diff --git a/src/etc/combine-tests.py b/src/etc/combine-tests.py
index ce788f06c38da..aaba80aa44640 100755
--- a/src/etc/combine-tests.py
+++ b/src/etc/combine-tests.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ def scrub(b):
 // AUTO-GENERATED FILE: DO NOT EDIT
 #[crate_id=\"run_pass_stage2#0.1\"];
 #[pkgid=\"run_pass_stage2#0.1\"];
-#[link(name=\"run_pass_stage2\", vers=\"0.1\")];
 #[feature(globs, macro_rules, struct_variant, managed_boxes)];
 #[allow(warnings)];
 """
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs b/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
index 9ec0fa337168c..5a74fdb6d86dc 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
@@ -872,6 +872,12 @@ fn check_crate_attrs_usage(cx: &Context, attrs: &[ast::Attribute]) {
         if !iter.any(|other_attr| { name.equiv(other_attr) }) {
             cx.span_lint(attribute_usage, attr.span, "unknown crate attribute");
         }
+        if name.equiv(& &"link") {
+            cx.tcx.sess.span_err(attr.span,
+                                 "obsolete crate `link` attribute");
+            cx.tcx.sess.note("the link attribute has been superceded by the crate_id \
+                             attribute, which has the format `#[crate_id = \"name#version\"]`");
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/cci_impl_lib.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_impl_lib.rs
index 1f5c98cd7e1c7..28c0c3062f3f5 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/cci_impl_lib.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_impl_lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="cci_impl_lib"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name="cci_impl_lib", vers="0.0")];
 
 trait uint_helpers {
     fn to(&self, v: uint, f: |uint|);
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/cci_iter_lib.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_iter_lib.rs
index 672d06f1ccba3..937f1bb33862f 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/cci_iter_lib.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_iter_lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="cci_iter_lib"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name="cci_iter_lib", vers="0.0")];
 
 #[inline]
 pub fn iter<T>(v: &[T], f: |&T|) {
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/cci_no_inline_lib.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_no_inline_lib.rs
index ef832d8e443f5..87689474ca3e9 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/cci_no_inline_lib.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/cci_no_inline_lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="cci_no_inline_lib"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name="cci_no_inline_lib", vers="0.0")];
 
 // same as cci_iter_lib, more-or-less, but not marked inline
 pub fn iter(v: ~[uint], f: |uint|) {
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crate-method-reexport-grrrrrrr2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crate-method-reexport-grrrrrrr2.rs
index a5e10eaaf6872..5fd0a5b31ee71 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crate-method-reexport-grrrrrrr2.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crate-method-reexport-grrrrrrr2.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #[feature(managed_boxes)];
 #[crate_id="crate_method_reexport_grrrrrrr2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crate_method_reexport_grrrrrrr2")];
 
 pub use name_pool::add;
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-1.rs
index 1188626242b64..11324f4a21b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-1.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve1#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve1",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-2.rs
index f0d69b3eaafa1..d1edbf5d681dc 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-2.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve1#0.2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve1",
-       vers = "0.2")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-3.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-3.rs
index fe62de2d409a3..0d1e9eab62b76 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-3.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve1-3.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve1#0.3"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve1",
-       vers = "0.3")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-1.rs
index 7d64c24798bdd..6a5e988dcdf4a 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-1.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve2#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve2",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-2.rs
index bd7fb7cfa8152..fa10154eb64c4 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-2.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve2#0.2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve2",
-       vers = "0.2")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-3.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-3.rs
index 64aeca48608b6..f93ca930be575 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-3.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve2-3.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve2#0.3"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve2",
-       vers = "0.3")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-1.rs
index ae6fe53ab4793..a5d30ea28910f 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-1.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve3#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve3",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-2.rs
index b77e147c63556..f9a2b45b4a380 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve3-2.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve3#0.2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve3",
-       vers = "0.2")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-1.rs
index 683a46ceecd7b..ad48aea3c2a24 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-1.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve4a#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve4a", vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 pub fn f() -> int { 10 }
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-2.rs
index 6facf02d923b0..cee5e9711d4c3 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4a-2.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve4a#0.2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve4a", vers= "0.2")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 pub fn g() -> int { 20 }
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-1.rs
index e19cd6c73d201..c80fb8ee9e965 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-1.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 // aux-build:crateresolve4a-1.rs
 // aux-build:crateresolve4a-2.rs
 #[crate_id="crateresolve4b#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve4b", vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 extern mod crateresolve4a = "crateresolve4a#0.2";
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-2.rs
index 2c00d9aab8d99..019b6047e63dd 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve4b-2.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 // aux-build:crateresolve4a-1.rs
 // aux-build:crateresolve4a-2.rs
 #[crate_id="crateresolve4b#0.2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve4b", vers = "0.2")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 extern mod crateresolve4a = "crateresolve4a#0.1";
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-1.rs
index f619499f4f442..0336abae19c4e 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-1.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve5#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve5",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-2.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-2.rs
index d0164d77e6652..9c5720680ed6a 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve5-2.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="crateresolve5#0.2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve5",
-       vers = "0.2")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve8-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve8-1.rs
index aa3babea58f26..b28ac5295a6d5 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve8-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/crateresolve8-1.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 
 // default link meta for 'package_id' will be equal to filestem
 #[crate_id="crateresolve8#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "crateresolve8",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/extern-crosscrate-source.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/extern-crosscrate-source.rs
index 7a7d0c453a71e..72345022282bf 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/extern-crosscrate-source.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/extern-crosscrate-source.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="externcallback#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "externcallback",
-       vers = "0.1")];
-
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 use std::libc;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/foreign_lib.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/foreign_lib.rs
index bc2ef7262a6fa..e59fae346368b 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/foreign_lib.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/foreign_lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="foreign_lib"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name="foreign_lib", vers="0.0")];
 
