diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
index 98c2c23596d7..022ad4cddedc 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
@@ -6395,8 +6395,7 @@ fn trans_crate(sess: &session::session, crate: &@ast::crate, tcx: &ty::ctxt,
           task_type: task_type,
           builder: BuilderRef_res(llvm::LLVMCreateBuilder()),
           shape_cx: shape::mk_ctxt(llmod),
-          gc_cx: gc::mk_ctxt(),
-          cstrcache: cstrcache::mk()};
+          gc_cx: gc::mk_ctxt()};
     let cx = new_local_ctxt(ccx);
     collect_items(ccx, crate);
     collect_tag_ctors(ccx, crate);
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans_common.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans_common.rs
index 74b049960f62..8edbcbdbcf96 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/trans_common.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/trans_common.rs
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ type crate_ctxt =
      task_type: TypeRef,
      builder: BuilderRef_res,
      shape_cx: shape::ctxt,
-     gc_cx: gc::ctxt,
-     cstrcache: cstrcache::t};
+     gc_cx: gc::ctxt};
 
 type local_ctxt =
     {path: [str],
@@ -843,11 +842,10 @@ fn C_u8(i: uint) -> ValueRef { ret C_integral(T_i8(), i, False); }
 // This is a 'c-like' raw string, which differs from
 // our boxed-and-length-annotated strings.
 fn C_cstr(cx: &@crate_ctxt, s: &str) -> ValueRef {
-    let sc = llvm::LLVMConstString(safe_sbuf(cx, s),
-                                   str::byte_len(s), False);
+    let sc = llvm::LLVMConstString(str::buf(s), str::byte_len(s), False);
     let g =
         llvm::LLVMAddGlobal(cx.llmod, val_ty(sc),
-                            safe_sbuf(cx, cx.names.next("str")));
+                            str::buf(cx.names.next("str")));
     llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(g, sc);
     llvm::LLVMSetGlobalConstant(g, True);
     llvm::LLVMSetLinkage(g, lib::llvm::LLVMInternalLinkage as llvm::Linkage);
@@ -865,10 +863,10 @@ fn C_str(cx: &@crate_ctxt, s: &str) -> ValueRef {
     let box =
         C_struct([C_int(abi::const_refcount as int), C_int(len + 1u as int),
                   C_int(len + 1u as int), C_int(0),
-                  llvm::LLVMConstString(safe_sbuf(cx, s), len, False)]);
+                  llvm::LLVMConstString(str::buf(s), len, False)]);
     let g =
         llvm::LLVMAddGlobal(cx.llmod, val_ty(box),
-                            safe_sbuf(cx, cx.names.next("str")));
+                            str::buf(cx.names.next("str")));
     llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(g, box);
     llvm::LLVMSetGlobalConstant(g, True);
     llvm::LLVMSetLinkage(g, lib::llvm::LLVMInternalLinkage as llvm::Linkage);
@@ -911,7 +909,7 @@ fn C_shape(ccx: &@crate_ctxt, bytes: &[u8]) -> ValueRef {
     let llshape = C_bytes(bytes);
     let llglobal =
         llvm::LLVMAddGlobal(ccx.llmod, val_ty(llshape),
-                            safe_sbuf(ccx, ccx.names.next("shape")));
+                            str::buf(ccx.names.next("shape")));
     llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(llglobal, llshape);
     llvm::LLVMSetGlobalConstant(llglobal, True);
     llvm::LLVMSetLinkage(llglobal,
@@ -919,10 +917,6 @@ fn C_shape(ccx: &@crate_ctxt, bytes: &[u8]) -> ValueRef {
     ret llvm::LLVMConstPointerCast(llglobal, T_ptr(T_i8()));
 }
 
-fn safe_sbuf(ccx: &@crate_ctxt, s: &str) -> str::rustrt::sbuf {
-    cstrcache::get_cstr(ccx.cstrcache, s)
-}
-
 //
 // Local Variables:
 // mode: rust