diff --git a/src/doc/rust.md b/src/doc/rust.md
index d1cef9a061477..9e2b934d0abc4 100644
--- a/src/doc/rust.md
+++ b/src/doc/rust.md
@@ -1472,7 +1472,6 @@ and are instead terminated by a semicolon.
 
 ~~~~
 # use std::libc::{c_char, FILE};
-# #[nolink]
 
 extern {
     fn fopen(filename: *c_char, mode: *c_char) -> *FILE;
diff --git a/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs b/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs
index e880bd05cf7fc..8f4f9259ab7ac 100644
--- a/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs
+++ b/src/libnative/io/file_win32.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ pub fn readdir(p: &CString) -> IoResult<~[Path]> {
         }).map(|path| root.join(path)).collect()
     }
 
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         fn rust_list_dir_wfd_size() -> libc::size_t;
         fn rust_list_dir_wfd_fp_buf(wfd: *libc::c_void) -> *u16;
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs b/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
index ddf75d1f0b652..38e89dd99146c 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static other_attrs: &'static [&'static str] = &[
     "macro_export", "must_use",
 
     //mod-level
-    "path", "link_name", "link_args", "nolink", "macro_escape", "no_implicit_prelude",
+    "path", "link_name", "link_args", "macro_escape", "no_implicit_prelude",
 
     // fn-level
     "test", "bench", "should_fail", "ignore", "inline", "lang", "main", "start",
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/test.rs b/src/libstd/io/test.rs
index b491891ff59df..6c8ccc0ce5dc0 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/test.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/test.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ mod darwin_fd_limit {
         rlim_cur: rlim_t,
         rlim_max: rlim_t
     }
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         // name probably doesn't need to be mut, but the C function doesn't specify const
         fn sysctl(name: *mut libc::c_int, namelen: libc::c_uint,
diff --git a/src/libstd/libc.rs b/src/libstd/libc.rs
index afd524e9d7afe..c602c2fc27f8e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/libc.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/libc.rs
@@ -3306,7 +3306,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
     // or anything. The same is not true of POSIX.
 
     pub mod c95 {
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod ctype {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int};
 
@@ -3327,7 +3326,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod stdio {
             use libc::types::common::c95::{FILE, c_void, fpos_t};
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int, c_long, size_t};
@@ -3383,7 +3381,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod stdlib {
             use libc::types::common::c95::c_void;
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_double, c_int};
@@ -3416,7 +3413,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod string {
             use libc::types::common::c95::c_void;
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int, size_t};
@@ -3461,7 +3457,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "win32")]
     pub mod posix88 {
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod stat_ {
             use libc::types::os::common::posix01::{stat, utimbuf};
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int, c_char, wchar_t};
@@ -3486,7 +3481,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod stdio {
             use libc::types::common::c95::FILE;
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int, c_char};
@@ -3503,7 +3497,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod fcntl {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int, c_char, wchar_t};
             extern {
@@ -3518,12 +3511,10 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod dirent {
             // Not supplied at all.
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod unistd {
             use libc::types::common::c95::c_void;
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int, c_uint, c_char,
@@ -3590,7 +3581,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             use libc::types::os::arch::posix01::stat;
             use libc::types::os::arch::posix88::mode_t;
 
-            #[nolink]
             extern {
                 pub fn chmod(path: *c_char, mode: mode_t) -> c_int;
                 pub fn fchmod(fd: c_int, mode: mode_t) -> c_int;
@@ -3618,7 +3608,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod stdio {
             use libc::types::common::c95::FILE;
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int};
@@ -3631,7 +3620,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod fcntl {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int};
             use libc::types::os::arch::posix88::mode_t;
@@ -3644,7 +3632,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod dirent {
             use libc::types::common::posix88::{DIR, dirent_t};
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int, c_long};
@@ -3678,7 +3665,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod unistd {
             use libc::types::common::c95::c_void;
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int, c_long, c_uint};
@@ -3748,7 +3734,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod signal {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int};
             use libc::types::os::arch::posix88::{pid_t};
@@ -3758,7 +3743,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod mman {
             use libc::types::common::c95::{c_void};
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{size_t, c_int, c_char};
@@ -3796,7 +3780,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
     pub mod posix01 {
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod stat_ {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int};
             use libc::types::os::arch::posix01::stat;
@@ -3813,7 +3796,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod unistd {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int, size_t};
             use libc::types::os::arch::posix88::{ssize_t, off_t};
@@ -3841,7 +3823,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod wait {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int};
             use libc::types::os::arch::posix88::{pid_t};
@@ -3852,7 +3833,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod glob {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int};
             use libc::types::os::common::posix01::{glob_t};
@@ -3867,7 +3847,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             }
         }
 
-        #[nolink]
         pub mod mman {
             use libc::types::common::c95::{c_void};
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int, size_t};
@@ -4032,7 +4011,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
     }
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-    #[nolink]
     pub mod extra {
