diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
index b9355c264b3..5ee0b1c9e5e 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl<'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> CtxtInterners<'tcx> {
             let flags = super::flags::FlagComputation::for_sty(&st);
             let ty_struct = TyS {
                 sty: st,
-                flags: Cell::new(flags.flags),
+                flags: flags.flags,
                 region_depth: flags.depth,
             };
 
@@ -978,8 +978,8 @@ macro_rules! sty_debug_print {
                         ty::TyError => /* unimportant */ continue,
                         $(ty::$variant(..) => &mut $variant,)*
                     };
-                    let region = t.flags.get().intersects(ty::TypeFlags::HAS_RE_INFER);
-                    let ty = t.flags.get().intersects(ty::TypeFlags::HAS_TY_INFER);
+                    let region = t.flags.intersects(ty::TypeFlags::HAS_RE_INFER);
+                    let ty = t.flags.intersects(ty::TypeFlags::HAS_TY_INFER);
 
                     variant.total += 1;
                     total.total += 1;
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/flags.rs b/src/librustc/ty/flags.rs
index 686b99ba680..46afa6ee7d0 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/flags.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/flags.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl FlagComputation {
     }
 
     fn add_ty(&mut self, ty: Ty) {
-        self.add_flags(ty.flags.get());
+        self.add_flags(ty.flags);
         self.add_depth(ty.region_depth);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/fold.rs b/src/librustc/ty/fold.rs
index 6de3c018bda..c17a54f4f69 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/fold.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/fold.rs
@@ -625,9 +625,8 @@ struct HasTypeFlagsVisitor {
 
 impl<'tcx> TypeVisitor<'tcx> for HasTypeFlagsVisitor {
     fn visit_ty(&mut self, t: Ty) -> bool {
-        let flags = t.flags.get();
-        debug!("HasTypeFlagsVisitor: t={:?} t.flags={:?} self.flags={:?}", t, flags, self.flags);
-        flags.intersects(self.flags)
+        debug!("HasTypeFlagsVisitor: t={:?} t.flags={:?} self.flags={:?}", t, t.flags, self.flags);
+        t.flags.intersects(self.flags)
     }
 
     fn visit_region(&mut self, r: ty::Region<'tcx>) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
index 8264809e9c9..897b28986a5 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ use util::common::ErrorReported;
 use util::nodemap::{NodeSet, DefIdMap, FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
 
 use serialize::{self, Encodable, Encoder};
-use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::cmp;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -516,7 +515,7 @@ bitflags! {
 
 pub struct TyS<'tcx> {
     pub sty: TypeVariants<'tcx>,
-    pub flags: Cell<TypeFlags>,
+    pub flags: TypeFlags,
 
     // the maximal depth of any bound regions appearing in this type.
     region_depth: u32,