diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
index fd222a132a3f8..4e33ea018a074 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
@@ -1307,12 +1307,8 @@ impl<'a, 'b> ImportResolver<'a, 'b> {
                 None => continue,
             };
 
-            // Filter away ambiguous and gensymed imports. Gensymed imports
-            // (e.g. implicitly injected `std`) cannot be properly encoded in metadata,
-            // so they can cause name conflict errors downstream.
-            let is_good_import = binding.is_import() && !binding.is_ambiguity() &&
-                                 // Note that as_str() de-gensyms the Symbol
-                                 !(ident.is_gensymed() && ident.name.as_str() != "_");
+            // Filter away ambiguous imports.
+            let is_good_import = binding.is_import() && !binding.is_ambiguity();
             if is_good_import || binding.is_macro_def() {
                 let res = binding.res();
                 if res != Res::Err {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs b/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs
index 0b8f16bbc3b99..ce20e4407fe88 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs
@@ -798,21 +798,15 @@ impl Ident {
         Ident::new(self.name, self.span.modern_and_legacy())
     }
 
-    /// Transforms an identifier into one with the same name, but gensymed.
-    pub fn gensym(self) -> Ident {
-        let name = with_interner(|interner| interner.gensymed(self.name));
-        Ident::new(name, self.span)
-    }
-
     /// Transforms an underscore identifier into one with the same name, but
     /// gensymed. Leaves non-underscore identifiers unchanged.
     pub fn gensym_if_underscore(self) -> Ident {
-        if self.name == kw::Underscore { self.gensym() } else { self }
-    }
-
-    // WARNING: this function is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
-    pub fn is_gensymed(self) -> bool {
-        with_interner(|interner| interner.is_gensymed(self.name))
+        if self.name == kw::Underscore {
+            let name = with_interner(|interner| interner.gensymed(self.name));
+            Ident::new(name, self.span)
+        } else {
+            self
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn as_str(self) -> LocalInternedString {
@@ -865,9 +859,12 @@ impl UseSpecializedDecodable for Ident {}
 ///
 /// Examples:
 /// ```
-/// assert_eq!(Ident::from_str("x"), Ident::from_str("x"))
-/// assert_ne!(Ident::from_str("x").gensym(), Ident::from_str("x"))
-/// assert_ne!(Ident::from_str("x").gensym(), Ident::from_str("x").gensym())
+/// assert_eq!(Ident::from_str("_"), Ident::from_str("_"))
+/// assert_ne!(Ident::from_str("_").gensym_if_underscore(), Ident::from_str("_"))
+/// assert_ne!(
+///     Ident::from_str("_").gensym_if_underscore(),
+///     Ident::from_str("_").gensym_if_underscore(),
+/// )
 /// ```
 /// Internally, a symbol is implemented as an index, and all operations
 /// (including hashing, equality, and ordering) operate on that index. The use