let main_ret_ty = ecx.ty(sp, ast::TyKind::Tup(vec![]));
-    let main_body = ecx.block_all(sp, vec![call_test_main], None);
+    let main_body = ecx.block_all(sp, vec![call_test_main]);
     let main = ast::ItemKind::Fn(ecx.fn_decl(vec![], main_ret_ty),
                            ast::Unsafety::Normal,
                            ast::Constness::NotConst,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/visit.rs b/src/libsyntax/visit.rs
index 07a6317706b..cf91f5ece72 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/visit.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/visit.rs
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ pub fn walk_struct_field<'v, V: Visitor<'v>>(visitor: &mut V,
 
 pub fn walk_block<'v, V: Visitor<'v>>(visitor: &mut V, block: &'v Block) {
     walk_list!(visitor, visit_stmt, &block.stmts);
-    walk_list!(visitor, visit_expr, &block.expr);
 }
 
 pub fn walk_stmt<'v, V: Visitor<'v>>(visitor: &mut V, statement: &'v Stmt) {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/clone.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/clone.rs
index 30fe0f2db8a..1e3e853df01 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/clone.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/clone.rs
@@ -145,12 +145,10 @@ fn cs_clone(
 
     match mode {
         Mode::Shallow => {
-            cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span,
-                                   all_fields.iter()
-                                             .map(subcall)
-                                             .map(|e| cx.stmt_expr(e))
-                                             .collect(),
-                                   Some(cx.expr_deref(trait_span, cx.expr_self(trait_span)))))
+            let mut stmts: Vec<_> =
+                all_fields.iter().map(subcall).map(|e| cx.stmt_expr(e)).collect();
+            stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(cx.expr_deref(trait_span, cx.expr_self(trait_span))));
+            cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span, stmts))
         }
         Mode::Deep => {
             match *vdata {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs
index 8bd12c39337..b0e4491ffe2 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_eq(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                 // create `a.<method>(); b.<method>(); c.<method>(); ...`
                 // (where method is `assert_receiver_is_total_eq`)
                 let stmts = exprs.into_iter().map(|e| cx.stmt_expr(e)).collect();
-                let block = cx.block(span, stmts, None);
+                let block = cx.block(span, stmts);
                 cx.expr_block(block)
             },
             Box::new(|cx, sp, _, _| {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/debug.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/debug.rs
index d86eae820a8..0c6548be60b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/debug.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/debug.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fn show_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: Span,
 
     let fmt = substr.nonself_args[0].clone();
 
-    let stmts = match *substr.fields {
+    let mut stmts = match *substr.fields {
         Struct(_, ref fields) | EnumMatching(_, _, ref fields) => {
             let mut stmts = vec![];
             if !is_struct {
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ fn show_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: Span,
                                    token::str_to_ident("finish"),
                                    vec![]);
 
-    let block = cx.block(span, stmts, Some(expr));
+    stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(expr));
+    let block = cx.block(span, stmts);
     cx.expr_block(block)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs
index 66672305829..76b83c8a0f1 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ fn encodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
                 cx.expr_str(trait_span, substr.type_ident.name.as_str()),
                 blk
             ));
-            cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span, vec!(me), Some(ret)))
+            cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span, vec![me, cx.stmt_expr(ret)]))
         }
 
         _ => cx.bug("expected Struct or EnumMatching in derive(Encodable)")
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs
index d6adec84e84..dd27c1ec202 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs
@@ -1332,8 +1332,8 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
             //  }
             let all_match = cx.expr_match(sp, match_arg, match_arms);
             let arm_expr = cx.expr_if(sp, discriminant_test, all_match, Some(arm_expr));
-            cx.expr_block(
-                cx.block_all(sp, index_let_stmts, Some(arm_expr)))
+            index_let_stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(arm_expr));
+            cx.expr_block(cx.block_all(sp, index_let_stmts))
         } else if variants.is_empty() {
             // As an additional wrinkle, For a zero-variant enum A,
             // currently the compiler
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/hash.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/hash.rs
index fd449372cb3..1c7b36313c5 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/hash.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/hash.rs
@@ -99,5 +99,5 @@ fn hash_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure)
         stmts.push(call_hash(span, self_.clone()));
     }
 
-    cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span, stmts, None))
+    cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span, stmts))
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/mod.rs
index 6fb6dee94ed..41f93cb4744 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/mod.rs
@@ -297,8 +297,7 @@ fn call_intrinsic(cx: &ExtCtxt,
     let call = cx.expr_call_global(span, path, args);
 
     cx.expr_block(P(ast::Block {
-        stmts: vec![],
-        expr: Some(call),
+        stmts: vec![cx.stmt_expr(call)],
         id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
         rules: ast::BlockCheckMode::Unsafe(ast::CompilerGenerated),
         span: span }))
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/format.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/format.rs
index abfa6558064..8cf95625694 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/format.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/format.rs
@@ -444,9 +444,10 @@ impl<'a, 'b> Context<'a, 'b> {
         let decl = respan(sp, ast::DeclKind::Item(item));
 
         // Wrap the declaration in a block so that it forms a single expression.
-        ecx.expr_block(ecx.block(sp,
-            vec![respan(sp, ast::StmtKind::Decl(P(decl), ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))],
-            Some(ecx.expr_ident(sp, name))))
+        ecx.expr_block(ecx.block(sp, vec![
+            respan(sp, ast::StmtKind::Decl(P(decl), ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID)),
+            ecx.stmt_expr(ecx.expr_ident(sp, name)),
+        ]))
     }
 
     /// Actually builds the expression which the iformat! block will be expanded