diff --git a/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs b/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
index ba37ced579e5..ceb4a2245642 100644
--- a/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import std::option;
 import std::option::some;
 import std::option::none;
 import std::str;
-import std::vec;
 import std::ivec;
 import std::int;
 import std::io;
diff --git a/src/comp/syntax/ext/fmt.rs b/src/comp/syntax/ext/fmt.rs
index cabb6bec321d..98b691cbda93 100644
--- a/src/comp/syntax/ext/fmt.rs
+++ b/src/comp/syntax/ext/fmt.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 import std::ivec;
 import std::str;
-import std::vec;
 import std::option;
 import std::option::none;
 import std::option::some;
diff --git a/src/comp/syntax/ext/simplext.rs b/src/comp/syntax/ext/simplext.rs
index f3e8617f954a..5a07dc76044f 100644
--- a/src/comp/syntax/ext/simplext.rs
+++ b/src/comp/syntax/ext/simplext.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std;
 
 import codemap::span;
 import std::ivec;
-import std::vec;
 import std::option;
 import std::map::hashmap;
 import std::map::new_str_hash;
diff --git a/src/lib/std.rc b/src/lib/std.rc
index fa4e0d410518..f23d0b747111 100644
--- a/src/lib/std.rc
+++ b/src/lib/std.rc
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ mod int;
 mod uint;
 mod u8;
 mod u64;
-mod vec;
 mod ivec;
 mod str;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/vec.rs b/src/lib/vec.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f95a79fc73ba..000000000000
--- a/src/lib/vec.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-
-import option::none;
-import option::some;
-import util::orb;
-
-export dummy;
-
-type dummy = int;
-
-native "rust" mod rustrt {
-    type vbuf;
-}
-
-// Local Variables:
-// mode: rust;
-// fill-column: 78;
-// indent-tabs-mode: nil
-// c-basic-offset: 4
-// buffer-file-coding-system: utf-8-unix
-// compile-command: "make -k -C $RBUILD 2>&1 | sed -e 's/\\/x\\//x:\\//g'";
-// End:
diff --git a/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs b/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs
index 0e831875cc88..369324bd9956 100644
--- a/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs
+++ b/src/test/compiletest/compiletest.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import std::getopts;
 import std::test;
 import std::fs;
 import std::str;
-import std::vec;
 import std::ivec;
 import std::task;
 
diff --git a/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs b/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs
index 91aedb80301a..e3bb79bd407c 100644
--- a/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import std::io;
 import std::str;
 import std::option;
-import std::vec;
 import std::fs;
 import std::os;
 import std::ivec;
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs
index e9e6be81a894..5f0e182e0cd8 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 
 
 // -*- rust -*-
-use std;
-import std::vec;
 
 fn some_vec(x: int) -> vec[int] { ret []; }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs
index 8ed2f442f5a1..374ee01a0ced 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/box-inside-if2.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 
 
 // -*- rust -*-
-use std;
-import std::vec;
 
 fn some_vec(x: int) -> vec[int] { ret []; }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/rt-circular-buffer.rs b/src/test/run-pass/rt-circular-buffer.rs
index f4ee7214ada3..a468b1d144d8 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/rt-circular-buffer.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/rt-circular-buffer.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 use std;
 import std::option;
 import std::uint;
-import std::vec;
 
 
 // A 12-byte unit to send over the channel