1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs b/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs
index 2bc066d3fea..fa4cc276ee5 100644
--- a/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/thread/mod.rs
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ pub struct Thread {
 
 impl Thread {
     // Used only internally to construct a thread object without spawning
-    fn new(name: Option<String>) -> Thread {
+    pub(crate) fn new(name: Option<String>) -> Thread {
         let cname = name.map(|n| {
             CString::new(n).expect("thread name may not contain interior null bytes")
         });
@@ -858,11 +858,6 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Thread {
     }
 }
 
-// a hack to get around privacy restrictions
-impl thread_info::NewThread for Thread {
-    fn new(name: Option<String>) -> Thread { Thread::new(name) }
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // JoinHandle
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////