diff --git a/src/librustc/plugin/registry.rs b/src/librustc/plugin/registry.rs
index 7fa3ee0ac63e..2b2fc8c94d4a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/plugin/registry.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/plugin/registry.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use lint::{LintPassObject, LintId, Lint};
 
 use syntax::ext::base::{SyntaxExtension, NamedSyntaxExtension, NormalTT};
-use syntax::ext::base::{IdentTT, LetSyntaxTT, ItemDecorator, ItemModifier, BasicMacroExpander};
+use syntax::ext::base::{IdentTT, LetSyntaxTT, ItemDecorator, ItemModifier};
 use syntax::ext::base::{MacroExpanderFn};
 use syntax::codemap::Span;
 use syntax::parse::token;
@@ -71,15 +71,10 @@ impl Registry {
     /// Register a macro of the usual kind.
     ///
     /// This is a convenience wrapper for `register_syntax_extension`.
-    /// It builds for you a `NormalTT` with a `BasicMacroExpander`,
+    /// It builds for you a `NormalTT` that calls `expander`,
     /// and also takes care of interning the macro's name.
     pub fn register_macro(&mut self, name: &str, expander: MacroExpanderFn) {
-        self.register_syntax_extension(
-            token::intern(name),
-            NormalTT(box BasicMacroExpander {
-                expander: expander,
-                span: None,
-            }, None));
+        self.register_syntax_extension(token::intern(name), NormalTT(box expander, None));
     }
 
     /// Register a compiler lint pass.
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
index 43be3c227ac2..4976e68cc646 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ impl ItemModifier for fn(&mut ExtCtxt, Span, Gc<ast::MetaItem>, Gc<ast::Item>) -
     }
 }
 
-pub struct BasicMacroExpander {
-    pub expander: MacroExpanderFn,
-    pub span: Option<Span>
-}
-
 /// Represents a thing that maps token trees to Macro Results
 pub trait TTMacroExpander {
     fn expand<'cx>(&self,
@@ -94,24 +89,18 @@ pub trait TTMacroExpander {
 }
 
 pub type MacroExpanderFn =
-    fn<'cx>(ecx: &'cx mut ExtCtxt, span: codemap::Span, token_tree: &[ast::TokenTree])
-            -> Box<MacResult+'cx>;
+    fn<'cx>(&'cx mut ExtCtxt, Span, &[ast::TokenTree]) -> Box<MacResult+'cx>;
 
-impl TTMacroExpander for BasicMacroExpander {
+impl TTMacroExpander for MacroExpanderFn {
     fn expand<'cx>(&self,
                    ecx: &'cx mut ExtCtxt,
                    span: Span,
                    token_tree: &[ast::TokenTree])
                    -> Box<MacResult+'cx> {
-        (self.expander)(ecx, span, token_tree)
+        (*self)(ecx, span, token_tree)
     }
 }
 
-pub struct BasicIdentMacroExpander {
-    pub expander: IdentMacroExpanderFn,
-    pub span: Option<Span>
-}
-
 pub trait IdentMacroExpander {
     fn expand<'cx>(&self,
                    cx: &'cx mut ExtCtxt,
@@ -121,20 +110,20 @@ pub trait IdentMacroExpander {
                    -> Box<MacResult+'cx>;
 }
 
-impl IdentMacroExpander for BasicIdentMacroExpander {
+pub type IdentMacroExpanderFn =
+    fn<'cx>(&'cx mut ExtCtxt, Span, ast::Ident, Vec<ast::TokenTree>) -> Box<MacResult+'cx>;
+
+impl IdentMacroExpander for IdentMacroExpanderFn {
     fn expand<'cx>(&self,
                    cx: &'cx mut ExtCtxt,
                    sp: Span,
                    ident: ast::Ident,
                    token_tree: Vec<ast::TokenTree> )
                    -> Box<MacResult+'cx> {
-        (self.expander)(cx, sp, ident, token_tree)
+        (*self)(cx, sp, ident, token_tree)
     }
 }
 
-pub type IdentMacroExpanderFn =
-    fn<'cx>(&'cx mut ExtCtxt, Span, ast::Ident, Vec<ast::TokenTree>) -> Box<MacResult+'cx>;
-
 /// The result of a macro expansion. The return values of the various
 /// methods are spliced into the AST at the callsite of the macro (or
 /// just into the compiler's internal macro table, for `make_def`).
@@ -363,20 +352,12 @@ impl BlockInfo {
 fn initial_syntax_expander_table() -> SyntaxEnv {
     // utility function to simplify creating NormalTT syntax extensions
     fn builtin_normal_expander(f: MacroExpanderFn) -> SyntaxExtension {
-        NormalTT(box BasicMacroExpander {
-                expander: f,
-                span: None,
-            },
-            None)
+        NormalTT(box f, None)
     }
 
     let mut syntax_expanders = SyntaxEnv::new();
     syntax_expanders.insert(intern("macro_rules"),
-                            LetSyntaxTT(box BasicIdentMacroExpander {
-                                expander: ext::tt::macro_rules::add_new_extension,
-                                span: None,
-                            },
-                            None));
+                            LetSyntaxTT(box ext::tt::macro_rules::add_new_extension, None));
     syntax_expanders.insert(intern("fmt"),
                             builtin_normal_expander(
                                 ext::fmt::expand_syntax_ext));