diff --git a/src/librustdoc/astsrv.rs b/src/librustdoc/astsrv.rs
index c222ad10025..cdfc13e4fa7 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/astsrv.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/astsrv.rs
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ use syntax::diagnostic::handler;
 use syntax::diagnostic;
 use syntax;
 
-pub type Ctxt = {
+pub struct Ctxt {
     ast: @ast::crate,
     ast_map: ast_map::map
-};
+}
 
 type SrvOwner<T> = fn(srv: Srv) -> T;
 pub type CtxtHandler<T> = fn~(ctxt: Ctxt) -> T;
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ enum Msg {
     Exit
 }
 
-pub enum Srv = {
+pub struct Srv {
     ch: oldcomm::Chan<Msg>
-};
+}
 
 impl Srv: Clone {
     fn clone(&self) -> Srv { copy *self }
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ pub fn from_file<T>(file: ~str, owner: SrvOwner<T>) -> T {
 
 fn run<T>(owner: SrvOwner<T>, source: ~str, parse: Parser) -> T {
 
-    let srv_ = Srv({
+    let srv_ = Srv {
         ch: do util::spawn_listener |copy source, move parse, po| {
             act(po, copy source, copy parse);
         }
-    });
+    };
 
     let res = owner(srv_);
     oldcomm::send(srv_.ch, Exit);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fn build_ctxt(sess: Session,
     let ast = front::test::modify_for_testing(sess, ast);
     let ast_map = ast_map::map_crate(sess.diagnostic(), *ast);
 
-    {
+    Ctxt {
         ast: ast,
         ast_map: ast_map,
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/attr_parser.rs b/src/librustdoc/attr_parser.rs
index 377b6a62c85..afbb10f2cbb 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/attr_parser.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/attr_parser.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ use syntax::attr;
 use syntax::codemap;
 use syntax;
 
-pub type CrateAttrs = {
+pub struct CrateAttrs {
     name: Option<~str>
-};
+}
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn doc_metas(
 pub fn parse_crate(attrs: ~[ast::attribute]) -> CrateAttrs {
     let link_metas = attr::find_linkage_metas(attrs);
 
-    {
+    CrateAttrs {
         name: attr::last_meta_item_value_str_by_name(link_metas, ~"name")
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/config.rs b/src/librustdoc/config.rs
index 8277ac0e45d..9ba23a20b50 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/config.rs
@@ -104,21 +104,33 @@ pub fn default_config(input_crate: &Path) -> Config {
     }
 }
 
-type ProgramOutput = fn~((&str), (&[~str])) ->
-    {status: int, out: ~str, err: ~str};
+struct ProcOut {
+    status: int,
+    out: ~str,
+    err: ~str
+}
 
-pub fn mock_program_output(_prog: &str, _args: &[~str]) -> {
-    status: int, out: ~str, err: ~str
-} {
-    {
+type ProgramOutput = fn~((&str), (&[~str])) -> ProcOut;
+
+pub fn mock_program_output(_prog: &str, _args: &[~str]) -> ProcOut {
+    ProcOut {
         status: 0,
         out: ~"",
         err: ~""
     }
 }
 
+pub fn program_output(prog: &str, args: &[~str]) -> ProcOut {
+    let {status, out, err} = run::program_output(prog, args);
+    ProcOut {
+        status: status,
+        out: out,
+        err: err
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn parse_config(args: &[~str]) -> Result<Config, ~str> {
-    parse_config_(args, run::program_output)
+    parse_config_(args, program_output)
 }
 
 pub fn parse_config_(
@@ -260,10 +272,8 @@ fn should_find_pandoc() {
         output_format: PandocHtml,
         .. default_config(&Path("test"))
     };
-    let mock_program_output = fn~(_prog: &str, _args: &[~str]) -> {
-        status: int, out: ~str, err: ~str
-    } {
-        {
+    let mock_program_output = fn~(_prog: &str, _args: &[~str]) -> ProcOut {
+        ProcOut {
             status: 0, out: ~"pandoc 1.8.2.1", err: ~""
         }
     };
@@ -277,10 +287,8 @@ fn should_error_with_no_pandoc() {
         output_format: PandocHtml,
         .. default_config(&Path("test"))
     };
-    let mock_program_output = fn~(_prog: &str, _args: &[~str]) -> {
-        status: int, out: ~str, err: ~str
-    } {
-        {
+    let mock_program_output = fn~(_prog: &str, _args: &[~str]) -> ProcOut {
+        ProcOut {
             status: 1, out: ~"", err: ~""
         }
     };
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/markdown_pass.rs b/src/librustdoc/markdown_pass.rs
index a6be38b4eb4..6bd461d1f92 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/markdown_pass.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/markdown_pass.rs
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ fn should_write_modules_last() {
     assert idx_a < idx_c;
 }
 
-type Ctxt = {
+struct Ctxt {
     w: Writer
-};
+}
 
 pub fn write_markdown(
     doc: doc::Doc,
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub fn write_markdown(
     // we don't want to spawn too many pandoc processes.
     // (See #2484, which is closed.)
     do doc.pages.map |page| {
-        let ctxt = {
+        let ctxt = Ctxt {
             w: writer_factory(copy *page)
         };
         write_page(&ctxt, page)
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rc b/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rc
index 1aa1edb61a3..9d4469f2077 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rc
+++ b/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rc
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 #[no_core];
-#[legacy_records];
 
 #[allow(non_implicitly_copyable_typarams)];
 #[allow(deprecated_self)];