diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
index ef140a7614a2c..68b22c5bdded6 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
@@ -1278,7 +1278,6 @@ pub type Mac = Spanned<Mac_>;
 pub struct Mac_ {
     pub path: Path,
     pub tts: Vec<TokenTree>,
-    pub ctxt: SyntaxContext,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Hash, Debug, Copy)]
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index 83ddc79af8474..46aa7539b4f9c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@ impl Folder for Marker {
             node: Mac_ {
                 path: self.fold_path(node.path),
                 tts: self.fold_tts(&node.tts),
-                ctxt: mtwt::apply_mark(self.mark, node.ctxt),
             },
             span: self.new_span(span),
         }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
index edf418e33325b..45c030d8e1f56 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
@@ -520,7 +520,6 @@ pub fn noop_fold_mac<T: Folder>(Spanned {node, span}: Mac, fld: &mut T) -> Mac {
         node: Mac_ {
             path: fld.fold_path(node.path),
             tts: fld.fold_tts(&node.tts),
-            ctxt: node.ctxt,
         },
         span: fld.new_span(span)
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 22cc20b8f8c44..0a6b578188773 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use ast::Block;
 use ast::{BlockCheckMode, CaptureBy};
 use ast::{Constness, Crate, CrateConfig};
 use ast::{Decl, DeclKind, Defaultness};
-use ast::{EMPTY_CTXT, EnumDef};
+use ast::EnumDef;
 use ast::{Expr, ExprKind, RangeLimits};
 use ast::{Field, FnDecl};
 use ast::{ForeignItem, ForeignItemKind, FunctionRetTy};
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                                                 SeqSep::none(),
                                                 |p| p.parse_token_tree())?;
                 let hi = self.span.hi;
-                TyKind::Mac(spanned(lo, hi, Mac_ { path: path, tts: tts, ctxt: EMPTY_CTXT }))
+                TyKind::Mac(spanned(lo, hi, Mac_ { path: path, tts: tts }))
             } else {
                 // NAMED TYPE
                 TyKind::Path(None, path)
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
                         return Ok(self.mk_mac_expr(lo,
                                                    hi,
-                                                   Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts, ctxt: EMPTY_CTXT },
+                                                   Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts },
                                                    attrs));
                     }
                     if self.check(&token::OpenDelim(token::Brace)) {
@@ -3661,7 +3661,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                         let tts = self.parse_seq_to_end(
                             &token::CloseDelim(delim),
                             SeqSep::none(), |p| p.parse_token_tree())?;
-                        let mac = Mac_ { path: path, tts: tts, ctxt: EMPTY_CTXT };
+                        let mac = Mac_ { path: path, tts: tts };
                         pat = PatKind::Mac(codemap::Spanned {node: mac,
                                                        span: mk_sp(lo, self.last_span.hi)});
                     } else {
@@ -3979,7 +3979,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             };
 
             if id.name == keywords::Invalid.name() {
-                let mac = P(spanned(lo, hi, Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts, ctxt: EMPTY_CTXT }));
+                let mac = P(spanned(lo, hi, Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts }));
                 let stmt = StmtKind::Mac(mac, style, attrs.into_thin_attrs());
                 spanned(lo, hi, stmt)
             } else {
@@ -4000,7 +4000,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                         self.mk_item(
                             lo, hi, id /*id is good here*/,
                             ItemKind::Mac(spanned(lo, hi,
-                                            Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts, ctxt: EMPTY_CTXT })),
+                                            Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts })),
                             Visibility::Inherited, attrs)))),
                     ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))
             }
@@ -4913,7 +4913,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             let tts = self.parse_seq_to_end(&token::CloseDelim(delim),
                                             SeqSep::none(),
                                             |p| p.parse_token_tree())?;
-            let m_ = Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts, ctxt: EMPTY_CTXT };
+            let m_ = Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts };
             let m: ast::Mac = codemap::Spanned { node: m_,
                                                 span: mk_sp(lo,
                                                             self.last_span.hi) };
@@ -6002,7 +6002,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                                             SeqSep::none(),
                                             |p| p.parse_token_tree())?;
             // single-variant-enum... :
-            let m = Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts, ctxt: EMPTY_CTXT };
+            let m = Mac_ { path: pth, tts: tts };
             let m: ast::Mac = codemap::Spanned { node: m,
                                              span: mk_sp(mac_lo,
                                                          self.last_span.hi) };