diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f4c3c74..e4a0da3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 language: rust
 matrix:
   include:
-    - rust: 1.24.1
+    - rust: 1.27.2
     - rust: stable
       script:
         - cargo test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c913375..680a221 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ as well as anything that requires non-const function calls to be computed.
 
 ## Minimum supported `rustc`
 
-`1.24.1+`
+`1.27.2+`
 
 This version is explicitly tested in CI and may only be bumped in new minor versions. Any changes to the supported minimum version will be called out in the release notes.
 
diff --git a/src/inline_lazy.rs b/src/inline_lazy.rs
index 6ffdc44..219ce9c 100644
--- a/src/inline_lazy.rs
+++ b/src/inline_lazy.rs
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ extern crate std;
 
 use self::std::prelude::v1::*;
 use self::std::cell::Cell;
+use self::std::hint::unreachable_unchecked;
 use self::std::sync::Once;
 #[allow(deprecated)]
 pub use self::std::sync::ONCE_INIT;
 
-// FIXME: Replace Option<T> with MaybeInitialized<T>
+// FIXME: Replace Option<T> with MaybeUninit<T> (stable since 1.36.0)
 pub struct Lazy<T: Sync>(Cell<Option<T>>, Once);
 
 impl<T: Sync> Lazy<T> {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ impl<T: Sync> Lazy<T> {
         });
 
         // `self.0` is guaranteed to be `Some` by this point
-        // The `Once` will catch and propegate panics
+        // The `Once` will catch and propagate panics
         unsafe {
             match *self.0.as_ptr() {
                 Some(ref x) => x,
@@ -54,15 +55,3 @@ macro_rules! __lazy_static_create {
         static $NAME: $crate::lazy::Lazy<$T> = $crate::lazy::Lazy::INIT;
     };
 }
-
-/// Polyfill for std::hint::unreachable_unchecked. There currently exists a
-/// [crate](https://docs.rs/unreachable) for an equivalent to std::hint::unreachable_unchecked, but
-/// lazy_static currently doesn't include any runtime dependencies and we've chosen to include this
-/// short polyfill rather than include a new crate in every consumer's build.
-///
-/// This should be replaced by std's version when lazy_static starts to require at least Rust 1.27.
-unsafe fn unreachable_unchecked() -> ! {
-    enum Void {}
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
-    match std::mem::uninitialized::<Void>() {}
-}