diff --git a/src/libcore/hashmap.rs b/src/libcore/hashmap.rs
index 78306b500ff..c3314d3c352 100644
--- a/src/libcore/hashmap.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/hashmap.rs
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ pub mod linear {
             }
         }
 
-        pure fn find_ref(&self, k: &K) -> Option<&self/V> {
+        pure fn find(&self, k: &K) -> Option<&self/V> {
             match self.bucket_for_key(self.buckets, k) {
                 FoundEntry(idx) => {
                     match self.buckets[idx] {
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ pub mod linear {
             }
         }
 
-        pure fn get_ref(&self, k: &K) -> &self/V {
-            match self.find_ref(k) {
+        pure fn get(&self, k: &K) -> &self/V {
+            match self.find(k) {
                 Some(v) => v,
                 None => fail fmt!("No entry found for key: %?", k),
             }
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ pub mod linear {
             if self.len() != other.len() { return false; }
 
             for self.each |key, value| {
-                match other.find_ref(key) {
+                match other.find(key) {
                     None => return false,
                     Some(v) => if value != v { return false },
                 }
@@ -593,11 +593,11 @@ pub mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    pub fn find_ref() {
+    pub fn find() {
         let mut m = ~LinearMap();
-        assert m.find_ref(&1).is_none();
+        assert m.find(&1).is_none();
         m.insert(1, 2);
-        match m.find_ref(&1) {
+        match m.find(&1) {
             None => fail,
             Some(v) => assert *v == 2
         }
diff --git a/src/libstd/json.rs b/src/libstd/json.rs
index 770266f3939..c41a9e89248 100644
--- a/src/libstd/json.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/json.rs
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ pub impl Decoder: serialize::Decoder {
                 // FIXME(#3148) This hint should not be necessary.
                 let obj: &self/~Object = obj;
 
-                match obj.find_ref(&name.to_owned()) {
+                match obj.find(&name.to_owned()) {
                     None => fail fmt!("no such field: %s", name),
                     Some(json) => {
                         self.stack.push(json);
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ impl Json : Eq {
                         if d0.len() == d1.len() {
                             let mut equal = true;
                             for d0.each |k, v0| {
-                                match d1.find_ref(k) {
+                                match d1.find(k) {
                                     Some(v1) if v0 == v1 => { },
                                     _ => { equal = false; break }
                                 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/workcache.rs b/src/libstd/workcache.rs
index 18b30f72ef0..b8417bb427f 100644
--- a/src/libstd/workcache.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/workcache.rs
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ impl @Mut<Prep> : TPrep {
                 name: &str, val: &str) -> bool {
         do self.borrow_imm |p| {
             let k = kind.to_owned();
-            let f = (*p.ctxt.freshness.get_ref(&k))(name, val);
+            let f = (*p.ctxt.freshness.get(&k))(name, val);
             do p.ctxt.logger.borrow_imm |lg| {
                 if f {
                     lg.info(fmt!("%s %s:%s is fresh",