diff --git a/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs b/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs
index 450d4203bae3..14311cf88fda 100644
--- a/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ pub fn phase_3_run_analysis_passes(sess: Session,
         last_private_map: last_private_map
     } =
         time(time_passes, "resolution", (), |_|
-             middle::resolve::resolve_crate(&sess, lang_items, krate));
+             middle::resolve::resolve_crate(&sess, &lang_items, krate));
 
     // Discard MTWT tables that aren't required past resolution.
     syntax::ext::mtwt::clear_tables();
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/lang_items.rs b/src/librustc/middle/lang_items.rs
index 7fca0e56aa21..42ef8b9d51b0 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/lang_items.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/lang_items.rs
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ pub fn extract(attrs: &[ast::Attribute]) -> Option<InternedString> {
 }
 
 pub fn collect_language_items(krate: &ast::Crate,
-                              session: &Session) -> @LanguageItems {
+                              session: &Session) -> LanguageItems {
     let mut collector = LanguageItemCollector::new(session);
     collector.collect(krate);
     let LanguageItemCollector { items, .. } = collector;
     session.abort_if_errors();
-    @items
+    items
 }
 
 // End of the macro
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
index cd9d88537b4f..5e1f854f6a41 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ fn namespace_error_to_str(ns: NamespaceError) -> &'static str {
 }
 
 fn Resolver<'a>(session: &'a Session,
-                lang_items: @LanguageItems,
+                lang_items: &'a LanguageItems,
                 crate_span: Span) -> Resolver<'a> {
     let graph_root = @NameBindings();
 
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ fn Resolver<'a>(session: &'a Session,
 /// The main resolver class.
 struct Resolver<'a> {
     session: &'a Session,
-    lang_items: @LanguageItems,
+    lang_items: &'a LanguageItems,
 
     graph_root: @NameBindings,
 
@@ -5455,7 +5455,7 @@ pub struct CrateMap {
 
 /// Entry point to crate resolution.
 pub fn resolve_crate(session: &Session,
-                     lang_items: @LanguageItems,
+                     lang_items: &LanguageItems,
                      krate: &Crate)
                   -> CrateMap {
     let mut resolver = Resolver(session, lang_items, krate.span);
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
index ae48993dcd09..b28fd06f9ad9 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ pub struct ctxt {
     pub ty_param_defs: RefCell<NodeMap<TypeParameterDef>>,
     pub adjustments: RefCell<NodeMap<AutoAdjustment>>,
     pub normalized_cache: RefCell<HashMap<t, t>>,
-    pub lang_items: @middle::lang_items::LanguageItems,
+    pub lang_items: middle::lang_items::LanguageItems,
     // A mapping of fake provided method def_ids to the default implementation
     pub provided_method_sources: RefCell<DefIdMap<ast::DefId>>,
     pub supertraits: RefCell<DefIdMap<@Vec<@TraitRef> >>,
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ pub fn mk_ctxt(s: Session,
                map: ast_map::Map,
                freevars: freevars::freevar_map,
                region_maps: middle::region::RegionMaps,
-               lang_items: @middle::lang_items::LanguageItems)
+               lang_items: middle::lang_items::LanguageItems)
             -> ctxt {
     ctxt {
         named_region_map: named_region_map,
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs
index c7ff8b90ad69..45d6434431bb 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/check/mod.rs
@@ -2100,7 +2100,7 @@ fn check_expr_with_unifier(fcx: &FnCtxt,
                         op: ast::BinOp,
                         rhs: @ast::Expr) -> ty::t {
         let tcx = fcx.ccx.tcx;
-        let lang = tcx.lang_items;
+        let lang = &tcx.lang_items;
         let (name, trait_did) = match op {
             ast::BiAdd => ("add", lang.add_trait()),
             ast::BiSub => ("sub", lang.sub_trait()),