diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs b/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
index 9619ba8472404..dda118fb4408e 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ pub fn phase_2_configure_and_expand<F>(sess: &Session,
 
     let whitelisted_legacy_custom_derives = registry.take_whitelisted_custom_derives();
     let Registry { syntax_exts, early_lint_passes, late_lint_passes, lint_groups,
-                   llvm_passes, attributes, mir_passes, .. } = registry;
+                   llvm_passes, attributes, .. } = registry;
 
     sess.track_errors(|| {
         let mut ls = sess.lint_store.borrow_mut();
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@ pub fn phase_2_configure_and_expand<F>(sess: &Session,
         }
 
         *sess.plugin_llvm_passes.borrow_mut() = llvm_passes;
-        sess.mir_passes.borrow_mut().extend(mir_passes);
         *sess.plugin_attributes.borrow_mut() = attributes.clone();
     })?;
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_plugin/registry.rs b/src/librustc_plugin/registry.rs
index 3700d0295e963..cdde56f5f634b 100644
--- a/src/librustc_plugin/registry.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_plugin/registry.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 use rustc::lint::{EarlyLintPassObject, LateLintPassObject, LintId, Lint};
 use rustc::session::Session;
 
-use rustc::mir::transform::MirMapPass;
-
 use syntax::ext::base::{SyntaxExtension, NamedSyntaxExtension, NormalTT, IdentTT};
 use syntax::ext::base::MacroExpanderFn;
 use syntax::symbol::Symbol;
@@ -53,9 +51,6 @@ pub struct Registry<'a> {
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub late_lint_passes: Vec<LateLintPassObject>,
 
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    pub mir_passes: Vec<Box<for<'pcx> MirMapPass<'pcx>>>,
-
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub lint_groups: HashMap<&'static str, Vec<LintId>>,
 
@@ -81,7 +76,6 @@ impl<'a> Registry<'a> {
             lint_groups: HashMap::new(),
             llvm_passes: vec![],
             attributes: vec![],
-            mir_passes: Vec::new(),
             whitelisted_custom_derives: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -157,11 +151,6 @@ impl<'a> Registry<'a> {
         self.lint_groups.insert(name, to.into_iter().map(|x| LintId::of(x)).collect());
     }
 
-    /// Register a MIR pass
-    pub fn register_mir_pass(&mut self, pass: Box<for<'pcx> MirMapPass<'pcx>>) {
-        self.mir_passes.push(pass);
-    }
-
     /// Register an LLVM pass.
     ///
     /// Registration with LLVM itself is handled through static C++ objects with
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass-fulldeps/auxiliary/dummy_mir_pass.rs b/src/test/run-pass-fulldeps/auxiliary/dummy_mir_pass.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bc4a40a39c99..0000000000000
--- a/src/test/run-pass-fulldeps/auxiliary/dummy_mir_pass.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-// force-host
-
-#![feature(plugin_registrar, rustc_private)]
-#![feature(box_syntax)]
-
-#[macro_use] extern crate rustc;
-extern crate rustc_plugin;
-extern crate rustc_const_math;
-extern crate syntax;
-
-use rustc::mir::transform::{self, MirPass, MirSource};
-use rustc::mir::{Mir, Literal, Location};
-use rustc::mir::visit::MutVisitor;
-use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
-use rustc::middle::const_val::ConstVal;
-use rustc_const_math::ConstInt;
-use rustc_plugin::Registry;
-
-struct Pass;
-
-impl transform::Pass for Pass {}
-
-impl<'tcx> MirPass<'tcx> for Pass {
-    fn run_pass<'a>(&mut self, _: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>,
-                    _: MirSource, mir: &mut Mir<'tcx>) {
-        Visitor.visit_mir(mir)
-    }
-}
-
-struct Visitor;
-
-impl<'tcx> MutVisitor<'tcx> for Visitor {
-    fn visit_literal(&mut self, literal: &mut Literal<'tcx>, _: Location) {
-        if let Literal::Value { ref mut value } = *literal {
-            if let ConstVal::Integral(ConstInt::I32(ref mut i @ 11)) = *value {
-                *i = 42;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[plugin_registrar]
-pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
-    reg.register_mir_pass(box Pass);
-}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass-fulldeps/mir-pass.rs b/src/test/run-pass-fulldeps/mir-pass.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ac4bf9733757..0000000000000
--- a/src/test/run-pass-fulldeps/mir-pass.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-// aux-build:dummy_mir_pass.rs
-// ignore-stage1
-
-#![feature(plugin)]
-#![plugin(dummy_mir_pass)]
-
-fn math() -> i32 {
-    11
-}
-
-pub fn main() {
-    assert_eq!(math(), 42);
-}