diff --git a/src/comp/metadata/csearch.rs b/src/comp/metadata/csearch.rs
index f4f1070069a..bb55275f579 100644
--- a/src/comp/metadata/csearch.rs
+++ b/src/comp/metadata/csearch.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import middle::ty;
 import std::io;
 
 fn get_symbol(session::session sess, ast::def_id def) -> str {
-    decoder::get_symbol(sess, def)
+    auto cnum = def._0;
+    auto node_id = def._1;
+    auto cstore = sess.get_cstore();
+    auto cdata = cstore::get_crate_data(cstore, cnum).data;
+    ret decoder::get_symbol(cdata, node_id);
 }
 
-fn get_tag_variants(ty::ctxt ctx, ast::def_id def) -> ty::variant_info[] {
-    decoder::get_tag_variants(ctx, def)
+fn get_tag_variants(ty::ctxt tcx, ast::def_id def) -> ty::variant_info[] {
+    decoder::get_tag_variants(tcx, def)
 }
 
 fn get_type(ty::ctxt tcx, ast::def_id def) -> ty::ty_param_count_and_ty {
@@ -16,12 +20,18 @@ fn get_type(ty::ctxt tcx, ast::def_id def) -> ty::ty_param_count_and_ty {
 }
 
 fn get_type_param_count(ty::ctxt tcx, &ast::def_id def) -> uint {
-    decoder::get_type_param_count(tcx, def)
+    auto cnum = def._0;
+    auto node_id = def._1;
+    auto cstore = tcx.sess.get_cstore();
+    auto cdata = cstore::get_crate_data(cstore, cnum).data;
+    ret decoder::get_type_param_count(cdata, node_id);
 }
 
 fn lookup_defs(session::session sess, ast::crate_num cnum,
                vec[ast::ident] path) -> vec[ast::def] {
-    decoder::lookup_defs(sess, cnum, path)
+    auto cstore = sess.get_cstore();
+    auto cdata = cstore::get_crate_data(cstore, cnum).data;
+    ret decoder::lookup_defs(cdata, cnum, path);
 }
 
 fn get_crate_attributes(&vec[u8] data) -> ast::attribute[] {
diff --git a/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs b/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs
index 91e97c8d835..c351313d9f5 100644
--- a/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs
@@ -138,9 +138,8 @@ fn resolve_path(vec[ast::ident] path, vec[u8] data) -> vec[ast::def_id] {
 }
 
 // Crate metadata queries
-fn lookup_defs(session::session sess, ast::crate_num cnum,
+fn lookup_defs(&vec[u8] data, ast::crate_num cnum,
                vec[ast::ident] path) -> vec[ast::def] {
-    auto data = cstore::get_crate_data(sess.get_cstore(), cnum).data;
     ret vec::map(bind lookup_def(cnum, data, _), resolve_path(path, data));
 }
 
@@ -187,17 +186,12 @@ fn get_type(ty::ctxt tcx, ast::def_id def) -> ty::ty_param_count_and_ty {
     ret tup(tp_count, t);
 }
 
-fn get_type_param_count(ty::ctxt tcx, &ast::def_id def) -> uint {
-    auto data = cstore::get_crate_data(tcx.sess.get_cstore(),
-                                       def._0).data;
-    ret item_ty_param_count(lookup_item(def._1, data));
+fn get_type_param_count(&vec[u8] data, ast::node_id id) -> uint {
+    ret item_ty_param_count(lookup_item(id, data));
 }
 
-fn get_symbol(session::session sess, ast::def_id def) -> str {
-    auto external_crate_id = def._0;
-    auto data = cstore::get_crate_data(sess.get_cstore(),
-                                       external_crate_id).data;
-    ret item_symbol(lookup_item(def._1, data));
+fn get_symbol(&vec[u8] data, ast::node_id id) -> str {
+    ret item_symbol(lookup_item(id, data));
 }
 
 fn get_tag_variants(ty::ctxt tcx, ast::def_id def) -> ty::variant_info[] {