2 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
index b01f479895b..053746b579d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
 
         let lo = self.span;
-        let ident = self.parse_ident_attr()?;
+        let ident = self.parse_ident()?;
         let node = self.parse_meta_item_kind()?;
         Ok(ast::MetaItem { name: ident.name, node: node, span: lo.to(self.prev_span) })
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 9d573ea0e7c..4c61ab6bd78 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -777,10 +777,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         self.parse_ident_common(true)
     }
 
-    pub fn parse_ident_attr(&mut self) -> PResult<'a, ast::Ident> {
-        self.parse_ident()
-    }
-
     fn parse_ident_common(&mut self, recover: bool) -> PResult<'a, ast::Ident> {
         match self.token {
             token::Ident(i) => {