diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
index bd68471e043..771cd619663 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/ty.rs
@@ -820,7 +820,6 @@ pub enum type_err {
     terr_regions_overly_polymorphic(BoundRegion, Region),
     terr_vstores_differ(terr_vstore_kind, expected_found<Vstore>),
     terr_trait_stores_differ(terr_vstore_kind, expected_found<TraitStore>),
-    terr_in_field(@type_err, ast::Ident),
     terr_sorts(expected_found<t>),
     terr_integer_as_char,
     terr_int_mismatch(expected_found<IntVarValue>),
@@ -3407,10 +3406,6 @@ pub fn type_err_to_str(cx: &ctxt, err: &type_err) -> ~str {
                  trait_store_to_str(cx, (*values).expected),
                  trait_store_to_str(cx, (*values).found))
         }
-        terr_in_field(err, fname) => {
-            format!("in field `{}`, {}", token::get_ident(fname),
-                 type_err_to_str(cx, err))
-        }
         terr_sorts(values) => {
             format!("expected {} but found {}",
                  ty_sort_str(cx, values.expected),
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/combine.rs b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/combine.rs
index bd3bb18fa33..098a3e278e7 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/combine.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/typeck/infer/combine.rs
@@ -235,19 +235,6 @@ pub trait Combine {
 
     fn fn_sigs(&self, a: &ty::FnSig, b: &ty::FnSig) -> cres<ty::FnSig>;
 
-    fn flds(&self, a: ty::field, b: ty::field) -> cres<ty::field> {
-        if a.ident == b.ident {
-            self.mts(&a.mt, &b.mt)
-                .and_then(|mt| Ok(ty::field {ident: a.ident, mt: mt}) )
-                .or_else(|e| Err(ty::terr_in_field(@e, a.ident)) )
-        } else {
-            Err(ty::terr_record_fields(
-                                       expected_found(self,
-                                                      a.ident,
-                                                      b.ident)))
-        }
-    }
-
     fn args(&self, a: ty::t, b: ty::t) -> cres<ty::t> {
         self.contratys(a, b).and_then(|t| Ok(t))
     }