diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs b/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
index a979410ca94de..d2a5e12009ec4 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/driver.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use rustc_borrowck as borrowck;
 use rustc_incremental;
 use rustc_resolve as resolve;
 use rustc_metadata::macro_import;
-use rustc_metadata::creader::LocalCrateReader;
+use rustc_metadata::creader::read_local_crates;
 use rustc_metadata::cstore::CStore;
 use rustc_trans::back::link;
 use rustc_trans::back::write;
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ pub fn compile_input(sess: &Session,
 
         time(sess.time_passes(),
              "external crate/lib resolution",
-             || LocalCrateReader::new(sess, &cstore, &defs, &expanded_crate, &id)
-                    .read_crates(&dep_graph));
+             || read_local_crates(sess, &cstore, &defs, &expanded_crate, &id, &dep_graph));
 
         time(sess.time_passes(),
              "early lint checks",
diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/test.rs b/src/librustc_driver/test.rs
index 270376bda766e..5c62d236844ee 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/test.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/test.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use rustc::traits::ProjectionMode;
 use rustc::ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeFoldable};
 use rustc::infer::{self, InferOk, InferResult, TypeOrigin};
 use rustc_metadata::cstore::CStore;
-use rustc_metadata::creader::LocalCrateReader;
+use rustc_metadata::creader::read_local_crates;
 use rustc::hir::map as hir_map;
 use rustc::session::{self, config};
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ fn test_env<F>(source_string: &str,
     let dep_graph = DepGraph::new(false);
     let krate = driver::assign_node_ids(&sess, krate);
     let mut defs = hir_map::collect_definitions(&krate);
-    LocalCrateReader::new(&sess, &cstore, &defs, &krate, "test_crate").read_crates(&dep_graph);
+    read_local_crates(&sess, &cstore, &defs, &krate, "test_crate", &dep_graph);
     let _ignore = dep_graph.in_ignore();
 
     let (_, resolutions, mut hir_forest) = {
diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/creader.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/creader.rs
index 62c208dbcb2a4..63c6af704bbfe 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/creader.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/creader.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use syntax::parse::token::InternedString;
 use syntax::visit;
 use log;
 
-pub struct LocalCrateReader<'a> {
+struct LocalCrateReader<'a> {
     sess: &'a Session,
     cstore: &'a CStore,
     creader: CrateReader<'a>,
@@ -841,12 +841,12 @@ impl<'a> CrateReader<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> LocalCrateReader<'a> {
-    pub fn new(sess: &'a Session,
-               cstore: &'a CStore,
-               defs: &'a hir_map::Definitions,
-               krate: &'a ast::Crate,
-               local_crate_name: &str)
-               -> LocalCrateReader<'a> {
+    fn new(sess: &'a Session,
+           cstore: &'a CStore,
+           defs: &'a hir_map::Definitions,
+           krate: &'a ast::Crate,
+           local_crate_name: &str)
+           -> LocalCrateReader<'a> {
         LocalCrateReader {
             sess: sess,
             cstore: cstore,
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ impl<'a> LocalCrateReader<'a> {
     // Traverses an AST, reading all the information about use'd crates and
     // extern libraries necessary for later resolving, typechecking, linking,
     // etc.
-    pub fn read_crates(&mut self, dep_graph: &DepGraph) {
+    fn read_crates(&mut self, dep_graph: &DepGraph) {
         let _task = dep_graph.in_task(DepNode::CrateReader);
 
         self.process_crate(self.krate);
@@ -981,6 +981,17 @@ impl<'a> LocalCrateReader<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Traverses an AST, reading all the information about use'd crates and extern
+/// libraries necessary for later resolving, typechecking, linking, etc.
+pub fn read_local_crates(sess: & Session,
+                         cstore: & CStore,
+                         defs: & hir_map::Definitions,
+                         krate: & ast::Crate,
+                         local_crate_name: &str,
+                         dep_graph: &DepGraph) {
+    LocalCrateReader::new(sess, cstore, defs, krate, local_crate_name).read_crates(dep_graph)
+}
+
 /// Imports the codemap from an external crate into the codemap of the crate
 /// currently being compiled (the "local crate").
 ///
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/core.rs b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
index e5919a4b35ff6..67eb268af08f6 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/core.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use rustc::lint;
 use rustc_trans::back::link;
 use rustc_resolve as resolve;
 use rustc_metadata::cstore::CStore;
-use rustc_metadata::creader::LocalCrateReader;
+use rustc_metadata::creader::read_local_crates;
 
 use syntax::{ast, codemap, errors};
 use syntax::errors::emitter::ColorConfig;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ pub fn run_core(search_paths: SearchPaths,
     let dep_graph = DepGraph::new(false);
 
     let mut defs = hir_map::collect_definitions(&krate);
-    LocalCrateReader::new(&sess, &cstore, &defs, &krate, &name).read_crates(&dep_graph);
+    read_local_crates(&sess, &cstore, &defs, &krate, &name, &dep_graph);
 
     // Lower ast -> hir and resolve.
     let (analysis, resolutions, mut hir_forest) = {
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs b/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs
index a2893fa2f0dc0..0ad113b8d8b38 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-make/execution-engine/test.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use rustc::session::config::{self, basic_options, build_configuration, Input, Op
 use rustc::session::build_session;
 use rustc_driver::{driver, abort_on_err};
 use rustc_resolve::MakeGlobMap;
-use rustc_metadata::creader::LocalCrateReader;
+use rustc_metadata::creader::read_local_crates;
 use rustc_metadata::cstore::CStore;
 use libc::c_void;
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ fn compile_program(input: &str, sysroot: PathBuf)
         let dep_graph = DepGraph::new(sess.opts.build_dep_graph());
         let krate = driver::assign_node_ids(&sess, krate);
         let mut defs = ast_map::collect_definitions(&krate);
-        LocalCrateReader::new(&sess, &cstore, &defs, &krate, &id).read_crates(&dep_graph);
+        read_local_crates(&sess, &cstore, &defs, &krate, &id, &dep_graph);
         let (analysis, resolutions, mut hir_forest) = {
             driver::lower_and_resolve(&sess, &id, &mut defs, &krate, dep_graph, MakeGlobMap::No)
         };