diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index fd7593f2a3b52adb4200d227ce604eb5cb18603c..131bbc4100546985d5436f725fa86c997eef206d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ fn expand_arm(arm: ast::Arm, fld: &mut MacroExpander) -> ast::Arm {
         arm.guard.map(|g| fld.fold_expr(rename_fld.fold_expr(g)));
     let rewritten_body = fld.fold_expr(rename_fld.fold_expr(arm.body));
     ast::Arm {
-        attrs: arm.attrs.move_map(|x| fld.fold_attribute(x)),
+        attrs: fold::fold_attrs(arm.attrs, fld),
         pats: rewritten_pats,
         guard: rewritten_guard,
         body: rewritten_body,
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ fn expand_method(m: P<ast::Method>, fld: &mut MacroExpander) -> SmallVector<P<as
             let (rewritten_fn_decl, rewritten_body)
                 = expand_and_rename_fn_decl_and_block(decl, body, fld);
             SmallVector::one(P(ast::Method {
-                    attrs: m.attrs.move_map(|a| fld.fold_attribute(a)),
+                    attrs: fold::fold_attrs(m.attrs, fld),
                     id: id,
                     span: fld.new_span(m.span),
                     node: ast::MethDecl(fld.fold_ident(ident),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
index b0ddb655882a86a9e6cb2f586db56439df971044..4663fa2ee5c2592b5bcf8020701f9a3c111b2b99 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ fn fold_lifetime_def(&mut self, l: LifetimeDef) -> LifetimeDef {
         noop_fold_lifetime_def(l, self)
     }
 
-    fn fold_attribute(&mut self, at: Attribute) -> Attribute {
+    fn fold_attribute(&mut self, at: Attribute) -> Option<Attribute> {
         noop_fold_attribute(at, self)
     }
 
@@ -373,9 +373,13 @@ pub fn noop_fold_view_path<T: Folder>(view_path: P<ViewPath>, fld: &mut T) -> P<
     })
 }
 
+pub fn fold_attrs<T: Folder>(attrs: Vec<Attribute>, fld: &mut T) -> Vec<Attribute> {
+    attrs.into_iter().flat_map(|x| fld.fold_attribute(x).into_iter()).collect()
+}
+
 pub fn noop_fold_arm<T: Folder>(Arm {attrs, pats, guard, body}: Arm, fld: &mut T) -> Arm {
     Arm {
-        attrs: attrs.move_map(|x| fld.fold_attribute(x)),
+        attrs: fold_attrs(attrs, fld),
         pats: pats.move_map(|x| fld.fold_pat(x)),
         guard: guard.map(|x| fld.fold_expr(x)),
         body: fld.fold_expr(body),
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_variant<T: Folder>(v: P<Variant>, fld: &mut T) -> P<Variant> {
         node: Variant_ {
             id: fld.new_id(id),
             name: name,
-            attrs: attrs.move_map(|x| fld.fold_attribute(x)),
+            attrs: fold_attrs(attrs, fld),
             kind: match kind {
                 TupleVariantKind(variant_args) => {
                     TupleVariantKind(variant_args.move_map(|x|
@@ -553,9 +557,9 @@ pub fn noop_fold_local<T: Folder>(l: P<Local>, fld: &mut T) -> P<Local> {
     })
 }
 
-pub fn noop_fold_attribute<T: Folder>(at: Attribute, fld: &mut T) -> Attribute {
+pub fn noop_fold_attribute<T: Folder>(at: Attribute, fld: &mut T) -> Option<Attribute> {
     let Spanned {node: Attribute_ {id, style, value, is_sugared_doc}, span} = at;
-    Spanned {
+    Some(Spanned {
         node: Attribute_ {
             id: id,
             style: style,
@@ -563,7 +567,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_attribute<T: Folder>(at: Attribute, fld: &mut T) -> Attribute {
             is_sugared_doc: is_sugared_doc
         },
         span: fld.new_span(span)
-    }
+    })
 }
 
 pub fn noop_fold_explicit_self_underscore<T: Folder>(es: ExplicitSelf_, fld: &mut T)
@@ -843,8 +847,8 @@ pub fn noop_fold_typedef<T>(t: Typedef, folder: &mut T)
                             where T: Folder {
     let new_id = folder.new_id(t.id);
     let new_span = folder.new_span(t.span);
-    let new_attrs = t.attrs.iter().map(|attr| {
-        folder.fold_attribute((*attr).clone())
+    let new_attrs = t.attrs.iter().flat_map(|attr| {
+        folder.fold_attribute((*attr).clone()).into_iter()
     }).collect();
     let new_ident = folder.fold_ident(t.ident);
     let new_type = folder.fold_ty(t.typ);
@@ -864,7 +868,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_associated_type<T>(at: AssociatedType, folder: &mut T)
 {
     let new_attrs = at.attrs
                       .iter()
-                      .map(|attr| folder.fold_attribute((*attr).clone()))
+                      .flat_map(|attr| folder.fold_attribute((*attr).clone()).into_iter())
                       .collect();
     let new_param = folder.fold_ty_param(at.ty_param);
     ast::AssociatedType {
@@ -906,7 +910,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_struct_field<T: Folder>(f: StructField, fld: &mut T) -> StructF
             id: fld.new_id(id),
             kind: kind,
             ty: fld.fold_ty(ty),
-            attrs: attrs.move_map(|a| fld.fold_attribute(a))
+            attrs: fold_attrs(attrs, fld),
         },
         span: fld.new_span(span)
     }
@@ -1069,7 +1073,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_type_method<T: Folder>(m: TypeMethod, fld: &mut T) -> TypeMetho
     TypeMethod {
         id: fld.new_id(id),
         ident: fld.fold_ident(ident),
-        attrs: attrs.move_map(|a| fld.fold_attribute(a)),
+        attrs: fold_attrs(attrs, fld),
         unsafety: unsafety,
         abi: abi,
         decl: fld.fold_fn_decl(decl),
@@ -1151,7 +1155,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_item_simple<T: Folder>(Item {id, ident, attrs, node, vis, span}
     Item {
         id: id,
         ident: folder.fold_ident(ident),
-        attrs: attrs.move_map(|e| folder.fold_attribute(e)),
+        attrs: fold_attrs(attrs, folder),
         node: node,
         vis: vis,
         span: folder.new_span(span)
@@ -1162,7 +1166,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_foreign_item<T: Folder>(ni: P<ForeignItem>, folder: &mut T) ->
     ni.map(|ForeignItem {id, ident, attrs, node, span, vis}| ForeignItem {
         id: folder.new_id(id),
         ident: folder.fold_ident(ident),
-        attrs: attrs.move_map(|x| folder.fold_attribute(x)),
+        attrs: fold_attrs(attrs, folder),
         node: match node {
             ForeignItemFn(fdec, generics) => {
                 ForeignItemFn(folder.fold_fn_decl(fdec), folder.fold_generics(generics))
@@ -1181,7 +1185,7 @@ pub fn noop_fold_foreign_item<T: Folder>(ni: P<ForeignItem>, folder: &mut T) ->
 pub fn noop_fold_method<T: Folder>(m: P<Method>, folder: &mut T) -> SmallVector<P<Method>> {
     SmallVector::one(m.map(|Method {id, attrs, node, span}| Method {
         id: folder.new_id(id),
-        attrs: attrs.move_map(|a| folder.fold_attribute(a)),
+        attrs: fold_attrs(attrs, folder),
         node: match node {
             MethDecl(ident,
                      generics,