         use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_char, c_int};
 
@@ -4256,7 +4234,6 @@ pub mod funcs {
             use libc::types::os::arch::c95::{c_int, c_long};
             use libc::types::os::arch::c99::intptr_t;
 
-            #[nolink]
             extern {
                 #[link_name = "_commit"]
                 pub fn commit(fd: c_int) -> c_int;
diff --git a/src/libstd/os.rs b/src/libstd/os.rs
index 8efa9763ba9ff..2478ae494aba9 100644
--- a/src/libstd/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/os.rs
@@ -615,7 +615,6 @@ pub fn errno() -> int {
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
     fn errno_location() -> *c_int {
-        #[nolink]
         extern {
             fn __error() -> *c_int;
         }
@@ -627,7 +626,6 @@ pub fn errno() -> int {
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
     fn errno_location() -> *c_int {
-        #[nolink]
         extern {
             fn __errno_location() -> *c_int;
         }
@@ -665,7 +663,6 @@ pub fn last_os_error() -> ~str {
         #[cfg(target_os = "freebsd")]
         fn strerror_r(errnum: c_int, buf: *mut c_char, buflen: libc::size_t)
                       -> c_int {
-            #[nolink]
             extern {
                 fn strerror_r(errnum: c_int, buf: *mut c_char,
                               buflen: libc::size_t) -> c_int;
@@ -681,7 +678,6 @@ pub fn last_os_error() -> ~str {
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
         fn strerror_r(errnum: c_int, buf: *mut c_char,
                       buflen: libc::size_t) -> c_int {
-            #[nolink]
             extern {
                 fn __xpg_strerror_r(errnum: c_int,
                                     buf: *mut c_char,
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/attrs-after-extern-mod.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/attrs-after-extern-mod.rs
index 3102fb2664f7d..44b6ecdee7073 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/attrs-after-extern-mod.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/attrs-after-extern-mod.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 use std::libc;
 
-#[nolink]
 extern {
     static mut rust_dbg_static_mut: libc::c_int;
     pub fn rust_dbg_static_mut_check_four();
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/lint-ctypes.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/lint-ctypes.rs
index a0c027b2d6b3f..0a1b78c8d5d0a 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/lint-ctypes.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/lint-ctypes.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 use std::libc;
 
-#[nolink]
 extern {
     pub fn bare_type1(size: int); //~ ERROR: found rust type
     pub fn bare_type2(size: uint); //~ ERROR: found rust type
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/nolink-with-link-args.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/nolink-with-link-args.rs
index a1603ee945316..de929b8bfc923 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/nolink-with-link-args.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/nolink-with-link-args.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ the compiler output. */
 #[feature(link_args)];
 
 #[link_args = "aFdEfSeVEEE"]
-#[nolink]
 extern {}
 
 fn main() { }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/c-stack-returning-int64.rs b/src/test/run-pass/c-stack-returning-int64.rs
index 940f62789bbc3..9a02768faebe1 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/c-stack-returning-int64.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/c-stack-returning-int64.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 mod libc {
     use std::libc::{c_char, c_long, c_longlong};
 
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         pub fn atol(x: *c_char) -> c_long;
         pub fn atoll(x: *c_char) -> c_longlong;
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/foreign-fn-linkname.rs b/src/test/run-pass/foreign-fn-linkname.rs
index b9d8d622731d3..7e480f1c32b50 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/foreign-fn-linkname.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/foreign-fn-linkname.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ extern crate extra;
 mod libc {
     use std::libc::{c_char, size_t};
 
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         #[link_name = "strlen"]
         pub fn my_strlen(str: *c_char) -> size_t;
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/foreign-mod-unused-const.rs b/src/test/run-pass/foreign-mod-unused-const.rs
index 977488d4529af..2f58765394131 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/foreign-mod-unused-const.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/foreign-mod-unused-const.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 mod foo {
     use std::libc::c_int;
 
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         pub static errno: c_int;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/foreign-struct.rs b/src/test/run-pass/foreign-struct.rs
index a70fec9265942..e242071fb26bc 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/foreign-struct.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/foreign-struct.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ pub enum void { }
 mod bindgen {
     use super::void;
 
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         pub fn printf(v: void);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/foreign2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/foreign2.rs
index 350a3d6f4fc29..7c9d2dfa87cd1 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/foreign2.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/foreign2.rs
@@ -9,26 +9,22 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 mod bar {
-    #[nolink]
     extern {}
 }
 
 mod zed {
-    #[nolink]
     extern {}
 }
 
 mod libc {
     use std::libc::{c_int, c_void, size_t, ssize_t};
 
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         pub fn write(fd: c_int, buf: *c_void, count: size_t) -> ssize_t;
     }
 }
 
 mod baz {
-    #[nolink]
     extern {}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/nil-decl-in-foreign.rs b/src/test/run-pass/nil-decl-in-foreign.rs
index 15795f954b8e7..e23c970e29a58 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/nil-decl-in-foreign.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/nil-decl-in-foreign.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 // Issue #901
 mod libc {
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         pub fn printf(x: ());
     }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/warn-ctypes-inhibit.rs b/src/test/run-pass/warn-ctypes-inhibit.rs
index f2cc2d79a946e..30ce77153116f 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/warn-ctypes-inhibit.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/warn-ctypes-inhibit.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #[allow(ctypes)];
 
 mod libc {
-    #[nolink]
     extern {
         pub fn malloc(size: int) -> *u8;
     }