diff --git a/src/librustc/metadata/csearch.rs b/src/librustc/metadata/csearch.rs
index a474af7c6e1ff0dd81173ae09ffce2f8ef91dddc..b702f4925d84739983de49941b63a046b620dddb 100644
--- a/src/librustc/metadata/csearch.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/metadata/csearch.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 use metadata::decoder;
 use middle::def;
 use middle::lang_items;
-use middle::resolve;
 use middle::ty;
 
 use rbml;
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ pub fn get_impl_or_trait_item<'tcx>(tcx: &ty::ctxt<'tcx>, def: ast::DefId)
 }
 
 pub fn get_trait_item_name_and_kind(cstore: &cstore::CStore, def: ast::DefId)
-                                    -> (ast::Name, resolve::TraitItemKind) {
+                                    -> (ast::Name, def::TraitItemKind) {
     let cdata = cstore.get_crate_data(def.krate);
     decoder::get_trait_item_name_and_kind(cstore.intr.clone(),
                                           &*cdata,
diff --git a/src/librustc/metadata/decoder.rs b/src/librustc/metadata/decoder.rs
index b89c5dbcd0885af2dc093e0b8777bd61de88e77e..d8168814c6cd0591324f9fadbd96049c063e7140 100644
--- a/src/librustc/metadata/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/metadata/decoder.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
                          parse_predicate_data};
 use middle::def;
 use middle::lang_items;
-use middle::resolve::{TraitItemKind, TypeTraitItemKind};
 use middle::subst;
 use middle::ty::{ImplContainer, TraitContainer};
 use middle::ty::{mod, Ty};
@@ -785,15 +784,15 @@ pub fn get_impl_items(cdata: Cmd, impl_id: ast::NodeId)
 pub fn get_trait_item_name_and_kind(intr: Rc<IdentInterner>,
                                     cdata: Cmd,
                                     id: ast::NodeId)
-                                    -> (ast::Name, TraitItemKind) {
+                                    -> (ast::Name, def::TraitItemKind) {
     let doc = lookup_item(id, cdata.data());
     let name = item_name(&*intr, doc);
     match item_sort(doc) {
         'r' | 'p' => {
             let explicit_self = get_explicit_self(doc);
-            (name, TraitItemKind::from_explicit_self_category(explicit_self))
+            (name, def::TraitItemKind::from_explicit_self_category(explicit_self))
         }
-        't' => (name, TypeTraitItemKind),
+        't' => (name, def::TypeTraitItemKind),
         c => {
             panic!("get_trait_item_name_and_kind(): unknown trait item kind \
                    in metadata: `{}`", c)
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/def.rs b/src/librustc/middle/def.rs
index ddf5b6f7e37d11d9793a5c4181f4d619084fa2b1..a582907612fd5bf5f5b441ea7f12c963c7f49a0f 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/def.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/def.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 
 pub use self::Def::*;
 pub use self::MethodProvenance::*;
+pub use self::TraitItemKind::*;
 
 use middle::subst::ParamSpace;
+use middle::ty::{ExplicitSelfCategory, StaticExplicitSelfCategory};
 use util::nodemap::NodeMap;
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::ast_util::local_def;
@@ -103,6 +105,25 @@ pub fn def_id(&self) -> ast::DefId {
     }
 }
 
+#[deriving(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum TraitItemKind {
+    NonstaticMethodTraitItemKind,
+    StaticMethodTraitItemKind,
+    TypeTraitItemKind,
+}
+
+impl TraitItemKind {
+    pub fn from_explicit_self_category(explicit_self_category:
+                                       ExplicitSelfCategory)
+                                       -> TraitItemKind {
+        if explicit_self_category == StaticExplicitSelfCategory {
+            StaticMethodTraitItemKind
+        } else {
+            NonstaticMethodTraitItemKind
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Def {
     pub fn def_id(&self) -> ast::DefId {
         match *self {
@@ -137,4 +158,3 @@ pub fn variant_def_ids(&self) -> Option<(ast::DefId, ast::DefId)> {
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
index a27b3b750094c8c4cd05bb42a7bfb7173af14f16..47320dfec7b3dea7eaf10ba168335edd58c1b940 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/resolve.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 pub use self::PrivateDep::*;
 pub use self::ImportUse::*;
-pub use self::TraitItemKind::*;
 pub use self::LastPrivate::*;
 use self::PatternBindingMode::*;
 use self::Namespace::*;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
 use middle::lang_items::LanguageItems;
 use middle::pat_util::pat_bindings;
 use middle::subst::{ParamSpace, FnSpace, TypeSpace};
-use middle::ty::{ExplicitSelfCategory, StaticExplicitSelfCategory};
 use middle::ty::{CaptureModeMap, Freevar, FreevarMap, TraitMap};
 use util::nodemap::{NodeMap, NodeSet, DefIdSet, FnvHashMap};
 
@@ -323,25 +321,6 @@ enum ModulePrefixResult {
     PrefixFound(Rc<Module>, uint)
 }
 
-#[deriving(Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub enum TraitItemKind {
-    NonstaticMethodTraitItemKind,
-    StaticMethodTraitItemKind,
-    TypeTraitItemKind,
-}
-
-impl TraitItemKind {
-    pub fn from_explicit_self_category(explicit_self_category:
-                                       ExplicitSelfCategory)
-                                       -> TraitItemKind {
-        if explicit_self_category == StaticExplicitSelfCategory {
-            StaticMethodTraitItemKind
-        } else {
-            NonstaticMethodTraitItemKind
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[deriving(Copy, PartialEq)]
 enum NameSearchType {
     /// We're doing a name search in order to resolve a `use` directive.