diff --git a/src/librustc_llvm/ffi.rs b/src/librustc_llvm/ffi.rs
index ebd75be7bba0b..470e8d1fd4578 100644
--- a/src/librustc_llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -395,9 +395,6 @@ pub type RustArchiveMemberRef = *mut RustArchiveMember_opaque;
 #[allow(missing_copy_implementations)]
 pub enum OperandBundleDef_opaque {}
 pub type OperandBundleDefRef = *mut OperandBundleDef_opaque;
-#[allow(missing_copy_implementations)]
-pub enum Attribute_opaque {}
-pub type AttributeRef = *mut Attribute_opaque;
 
 pub type DiagnosticHandler = unsafe extern "C" fn(DiagnosticInfoRef, *mut c_void);
 pub type InlineAsmDiagHandler = unsafe extern "C" fn(SMDiagnosticRef, *const c_void, c_uint);
@@ -770,8 +767,6 @@ extern "C" {
                         Name: *const c_char)
                         -> ValueRef;
 
-    pub fn LLVMRustCreateAttribute(C: ContextRef, kind: Attribute, val: u64) -> AttributeRef;
-
     // Operations on functions
     pub fn LLVMAddFunction(M: ModuleRef, Name: *const c_char, FunctionTy: TypeRef) -> ValueRef;
     pub fn LLVMGetNamedFunction(M: ModuleRef, Name: *const c_char) -> ValueRef;
@@ -790,12 +785,12 @@ extern "C" {
     pub fn LLVMGetGC(Fn: ValueRef) -> *const c_char;
     pub fn LLVMSetGC(Fn: ValueRef, Name: *const c_char);
     pub fn LLVMRustAddDereferenceableAttr(Fn: ValueRef, index: c_uint, bytes: u64);
-    pub fn LLVMRustAddFunctionAttribute(Fn: ValueRef, index: c_uint, attr: AttributeRef);
+    pub fn LLVMRustAddFunctionAttribute(Fn: ValueRef, index: c_uint, attr: Attribute);
     pub fn LLVMRustAddFunctionAttrStringValue(Fn: ValueRef,
                                               index: c_uint,
                                               Name: *const c_char,
                                               Value: *const c_char);
-    pub fn LLVMRustRemoveFunctionAttributes(Fn: ValueRef, index: c_uint, attr: AttributeRef);
+    pub fn LLVMRustRemoveFunctionAttributes(Fn: ValueRef, index: c_uint, attr: Attribute);
 
     // Operations on parameters
     pub fn LLVMCountParams(Fn: ValueRef) -> c_uint;
@@ -806,8 +801,6 @@ extern "C" {
     pub fn LLVMGetLastParam(Fn: ValueRef) -> ValueRef;
     pub fn LLVMGetNextParam(Arg: ValueRef) -> ValueRef;
     pub fn LLVMGetPreviousParam(Arg: ValueRef) -> ValueRef;
-    pub fn LLVMAddAttribute(Arg: ValueRef, attr: AttributeRef);
-    pub fn LLVMRemoveAttribute(Arg: ValueRef, attr: AttributeRef);
     pub fn LLVMSetParamAlignment(Arg: ValueRef, align: c_uint);
 
     // Operations on basic blocks
@@ -851,7 +844,7 @@ extern "C" {
     pub fn LLVMAddInstrAttribute(Instr: ValueRef, index: c_uint, IA: c_uint);
     pub fn LLVMRemoveInstrAttribute(Instr: ValueRef, index: c_uint, IA: c_uint);
     pub fn LLVMSetInstrParamAlignment(Instr: ValueRef, index: c_uint, align: c_uint);
-    pub fn LLVMRustAddCallSiteAttribute(Instr: ValueRef, index: c_uint, attr: AttributeRef);
+    pub fn LLVMRustAddCallSiteAttribute(Instr: ValueRef, index: c_uint, attr: Attribute);
     pub fn LLVMRustAddDereferenceableCallSiteAttr(Instr: ValueRef, index: c_uint, bytes: u64);
 
