diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/trans/common.rs b/src/rustc/middle/trans/common.rs
index 1f69efe0ccd1f600ed1cab3c7f449119894d35d4..ac30135f6f233b757691733899e790e1c2b4780f 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/trans/common.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/trans/common.rs
@@ -680,25 +680,14 @@ fn T_opaque_cbox_ptr(cx: @crate_ctxt) -> TypeRef {
     ret T_opaque_box_ptr(cx);
 }
 
-fn T_enum_variant(cx: @crate_ctxt) -> TypeRef {
+fn T_enum_discrim(cx: @crate_ctxt) -> TypeRef {
     ret cx.int_type;
 }
 
-fn T_enum(cx: @crate_ctxt, size: uint) -> TypeRef {
-    let s = "enum_" + uint::to_str(size, 10u);
-    alt name_has_type(cx.tn, s) { some(t) { ret t; } _ {} }
-    let t =
-        if size == 0u {
-            T_struct([T_enum_variant(cx)])
-        } else { T_struct([T_enum_variant(cx), T_array(T_i8(), size)]) };
-    associate_type(cx.tn, s, t);
-    ret t;
-}
-
 fn T_opaque_enum(cx: @crate_ctxt) -> TypeRef {
     let s = "opaque_enum";
     alt name_has_type(cx.tn, s) { some(t) { ret t; } _ {} }
-    let t = T_struct([T_enum_variant(cx), T_i8()]);
+    let t = T_struct([T_enum_discrim(cx), T_i8()]);
     associate_type(cx.tn, s, t);
     ret t;
 }
diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/trans/shape.rs b/src/rustc/middle/trans/shape.rs
index bc694b3b1e282d0aa1a71e19ef37c0946aa29114..d1297bd3e4b7ec89018db5550224cdb6623b8890 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/trans/shape.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/trans/shape.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fn compute_static_enum_size(ccx: @crate_ctxt, largest_variants: [uint],
     // FIXME (issue #792): This is wrong. If the enum starts with an 8 byte
     // aligned quantity, we don't align it.
     if vec::len(*variants) > 1u {
-        let variant_t = T_enum_variant(ccx);
+        let variant_t = T_enum_discrim(ccx);
         max_size += llsize_of_real(ccx, variant_t) as u16;
         let align = llalign_of_pref(ccx, variant_t) as u8;
         if max_align < align { max_align = align; }
diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/trans/type_of.rs b/src/rustc/middle/trans/type_of.rs
index 954cefebd7a866462c6c063a3bcd55521dc96542..6d1c4a8b430815807785848552aa81c0c7161e5d 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/trans/type_of.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/trans/type_of.rs
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ fn type_of_enum(cx: @crate_ctxt, did: ast::def_id, t: ty::t)
         let degen = (*ty::enum_variants(cx.tcx, did)).len() == 1u;
         let size = shape::static_size_of_enum(cx, t);
         if !degen {
-            [T_enum_variant(cx), T_array(T_i8(), size)]
+            [T_enum_discrim(cx), T_array(T_i8(), size)]
         }
         else if size == 0u {
-            [T_enum_variant(cx)]
+            [T_enum_discrim(cx)]
         }
         else {
             [T_array(T_i8(), size)]