diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
index 6f6f8d7d563..24227dea531 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ pub enum ObsoleteSyntax {
     ObsoleteSwap,
     ObsoleteUnsafeBlock,
     ObsoleteBareFnType,
-    ObsoleteNamedExternModule,
     ObsoleteMultipleLocalDecl,
     ObsoleteUnsafeExternFn,
     ObsoleteTraitFuncVisibility,
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ pub enum ObsoleteSyntax {
     ObsoleteBoxedClosure,
     ObsoleteClosureType,
     ObsoleteMultipleImport,
-    ObsoleteExternModAttributesInParens,
     ObsoleteManagedPattern,
     ObsoleteManagedString,
     ObsoleteManagedVec,
@@ -86,11 +84,6 @@ fn obsolete(&mut self, sp: Span, kind: ObsoleteSyntax) {
                 "bare function type",
                 "use `|A| -> B` or `extern fn(A) -> B` instead"
             ),
-            ObsoleteNamedExternModule => (
-                "named external module",
-                "instead of `extern mod foo { ... }`, write `mod foo { \
-                 extern { ... } }`"
-            ),
             ObsoleteMultipleLocalDecl => (
                 "declaration of multiple locals at once",
                 "instead of e.g. `let a = 1, b = 2`, write \
@@ -141,11 +134,6 @@ fn obsolete(&mut self, sp: Span, kind: ObsoleteSyntax) {
                 "multiple imports",
                 "only one import is allowed per `use` statement"
             ),
-            ObsoleteExternModAttributesInParens => (
-                "`extern mod` with linkage attribute list",
-                "use `extern mod foo = \"bar\";` instead of \
-                `extern mod foo (name = \"bar\")`"
-            ),
             ObsoleteManagedPattern => (
                 "managed pointer pattern",
                 "use a nested `match` expression instead of a managed box \
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-syntax.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-syntax.rs
index 07fa5077d9b..9fe5e2031bb 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-syntax.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/obsolete-syntax.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-extern mod obsolete_name {
-    //~^ ERROR obsolete syntax: named external module
-    fn bar();
-}
-
 trait A {
     pub fn foo(); //~ ERROR: visibility not necessary
     pub fn bar(); //~ ERROR: visibility not necessary