diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs b/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs
index 0c2abfd23c3..d46cb7218b8 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/privacy.rs
@@ -1001,10 +1001,6 @@ impl<'a> SanePrivacyVisitor<'a> {
             };
             for f in def.fields.iter() {
                match f.node.kind {
-                    ast::NamedField(_, ast::Public) if public_def => {
-                        tcx.sess.span_err(f.span, "unnecessary `pub` \
-                                                   visibility");
-                    }
                     ast::NamedField(_, ast::Private) if !public_def => {
                         tcx.sess.span_err(f.span, "unnecessary `priv` \
                                                    visibility");
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/struct-field-privacy.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/struct-field-privacy.rs
index d298d331a3f..56c58590fba 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/struct-field-privacy.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/struct-field-privacy.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mod inner {
     pub struct B {
         a: int,
         priv b: int,
-        pub c: int, //~ ERROR: unnecessary `pub` visibility
+        pub c: int,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/struct-variant-privacy.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/struct-variant-privacy.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f37e02be12c..00000000000
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/struct-variant-privacy.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 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.
-#[feature(struct_variant)];
-
-pub enum Foo {
-    Bar {
-        pub x: int, //~ ERROR unnecessary `pub` visibility
-        y: int,
-        priv z: int
-    }
-}
-
-fn main() {}