     // Operations on call instructions (only)
diff --git a/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs b/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs
index c81d3b48aa969..c4ec418f224b5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_llvm/lib.rs
@@ -176,20 +176,16 @@ pub fn set_thread_local(global: ValueRef, is_thread_local: bool) {
 }
 
 impl Attribute {
-    fn as_object(&self, value: ValueRef) -> AttributeRef {
-        unsafe { LLVMRustCreateAttribute(LLVMRustGetValueContext(value), *self, 0) }
-    }
-
     pub fn apply_llfn(&self, idx: AttributePlace, llfn: ValueRef) {
-        unsafe { LLVMRustAddFunctionAttribute(llfn, idx.as_uint(), self.as_object(llfn)) }
+        unsafe { LLVMRustAddFunctionAttribute(llfn, idx.as_uint(), *self) }
     }
 
     pub fn apply_callsite(&self, idx: AttributePlace, callsite: ValueRef) {
-        unsafe { LLVMRustAddCallSiteAttribute(callsite, idx.as_uint(), self.as_object(callsite)) }
+        unsafe { LLVMRustAddCallSiteAttribute(callsite, idx.as_uint(), *self) }
     }
 
     pub fn unapply_llfn(&self, idx: AttributePlace, llfn: ValueRef) {
-        unsafe { LLVMRustRemoveFunctionAttributes(llfn, idx.as_uint(), self.as_object(llfn)) }
+        unsafe { LLVMRustRemoveFunctionAttributes(llfn, idx.as_uint(), *self) }
     }
 
     pub fn toggle_llfn(&self, idx: AttributePlace, llfn: ValueRef, set: bool) {
diff --git a/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp b/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
index 7f0c7e2e5c9fa..b035e134e37d5 100644
--- a/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
@@ -155,13 +155,10 @@ from_rust(LLVMRustAttribute kind) {
   }
 }
 
-extern "C" LLVMAttributeRef LLVMRustCreateAttribute(LLVMContextRef C, LLVMRustAttribute Kind, uint64_t Val) {
-  return wrap(Attribute::get(*unwrap(C), from_rust(Kind), Val));
-}
-
-extern "C" void LLVMRustAddCallSiteAttribute(LLVMValueRef Instr, unsigned index, LLVMAttributeRef attr) {
+extern "C" void LLVMRustAddCallSiteAttribute(LLVMValueRef Instr, unsigned index, LLVMRustAttribute attr) {
   CallSite Call = CallSite(unwrap<Instruction>(Instr));
-  AttrBuilder B(unwrap(attr));
+  Attribute Attr = Attribute::get(Call->getContext(), from_rust(attr));
+  AttrBuilder B(Attr);
   Call.setAttributes(
     Call.getAttributes().addAttributes(Call->getContext(), index,
                                        AttributeSet::get(Call->getContext(),
@@ -183,10 +180,11 @@ extern "C" void LLVMRustAddDereferenceableCallSiteAttr(LLVMValueRef Instr,
 
 extern "C" void LLVMRustAddFunctionAttribute(LLVMValueRef Fn,
 					     unsigned index,
-					     LLVMAttributeRef attr)
+					     LLVMRustAttribute attr)
 {
   Function *A = unwrap<Function>(Fn);
-  AttrBuilder B(unwrap(attr));
+  Attribute Attr = Attribute::get(A->getContext(), from_rust(attr));
+  AttrBuilder B(Attr);
   A->addAttributes(index, AttributeSet::get(A->getContext(), index, B));
 }
 
@@ -212,11 +210,12 @@ extern "C" void LLVMRustAddFunctionAttrStringValue(LLVMValueRef Fn,
 
 extern "C" void LLVMRustRemoveFunctionAttributes(LLVMValueRef Fn,
 						 unsigned index,
-						 LLVMAttributeRef attr)
+						 LLVMRustAttribute attr)
 {
   Function *F = unwrap<Function>(Fn);
   const AttributeSet PAL = F->getAttributes();
-  AttrBuilder B(unwrap(attr));
+  Attribute Attr = Attribute::get(F->getContext(), from_rust(attr));
+  AttrBuilder B(Attr);
   const AttributeSet PALnew =
     PAL.removeAttributes(F->getContext(), index,
                          AttributeSet::get(F->getContext(), index, B));