diff --git a/src/comp/front/creader.rs b/src/comp/front/creader.rs
index b8ad5a94cf3..b922b3780ed 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/creader.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/creader.rs
@@ -22,29 +22,12 @@ type env = @rec(
 
 // TODO: return something
 fn load_crate(ast.ident ident, vec[str] library_search_paths) -> @() {
-    auto filename = os.dylib_filename(ident);
     for (str library_search_path in library_search_paths) {
-        auto path = fs.connect(library_search_path, filename);
-        auto pb = _str.buf(path);
-        auto llmb = llvmext.LLVMRustCreateMemoryBufferWithContentsOfFile(pb);
-        if ((llmb as int) != 0) {
-            auto llof = mk_object_file(llmb);
-            if ((llof.llof as int) != 0) {
-                auto llsi = mk_section_iter(llof.llof);
-                while ((llvmext.LLVMIsSectionIteratorAtEnd(llof.llof,
-                        llsi.llsi) as int) == 0) {
-                    // TODO: check name, pass contents off.
-
-                    llvmext.LLVMMoveToNextSection(llsi.llsi);
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        auto path = fs.connect(library_search_path, ident);
+        // TODO
     }
 
-    // TODO: write line number of "use" statement
-    log #fmt("can't find a crate named '%s' (looked for '%s' in %s)",
-        ident, filename, _str.connect(library_search_paths, ", "));
-    fail;
+    ret @();
 }
 
 fn fold_view_item_use(&env e, &span sp, ast.ident ident,
diff --git a/src/comp/rustc.rc b/src/comp/rustc.rc
index 4bf1161d0b8..7f1a7a03ebc 100644
--- a/src/comp/rustc.rc
+++ b/src/comp/rustc.rc
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ mod util {
 }
 
 auth driver.rustc.main = impure;
-auth front.creader.load_crate = unsafe;
 auth middle.metadata = unsafe;
 auth middle.trans = unsafe;
 auth middle.trans.copy_args_to_allocas = impure;