 pub mod rustrt {
     use std::libc;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/inline_dtor.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/inline_dtor.rs
index 83f2cee0a5435..3dc1b4cc2371d 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/inline_dtor.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/inline_dtor.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="inline_dtor#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name="inline_dtor", vers="0.1")];
 
 pub struct Foo;
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/iss.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/iss.rs
index b7cffa4c37828..85847a6fdeb28 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/iss.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/iss.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="issue6919_3#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name="iss6919_3", vers="0.1")];
 
 // part of issue-6919.rs
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2380.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2380.rs
index 24c8edbc80078..c7ffa4a39ac40 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2380.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2380.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #[feature(managed_boxes)];
 #[crate_id="a"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "a", vers = "0.0")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 pub trait i<T> { }
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-a.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-a.rs
index c9779a0040d78..305dece1ae19b 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-a.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-a.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="a#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "a", vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 type t1 = uint;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-b.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-b.rs
index 33cb5d5fb6c4b..e51d68049eee5 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-b.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2414-b.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 // xfail-fast
 
 #[crate_id="b#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "b", vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 extern mod a;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2526.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2526.rs
index 5948a4923053b..e932a9c29ea6a 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2526.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2526.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="issue_2526#0.2"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "issue_2526",
-       vers = "0.2",
-       uuid = "54cc1bc9-02b8-447c-a227-75ebc923bc29")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 extern mod extra;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2631-a.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2631-a.rs
index e5457e46d33dc..f5d2fb9ffd228 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2631-a.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-2631-a.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 #[feature(managed_boxes)];
 #[crate_id="req"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "req")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 extern mod extra;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-3012-1.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-3012-1.rs
index 40ae334ef7227..af83c5561db8e 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-3012-1.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-3012-1.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="socketlib"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name="socketlib", vers="0.0")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 pub mod socket {
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-4208-cc.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-4208-cc.rs
index 71db81459b0dc..8a95f3effb615 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue-4208-cc.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue-4208-cc.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="numeric#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "numeric",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 pub trait Trig<T> {
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378a.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378a.rs
index ea14229cc48a7..d254a275ea622 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378a.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378a.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-#[link (name = "issue2378a")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 pub enum maybe<T> { just(T), nothing }
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378b.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378b.rs
index 71c0bab138f46..2931245bb12bd 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378b.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue2378b.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-#[link (name = "issue2378b")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 extern mod issue2378a;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_a.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_a.rs
index 4d21abe64efe1..413d57c6fd408 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_a.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_a.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="a#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "a", vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 trait to_strz {
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_c.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_c.rs
index 60054cd22189a..4008402441b5d 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_c.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue_2242_c.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="c#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "c", vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 extern mod a;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/issue_3979_traits.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/issue_3979_traits.rs
index 08f83d9d20624..75bdad7c95ee2 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/issue_3979_traits.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/issue_3979_traits.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="issue_3979_traits#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "issue_3979_traits",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/lint_stability.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/lint_stability.rs
index 8b821c656228a..108b715c0fb65 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/lint_stability.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/lint_stability.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 #[crate_id="lint_stability#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "lint_stability",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 #[deprecated]
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/static-methods-crate.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/static-methods-crate.rs
index 648c9ca7320fe..bc028f972db9d 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/static-methods-crate.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/static-methods-crate.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="static_methods_crate#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "static_methods_crate",
-       vers = "0.1")];
-
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 use std::int;
diff --git a/src/test/auxiliary/struct_variant_xc_aux.rs b/src/test/auxiliary/struct_variant_xc_aux.rs
index fc258a8a52794..668e5c9afb352 100644
--- a/src/test/auxiliary/struct_variant_xc_aux.rs
+++ b/src/test/auxiliary/struct_variant_xc_aux.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="struct_variant_xc_aux#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "struct_variant_xc_aux",
-       vers = "0.1")];
 #[crate_type = "lib"];
 
 #[feature(struct_variant)];
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-1251.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-1251.rs
index 27ea0d394b883..70d2c58a631e3 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-1251.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-1251.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 #[crate_id="rust_get_test_int"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-#[link(name = "rust_get_test_int")];
 
 mod rustrt {
     use std::libc;
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/item-attributes.rs b/src/test/run-pass/item-attributes.rs
index b453dca1800c6..133660e28d2ac 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/item-attributes.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/item-attributes.rs
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
 #[attr4(attr5)];
 
 #[crate_id="extra#0.1"];
-// NOTE: remove after the next snapshot
-// Special linkage attributes for the crate
-#[link(name = "extra",
-       vers = "0.1",
-       uuid = "122bed0b-c19b-4b82-b0b7-7ae8aead7297",
-       url = "http://rust-lang.org/src/extra")];
 
 // These are attributes of the following mod
 #[attr1 = "val"]