diff --git a/src/librustc/front/std_inject.rs b/src/librustc/front/std_inject.rs
index 97ffc1490f5efe4a58e339e575fa1a0b7932ba26..cebf42eff111aabbe6ded39fae5c3d963b12aaf4 100644
--- a/src/librustc/front/std_inject.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/front/std_inject.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 use syntax::opt_vec;
 use syntax::util::small_vector::SmallVector;
 
-static STD_VERSION: &'static str = "0.9-pre";
+pub static VERSION: &'static str = "0.9-pre";
 
 pub fn maybe_inject_libstd_ref(sess: Session, crate: ast::Crate)
                                -> ast::Crate {
@@ -57,12 +57,10 @@ struct StandardLibraryInjector {
 
 impl fold::ast_fold for StandardLibraryInjector {
     fn fold_crate(&mut self, crate: ast::Crate) -> ast::Crate {
-        let version = STD_VERSION.to_managed();
-        let vers_item = attr::mk_name_value_item_str(@"vers", version);
         let mut vis = ~[ast::view_item {
             node: ast::view_item_extern_mod(self.sess.ident_of("std"),
-                                            None,
-                                            ~[vers_item.clone()],
+                                            Some((format!("std\\#{}", VERSION).to_managed(),
+                                                  ast::CookedStr)),
                                             ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
             attrs: ~[],
             vis: ast::private,
@@ -72,8 +70,8 @@ fn fold_crate(&mut self, crate: ast::Crate) -> ast::Crate {
         if use_uv(&crate) && !self.sess.building_library.get() {
             vis.push(ast::view_item {
                 node: ast::view_item_extern_mod(self.sess.ident_of("green"),
-                                                None,
-                                                ~[vers_item],
+                                                Some((format!("green\\#{}", VERSION).to_managed(),
+                                                      ast::CookedStr)),
                                                 ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
                 attrs: ~[],
                 vis: ast::private,
@@ -81,8 +79,8 @@ fn fold_crate(&mut self, crate: ast::Crate) -> ast::Crate {
             });
             vis.push(ast::view_item {
                 node: ast::view_item_extern_mod(self.sess.ident_of("rustuv"),
-                                                None,
-                                                ~[vers_item],
+                                                Some((format!("rustuv\\#{}", VERSION).to_managed(),
+                                                      ast::CookedStr)),
                                                 ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
                 attrs: ~[],
                 vis: ast::private,
diff --git a/src/librustc/front/test.rs b/src/librustc/front/test.rs
index 2b104cde95ae7697444aa19cc5cb174d6decb66c..6acd3060e9f5852e57c4356392c76636247f3b89 100644
--- a/src/librustc/front/test.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/front/test.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use driver::session;
 use front::config;
+use front::std_inject::VERSION;
 
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::vec;
@@ -291,8 +292,10 @@ fn mk_std(cx: &TestCtxt) -> ast::view_item {
                                             path_node(~[id_extra]),
                                             ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))])
     } else {
-        let mi = attr::mk_name_value_item_str(@"vers", @"0.9-pre");
-        ast::view_item_extern_mod(id_extra, None, ~[mi], ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID)
+        ast::view_item_extern_mod(id_extra,
+                                  Some((format!("extra\\#{}", VERSION).to_managed(),
+                                        ast::CookedStr)),
+                                  ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID)
     };
     ast::view_item {
         node: vi,
diff --git a/src/librustc/metadata/creader.rs b/src/librustc/metadata/creader.rs
index 33e407dec1a1044105873a00a5b28cb2ed2968f5..f14c9780bc46c4fdb8f2d89933348421e65bb2c3 100644
--- a/src/librustc/metadata/creader.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/metadata/creader.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fn visit_crate(e: &Env, c: &ast::Crate) {
 
 fn visit_view_item(e: &mut Env, i: &ast::view_item) {
     match i.node {
-      ast::view_item_extern_mod(ident, path_opt, _, id) => {
+      ast::view_item_extern_mod(ident, path_opt, id) => {
           let ident = token::ident_to_str(&ident);
           debug!("resolving extern mod stmt. ident: {:?} path_opt: {:?}",
                  ident, path_opt);
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
index 5de4de89b8e1e3564f563d8d1f8f633cb50eb698..905213fe95be3b8fa4354167aa2378adf8f202e3 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
@@ -1507,7 +1507,7 @@ fn build_reduced_graph_for_view_item(&mut self,
                 }
             }
 
