diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/redox/fast_thread_local.rs b/src/libstd/sys/redox/fast_thread_local.rs
index c34cd575db70..67b92d490b23 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/redox/fast_thread_local.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/redox/fast_thread_local.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #![cfg(target_thread_local)]
 #![unstable(feature = "thread_local_internals", issue = "0")]
 
-pub use crate::sys_common::thread_local::register_dtor_fallback as register_dtor;
-
-pub unsafe fn lookup_once<T>(ptr: *const &T) -> &T {
-    *ptr
-}
+pub use crate::sys_common::thread_local::register_dtor_fallback as register_dtor;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fast_thread_local.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fast_thread_local.rs
index 28fb98005410..c34c2e6e786e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fast_thread_local.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fast_thread_local.rs
@@ -82,20 +82,3 @@ pub unsafe fn register_dtor(t: *mut u8, dtor: unsafe extern fn(*mut u8)) {
         }
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
-pub unsafe fn lookup_once<T>(ptr: *const &T) -> &T {
-    *ptr
-}
-
-#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-pub unsafe fn lookup_once<T>(ptr: *const &T) -> &T {
-    // On macos, thread_local lookups can result in terrible code due to
-    // aggressive rerunning of the macos equivalent of `__tls_get_addr` - four
-    // lookups per actual reference in user code.
-    //
-    // Using a read_volatile on a value holding fast Key's address tricks the
-    // optimizer into only calling the macos get_addr equivalent once per time
-    // requested by the user.
-    crate::ptr::read_volatile(ptr)
-}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/fast_thread_local.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/fast_thread_local.rs
index 566d5524fd7c..31d0bd1e72ed 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/fast_thread_local.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/fast_thread_local.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,3 @@
 #![cfg(target_thread_local)]
 
 pub use crate::sys_common::thread_local::register_dtor_fallback as register_dtor;
-
-pub unsafe fn lookup_once<T>(ptr: *const &T) -> &T {
-    *ptr
-}
diff --git a/src/libstd/thread/local.rs b/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
index 9ce2fcf23522..0d5e1f2af38a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ pub mod fast {
     use crate::fmt;
     use crate::mem;
     use crate::ptr;
-    use crate::sys::fast_thread_local::{lookup_once, register_dtor};
+    use crate::sys::fast_thread_local::register_dtor;
 
     pub struct Key<T> {
         inner: UnsafeCell<Option<T>>,
@@ -371,12 +371,11 @@ pub mod fast {
         }
 
         pub unsafe fn get(&self) -> Option<&'static UnsafeCell<Option<T>>> {
-            let this = lookup_once(&self);
-            if mem::needs_drop::<T>() && this.dtor_running.get() {
+            if mem::needs_drop::<T>() && self.dtor_running.get() {
                 return None
             }
-            this.register_dtor();
-            Some(&*(&this.inner as *const _))
+            self.register_dtor();
+            Some(&*(&self.inner as *const _))
         }
 
         unsafe fn register_dtor(&self) {
@@ -396,7 +395,7 @@ pub mod fast {
         // destructor as running for this thread so calls to `get` will return
         // `None`.
         (*ptr).dtor_running.set(true);
-
+        
         ptr::drop_in_place((*ptr).inner.get());
     }
 }