diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs
index 1917184c5a9904beda0fba80d4f3456412068df6..0ad12b957ba8f868793ae5261a5078035325ce2f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ pub enum ItemType {
     Method          = 10,
     StructField     = 11,
     Variant         = 12,
-    ForeignFunction = 13,
-    ForeignStatic   = 14,
+    // we used to have ForeignFunction and ForeignStatic. they are retired now.
     Macro           = 15,
     Primitive       = 16,
     AssociatedType  = 17,
@@ -59,8 +58,8 @@ pub fn from_item(item: &clean::Item) -> ItemType {
             clean::MethodItem(..)          => ItemType::Method,
             clean::StructFieldItem(..)     => ItemType::StructField,
             clean::VariantItem(..)         => ItemType::Variant,
-            clean::ForeignFunctionItem(..) => ItemType::ForeignFunction,
-            clean::ForeignStaticItem(..)   => ItemType::ForeignStatic,
+            clean::ForeignFunctionItem(..) => ItemType::Function, // no ForeignFunction
+            clean::ForeignStaticItem(..)   => ItemType::Static, // no ForeignStatic
             clean::MacroItem(..)           => ItemType::Macro,
             clean::PrimitiveItem(..)       => ItemType::Primitive,
             clean::AssociatedTypeItem(..)  => ItemType::AssociatedType,
@@ -95,8 +94,6 @@ pub fn to_static_str(&self) -> &'static str {
             ItemType::Method          => "method",
             ItemType::StructField     => "structfield",
             ItemType::Variant         => "variant",
-            ItemType::ForeignFunction => "ffi",
-            ItemType::ForeignStatic   => "ffs",
             ItemType::Macro           => "macro",
             ItemType::Primitive       => "primitive",
             ItemType::AssociatedType  => "associatedtype",
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 8c2be47d9c0f4b748050359e906a9c16f87c21fa..36ce2796faf0de859d1e094a28716e59296f2362 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -1495,12 +1495,10 @@ fn reorder(ty: ItemType) -> u8 {
             ItemType::Enum            => 5,
             ItemType::Constant        => 6,
             ItemType::Static          => 7,
-            ItemType::ForeignFunction => 8,
-            ItemType::ForeignStatic   => 9,
-            ItemType::Trait           => 10,
-            ItemType::Function        => 11,
-            ItemType::Typedef         => 12,
-            _                         => 13 + ty as u8,
+            ItemType::Trait           => 8,
+            ItemType::Function        => 9,
+            ItemType::Typedef         => 10,
+            _                         => 11 + ty as u8,
         }
     }
 
@@ -1559,8 +1557,6 @@ fn cmp(i1: &clean::Item, i2: &clean::Item, idx1: uint, idx2: uint) -> Ordering {
                 ItemType::Method          => ("methods", "Methods"),
                 ItemType::StructField     => ("fields", "Struct Fields"),
                 ItemType::Variant         => ("variants", "Variants"),
-                ItemType::ForeignFunction => ("ffi-fns", "Foreign Functions"),
-                ItemType::ForeignStatic   => ("ffi-statics", "Foreign Statics"),
                 ItemType::Macro           => ("macros", "Macros"),
                 ItemType::Primitive       => ("primitives", "Primitive Types"),
                 ItemType::AssociatedType  => ("associated-types", "Associated Types"),
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
index 7c6f7ed3fe23014151ad32712b00f4ed4495382e..0fc6677cd9f719d735b5f6568195a1a2603c9c54 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@
                          "method",
                          "structfield",
                          "variant",
-                         "ffi",
-                         "ffs",
+                         "ffi", // retained for backward compatibility
+                         "ffs", // retained for backward compatibility
                          "macro",
                          "primitive",
                          "associatedtype",