-            view_item_extern_mod(name, _, _, node_id) => {
+            view_item_extern_mod(name, _, node_id) => {
                 // n.b. we don't need to look at the path option here, because cstore already did
                 match self.session.cstore.find_extern_mod_stmt_cnum(node_id) {
                     Some(crate_id) => {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean.rs
index ab36079585fc4fd2f8529b1889160f1641ba11ce..4bcf1985ef235e5f1930f6f0221c5598dfab34ee 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean.rs
@@ -994,15 +994,15 @@ fn clean(&self) -> Item {
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Encodable, Decodable)]
 pub enum ViewItemInner {
-    ExternMod(~str, Option<~str>, ~[Attribute], ast::NodeId),
+    ExternMod(~str, Option<~str>, ast::NodeId),
     Import(~[ViewPath])
 }
 
 impl Clean<ViewItemInner> for ast::view_item_ {
     fn clean(&self) -> ViewItemInner {
         match self {
-            &ast::view_item_extern_mod(ref i, ref p, ref mi, ref id) =>
-                ExternMod(i.clean(), p.map(|(ref x, _)| x.to_owned()),  mi.clean(), *id),
+            &ast::view_item_extern_mod(ref i, ref p, ref id) =>
+                ExternMod(i.clean(), p.map(|(ref x, _)| x.to_owned()), *id),
             &ast::view_item_use(ref vp) => Import(vp.clean())
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 8a14e37c816899137edfb18f2d8d318d57e4db4c..7c3d3b4b44f76016ab5022e4f91044c5918ed2ed 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ fn fmt(s: &Initializer<'a>, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) {
 
             clean::ViewItemItem(ref item) => {
                 match item.inner {
-                    clean::ExternMod(ref name, ref src, _, _) => {
+                    clean::ExternMod(ref name, ref src, _) => {
                         write!(w, "<tr><td><code>extern mod {}",
                                name.as_slice());
                         match *src {
diff --git a/src/librustpkg/path_util.rs b/src/librustpkg/path_util.rs
index 1b8a988ab2c5a570fa493aa400a15ccf4548e0fe..aaaf56af436b44a8fbbc0f718404ee8e3a05092d 100644
--- a/src/librustpkg/path_util.rs
+++ b/src/librustpkg/path_util.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 
 pub use crate_id::CrateId;
 pub use target::{OutputType, Main, Lib, Test, Bench, Target, Build, Install};
-pub use version::{Version, NoVersion, split_version_general, try_parsing_version};
+pub use version::{Version, ExactRevision, NoVersion, split_version, split_version_general,
+    try_parsing_version};
 pub use rustc::metadata::filesearch::rust_path;
 use rustc::metadata::filesearch::libdir;
 use rustc::driver::driver::host_triple;
@@ -213,8 +214,9 @@ pub fn library_in_workspace(path: &Path, short_name: &str, where: Target,
 }
 
 // rustc doesn't use target-specific subdirectories
-pub fn system_library(sysroot: &Path, lib_name: &str) -> Option<Path> {
-    library_in(lib_name, &NoVersion, &sysroot.join(libdir()))
+pub fn system_library(sysroot: &Path, crate_id: &str) -> Option<Path> {
+    let (lib_name, version) = split_crate_id(crate_id);
+    library_in(lib_name, &version, &sysroot.join(libdir()))
 }
 
 fn library_in(short_name: &str, version: &Version, dir_to_search: &Path) -> Option<Path> {
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ fn library_in(short_name: &str, version: &Version, dir_to_search: &Path) -> Opti
                                }
                                None => break
                            }
+
                        }
                        _ => { f_name = f_name.slice(0, i); }
                  }
@@ -293,6 +296,22 @@ fn library_in(short_name: &str, version: &Version, dir_to_search: &Path) -> Opti
     abs_path
 }
 
