10 files changed, 13 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/Cargo.toml b/src/libsyntax/Cargo.toml
index 15c685b3b7b..d4a9acc1569 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/libsyntax/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "1.0"
-serialize = { path = "../libserialize" }
+rustc_serialize = { path = "../libserialize", package = "serialize" }
 log = "0.4"
 scoped-tls = "1.0"
 lazy_static = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
index b9b43c89346..dbfad3ef7f4 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use syntax_pos::{Span, DUMMY_SP};
 
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashSet;
 use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
-use serialize::{self, Decoder, Encoder};
+use rustc_serialize::{self, Decoder, Encoder};
 use std::fmt;
 
 pub use rustc_target::abi::FloatTy;
@@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ impl fmt::Display for NodeId {
     }
 }
 
-impl serialize::UseSpecializedEncodable for NodeId {
+impl rustc_serialize::UseSpecializedEncodable for NodeId {
     fn default_encode<S: Encoder>(&self, s: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> {
         s.emit_u32(self.as_u32())
     }
 }
 
-impl serialize::UseSpecializedDecodable for NodeId {
+impl rustc_serialize::UseSpecializedDecodable for NodeId {
     fn default_decode<D: Decoder>(d: &mut D) -> Result<NodeId, D::Error> {
         d.read_u32().map(NodeId::from_u32)
     }
@@ -2414,12 +2414,11 @@ impl ForeignItemKind {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use serialize;
 
     // Are ASTs encodable?
     #[test]
     fn check_asts_encodable() {
-        fn assert_encodable<T: serialize::Encodable>() {}
+        fn assert_encodable<T: rustc_serialize::Encodable>() {}
         assert_encodable::<Crate>();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
index a9f2429560a..7be21ff9029 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use std::iter;
 use std::ops::DerefMut;
 
 pub fn mark_used(attr: &Attribute) {
-    debug!("Marking {:?} as used.", attr);
+    debug!("marking {:?} as used", attr);
     GLOBALS.with(|globals| {
         globals.used_attrs.lock().insert(attr.id);
     });
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub fn is_used(attr: &Attribute) -> bool {
 }
 
 pub fn mark_known(attr: &Attribute) {
-    debug!("Marking {:?} as known.", attr);
+    debug!("marking {:?} as known", attr);
     GLOBALS.with(|globals| {
         globals.known_attrs.lock().insert(attr.id);
     });
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/error_codes.rs b/src/libsyntax/error_codes.rs
index e2d212eb721..029ce73498c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/error_codes.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/error_codes.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ beta compilers will not comply.
 Example of erroneous code (on a stable compiler):
 
 ```ignore (depends on release channel)
-#![feature(non_ascii_idents)] // error: #![feature] may not be used on the
+#![feature(non_ascii_idents)] // error: `#![feature]` may not be used on the
                               //        stable release channel
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index ae72f1fd108..14d573d07d0 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> MacroExpander<'a, 'b> {
             None => return TokenStream::empty(),
         }
         self.cx.span_err(span, "custom attribute invocations must be \
-            of the form #[foo] or #[foo(..)], the macro name must only be \
+            of the form `#[foo]` or `#[foo(..)]`, the macro name must only be \
             followed by a delimiter token");
         TokenStream::empty()
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/lib.rs b/src/libsyntax/lib.rs
index 3dea1977c4d..0507a322a5f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/lib.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@
 
 #![recursion_limit="256"]
 
-#[allow(unused_extern_crates)]
-extern crate serialize as rustc_serialize; // used by deriving
-
 pub use errors;
 use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lock;
 use rustc_data_structures::bit_set::GrowableBitSet;
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/unescape_error_reporting.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/unescape_error_reporting.rs
index bc3ee8620e0..7eee07e61a9 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/unescape_error_reporting.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/unescape_error_reporting.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pub(crate) fn emit_unescape_error(
             handler.span_err(span, "empty character literal")
         }
         EscapeError::LoneSlash => {
-            panic!("lexer accepted unterminated literal with trailing slash")
+            handler.span_err(span, "invalid trailing slash in literal")
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ptr.rs b/src/libsyntax/ptr.rs
index be580dc2e6a..b5eb8ca94c0 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ptr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ptr.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use std::iter::FromIterator;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::{slice, vec};
 
-use serialize::{Encodable, Decodable, Encoder, Decoder};
+use rustc_serialize::{Encodable, Decodable, Encoder, Decoder};
 
 use rustc_data_structures::stable_hasher::{StableHasher, StableHasherResult,
                                            HashStable};
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/test.rs b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
index d82cdce2ce9..2ada7104843 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/test.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ fn get_test_runner(sd: &errors::Handler, krate: &ast::Crate) -> Option<ast::Path
     test_attr.meta_item_list().map(|meta_list| {
         if meta_list.len() != 1 {
             sd.span_fatal(test_attr.span,
-                "#![test_runner(..)] accepts exactly 1 argument").raise()
+                "`#![test_runner(..)]` accepts exactly 1 argument").raise()
         }
         match meta_list[0].meta_item() {
             Some(meta_item) if meta_item.is_word() => meta_item.path.clone(),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/tokenstream.rs b/src/libsyntax/tokenstream.rs
index 88142344d79..34e68944926 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/tokenstream.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/tokenstream.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use syntax_pos::{BytePos, ExpnId, Span, DUMMY_SP};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size;
 use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
-use serialize::{Decoder, Decodable, Encoder, Encodable};
+use rustc_serialize::{Decoder, Decodable, Encoder, Encodable};
 use smallvec::{SmallVec, smallvec};
 
 use std::borrow::Cow;