diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs
index 57469d94ce8..595a2295674 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs
@@ -465,29 +465,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for CheckItemTypesVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-// Check that trait with default impls (`impl Trait for ..`) contain no methods
-struct DefaultedTraitVisitor<'a, 'tcx: 'a> { ccx: &'a CrateCtxt<'a, 'tcx> }
-
-impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for DefaultedTraitVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
-    fn visit_item(&mut self, item: &ast::Item) {
-        let tcx = self.ccx.tcx;
-
-        match item.node {
-            ast::ItemTrait(_, _, _, ref trait_methods) => {
-                if ty::trait_has_default_impl(tcx, local_def(item.id)) &&
-                    !trait_methods.is_empty()
-                {
-                    tcx.sess.span_err(
-                        item.span,
-                        "traits with default impls (`e.g. impl Trait for ..`) must have no \
-                        methods")
-                }
-            },
-            _ => {},
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn check_item_types(ccx: &CrateCtxt) {
     let krate = ccx.tcx.map.krate();
     let mut visit = wf::CheckTypeWellFormedVisitor::new(ccx);
@@ -501,11 +478,6 @@ pub fn check_item_types(ccx: &CrateCtxt) {
     visit::walk_crate(&mut visit, krate);
 
     ccx.tcx.sess.abort_if_errors();
-
-    let mut visit = DefaultedTraitVisitor { ccx: ccx };
-    visit::walk_crate(&mut visit, krate);
-
-    ccx.tcx.sess.abort_if_errors();
 }
 
 fn check_bare_fn<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/wf.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/wf.rs
index aa7e2b6dcce..8185f48cb8c 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/wf.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/wf.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl<'ccx, 'tcx> CheckTypeWellFormedVisitor<'ccx, 'tcx> {
 
                 self.check_variances_for_type_defn(item, ast_generics);
             }
-            ast::ItemTrait(_, ref ast_generics, _, _) => {
+            ast::ItemTrait(_, ref ast_generics, _, ref items) => {
                 let trait_predicates =
                     ty::lookup_predicates(ccx.tcx, local_def(item.id));
                 reject_non_type_param_bounds(
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ impl<'ccx, 'tcx> CheckTypeWellFormedVisitor<'ccx, 'tcx> {
                     &trait_predicates);
                 self.check_variances(item, ast_generics, &trait_predicates,
                                      self.tcx().lang_items.phantom_fn());
+                if ty::trait_has_default_impl(ccx.tcx, local_def(item.id)) {
+                    if !items.is_empty() {
+                        ccx.tcx.sess.span_err(
+                            item.span,
+                            "traits with default impls (`e.g. unsafe impl Trait for ..`) must \
+                            have no methods or associated items")
+                    }
+                }
             }
             _ => {}
         }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-23080-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-23080-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff5ac9de8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-23080-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+
+#![feature(optin_builtin_traits)]
+
+use std::marker::MarkerTrait;
+
+unsafe trait Trait: MarkerTrait {
+//~^ error: traits with default impls (`e.g. unsafe impl Trait for ..`) must have no methods or associated items
+    type Output;
+}
+
+unsafe impl Trait for .. {}
+
+fn call_method<T: Trait>(x: T) {}
+
+fn main() {
+    // ICE
+    call_method(());
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-23080.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-23080.rs
index 61b9a1a14e0..99373a69697 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-23080.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-23080.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+
 #![feature(optin_builtin_traits)]
 
 unsafe trait Trait {
-//~^ error: traits with default impls (`e.g. impl Trait for ..`) must have no methods
+//~^ error: traits with default impls (`e.g. unsafe impl Trait for ..`) must have no methods or associated items
     fn method(&self) {
         println!("Hello");
     }