+fn split_crate_id<'a>(crate_id: &'a str) -> (&'a str, Version) {
+    match split_version(crate_id) {
+        Some((name, vers)) =>
+            match vers {
+                ExactRevision(ref v) => match v.find('-') {
+                    Some(pos) => (name, ExactRevision(v.slice(0, pos).to_owned())),
+                    None => (name, ExactRevision(v.to_owned()))
+                },
+                _ => (name, vers)
+            },
+        None => (crate_id, NoVersion)
+    }
+}
+
+
+
 /// Returns the executable that would be installed for <crateid>
 /// in <workspace>
 /// As a side effect, creates the bin-dir if it doesn't exist
diff --git a/src/librustpkg/util.rs b/src/librustpkg/util.rs
index a081c2a31afedf727fb57a1fc2df7e04431c718f..c5648d811ed01e29ac08eda53261475821f0a7dd 100644
--- a/src/librustpkg/util.rs
+++ b/src/librustpkg/util.rs
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ fn visit_view_item(&mut self, vi: &ast::view_item, env: ()) {
 
         match vi.node {
             // ignore metadata, I guess
-            ast::view_item_extern_mod(lib_ident, path_opt, _, _) => {
+            ast::view_item_extern_mod(lib_ident, path_opt, _) => {
                 let lib_name = match path_opt {
                     Some((p, _)) => p,
                     None => self.sess.str_of(lib_ident)
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
index 8e6e0625138d99f555bdd3e44dfb7800494f998f..51aa7cd4377b820dd33854fe6e92d7a2fea2b13e 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ pub enum view_item_ {
     // optional @str: if present, this is a location (containing
     // arbitrary characters) from which to fetch the crate sources
     // For example, extern mod whatever = "github.com/mozilla/rust"
-    view_item_extern_mod(Ident, Option<(@str, StrStyle)>, ~[@MetaItem], NodeId),
+    view_item_extern_mod(Ident, Option<(@str, StrStyle)>, NodeId),
     view_item_use(~[@view_path]),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
index 8744827868782a91b816f9f66b9aaa8090710b2f..f93eb6754adf191c9d6ea2de9269c6c9d0a93897 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ fn visit_mod(&mut self,
 
     fn visit_view_item(&mut self, view_item: &view_item, env: ()) {
         match view_item.node {
-            view_item_extern_mod(_, _, _, node_id) => {
+            view_item_extern_mod(_, _, node_id) => {
                 self.operation.visit_id(node_id)
             }
             view_item_use(ref view_paths) => {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
index 9edde7c9c87addba41ee6d837d45a60c3589063c..4a2adc04fbd00313f5e77a4288fb8ed3108eab9f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
@@ -66,11 +66,9 @@ fn fold_view_item(&mut self, vi: &view_item) -> view_item {
         let inner_view_item = match vi.node {
             view_item_extern_mod(ref ident,
                                  string,
-                                 ref meta_items,
                                  node_id) => {
                 view_item_extern_mod(ident.clone(),
                                      string,
-                                     self.fold_meta_items(*meta_items),
                                      self.new_id(node_id))
             }
             view_item_use(ref view_paths) => {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
index d739fca99da0782f2d5ac3acf81d3e7bcd314227..df6fbe98aed4b2585cf9a6a23c45ff3fefe00c27 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ pub enum ObsoleteSyntax {
     ObsoleteBoxedClosure,
     ObsoleteClosureType,
     ObsoleteMultipleImport,
+    ObsoleteExternModAttributesInParens
 }
 
 impl to_bytes::IterBytes for ObsoleteSyntax {
@@ -145,6 +146,11 @@ fn obsolete(&self, sp: Span, kind: ObsoleteSyntax) {
                 "multiple imports",
                 "only one import is allowed per `use` statement"
             ),
+            ObsoleteExternModAttributesInParens => (
+                "`extern mod` with linkage attribute list",
+                "use `extern mod foo = \"bar\";` instead of \
+                `extern mod foo (name = \"bar\")`"
+            )
         };
 
         self.report(sp, kind, kind_str, desc);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 729d03204352858c92ce57394623e8de0c1c5ce2..5e2b022d17525b86659b9af24870f2c7ec4c3f13 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -4446,11 +4446,18 @@ fn parse_item_foreign_mod(&self,
             self.span_err(*self.span, "an ABI may not be specified here");
         }
 
