diff --git a/src/comp/back/link.rs b/src/comp/back/link.rs
index c89e6f808a8e..e331a0cbd80a 100644
--- a/src/comp/back/link.rs
+++ b/src/comp/back/link.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 import driver::session;
 import lib::llvm::llvm;
-import middle::attr;
+import front::attr;
 import middle::trans;
 import middle::ty;
 import std::str;
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/attr.rs b/src/comp/front/attr.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/comp/middle/attr.rs
rename to src/comp/front/attr.rs
diff --git a/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs b/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs
index 72312aa4f022..743eb3bd2282 100644
--- a/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs
+++ b/src/comp/metadata/creader.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import lib::llvm::False;
 import lib::llvm::llvm;
 import lib::llvm::mk_object_file;
 import lib::llvm::mk_section_iter;
-import middle::attr;
+import front::attr;
 import middle::resolve;
 import middle::walk;
 import back::x86;
diff --git a/src/comp/metadata/encoder.rs b/src/comp/metadata/encoder.rs
index 839b1ebaa950..ec7801350d6e 100644
--- a/src/comp/metadata/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/comp/metadata/encoder.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import tags::*;
 import middle::trans::crate_ctxt;
 import middle::trans::node_id_type;
 import middle::ty;
-import middle::attr;
+import front::attr;
 
 export def_to_str;
 export hash_path;
diff --git a/src/comp/rustc.rc b/src/comp/rustc.rc
index 75d30eb3685a..6b87ce624fa7 100644
--- a/src/comp/rustc.rc
+++ b/src/comp/rustc.rc
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use std (name = "std",
          url = "http://rust-lang.org/src/std");
 
 mod middle {
-    mod attr;
     mod trans;
     mod ty;
     mod walk;
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ mod pretty {
 
 mod front {
     mod ast;
+    mod attr;
     mod ext;
     mod extfmt;
     mod extenv;