+
+        if *self.token == token::LPAREN {
+            // `extern mod foo (name = "bar"[,vers = "version"]) is obsolete,
+            // `extern mod foo = "bar#[version]";` should be used.
+            // Parse obsolete options to avoid wired parser errors
+            self.parse_optional_meta();
+            self.obsolete(*self.span, ObsoleteExternModAttributesInParens);
+        }
         // extern mod foo;
-        let metadata = self.parse_optional_meta();
         self.expect(&token::SEMI);
         iovi_view_item(ast::view_item {
-            node: view_item_extern_mod(ident, maybe_path, metadata, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
+            node: view_item_extern_mod(ident, maybe_path, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
             attrs: attrs,
             vis: visibility,
             span: mk_sp(lo, self.last_span.hi)
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
index 960e28ca84f8fc81658e4cd485933c059ec5c685..79ef9c2cbbea5b3f7b84e91a6a5d5af61fff6b69 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ pub fn print_view_item(s: @ps, item: &ast::view_item) {
     print_outer_attributes(s, item.attrs);
     print_visibility(s, item.vis);
     match item.node {
-        ast::view_item_extern_mod(id, ref optional_path, ref mta, _) => {
+        ast::view_item_extern_mod(id, ref optional_path, _) => {
             head(s, "extern mod");
             print_ident(s, id);
             for &(ref p, style) in optional_path.iter() {
@@ -1961,11 +1961,6 @@ pub fn print_view_item(s: @ps, item: &ast::view_item) {
                 space(s.s);
                 print_string(s, *p, style);
             }
-            if !mta.is_empty() {
-                popen(s);
-                commasep(s, consistent, *mta, |p, &i| print_meta_item(p, i));
-                pclose(s);
-            }
         }
 
         ast::view_item_use(ref vps) => {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/visit.rs b/src/libsyntax/visit.rs
index 8cc6fc4990fb8e71334e9f2bcc6c501eac5998a3..2e83a038c589dccfed5598ffd2c39f2855ff16dd 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/visit.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/visit.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pub fn walk_mod<E:Clone, V:Visitor<E>>(visitor: &mut V, module: &_mod, env: E) {
 
 pub fn walk_view_item<E:Clone, V:Visitor<E>>(visitor: &mut V, vi: &view_item, env: E) {
     match vi.node {
-        view_item_extern_mod(name, _, _, _) => {
+        view_item_extern_mod(name, _, _) => {
             visitor.visit_ident(vi.span, name, env)
         }
         view_item_use(ref paths) => {
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/crateresolve8.rs b/src/test/run-pass/crateresolve8.rs
index 1dd1b9c098b62813441aa9fd6e3590dee9549654..d329b8546b6117f428d9038e655eb476dbb74d9d 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/crateresolve8.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/crateresolve8.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve8#0.1"];
 
-extern mod crateresolve8(vers = "0.1", package_id="crateresolve8#0.1");
+extern mod crateresolve8 = "crateresolve8#0.1";
 //extern mod crateresolve8(vers = "0.1");
 
 pub fn main() {
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/extern-crosscrate.rs b/src/test/run-pass/extern-crosscrate.rs
index f1255c7e8f1ef743fe9fe5f7fa2b0ba3be7f8dd2..2b27a56dc79d45dbe872b7cd75354b134671dc94 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/extern-crosscrate.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/extern-crosscrate.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // xfail-fast
 //aux-build:extern-crosscrate-source.rs
 
-extern mod externcallback(vers = "0.1");
+extern mod externcallback = "externcallback#0.1";
 
 fn fact(n: uint) -> uint {
     unsafe {
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-6919.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-6919.rs
index 8482af9e7c4a84baf863be255871bc86e1add2df..1af4d892a1a919760b14e12b38996e59a7c49bc4 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-6919.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-6919.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 // xfail-fast
 
 #[crate_id="issue-6919"];
-
 extern mod issue6919_3;
 
 pub fn main() {