diff --git a/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs b/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs
index 02e704b684185..ee38cca7828be 100644
--- a/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl<'a> AllocFnFactory<'a> {
         let result = self.call_allocator(method.name, args);
         let (output_ty, output_expr) =
             self.ret_ty(&method.output, &mut abi_args, mk, result);
-        let kind = ItemKind::Fn(self.cx.fn_decl(abi_args, output_ty),
+        let kind = ItemKind::Fn(self.cx.fn_decl(abi_args, ast::FunctionRetTy::Ty(output_ty)),
                                 Unsafety::Unsafe,
                                 dummy_spanned(Constness::NotConst),
                                 Abi::Rust,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
index 9b53553bf69d7..269517e998f5b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
 
     fn arg(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> ast::Arg;
     // FIXME unused self
-    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> , output: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::FnDecl>;
+    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> , output: ast::FunctionRetTy) -> P<ast::FnDecl>;
 
     fn item_fn_poly(&self,
                     span: Span,
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
               -> P<ast::Expr> {
         let fn_decl = self.fn_decl(
             ids.iter().map(|id| self.arg(span, *id, self.ty_infer(span))).collect(),
-            self.ty_infer(span));
+            ast::FunctionRetTy::Default(span));
 
         // FIXME -- We are using `span` as the span of the `|...|`
         // part of the lambda, but it probably (maybe?) corresponds to
@@ -970,10 +970,10 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     // FIXME unused self
-    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: Vec<ast::Arg>, output: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::FnDecl> {
+    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: Vec<ast::Arg>, output: ast::FunctionRetTy) -> P<ast::FnDecl> {
         P(ast::FnDecl {
             inputs,
-            output: ast::FunctionRetTy::Ty(output),
+            output,
             variadic: false
         })
     }
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         self.item(span,
                   name,
                   Vec::new(),
-                  ast::ItemKind::Fn(self.fn_decl(inputs, output),
+                  ast::ItemKind::Fn(self.fn_decl(inputs, ast::FunctionRetTy::Ty(output)),
                               ast::Unsafety::Normal,
                               dummy_spanned(ast::Constness::NotConst),
                               Abi::Rust,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/test.rs b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
index 9edfa767d3195..67d3adc83f2d2 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/test.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ fn mk_main(cx: &mut TestCtxt) -> P<ast::Item> {
     // pub fn main() { ... }
     let main_ret_ty = ecx.ty(sp, ast::TyKind::Tup(vec![]));
     let main_body = ecx.block(sp, vec![call_test_main]);
-    let main = ast::ItemKind::Fn(ecx.fn_decl(vec![], main_ret_ty),
+    let main = ast::ItemKind::Fn(ecx.fn_decl(vec![], ast::FunctionRetTy::Ty(main_ret_ty)),
                            ast::Unsafety::Normal,
                            dummy_spanned(ast::Constness::NotConst),
                            ::abi::Abi::Rust, ast::Generics::default(), main_body);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs
index 743f22b6b3140..88baa22e7fa11 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/encodable.rs
@@ -228,13 +228,13 @@ fn encodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
             }
 
             // unit structs have no fields and need to return Ok()
-            if stmts.is_empty() {
+            let blk = if stmts.is_empty() {
                 let ok = cx.expr_ok(trait_span, cx.expr_tuple(trait_span, vec![]));
-                let ret_ok = cx.expr(trait_span, ExprKind::Ret(Some(ok)));
-                stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(ret_ok));
-            }
+                cx.lambda1(trait_span, ok, blkarg)
+            } else {
+                cx.lambda_stmts_1(trait_span, stmts, blkarg)
+            };
 
-            let blk = cx.lambda_stmts_1(trait_span, stmts, blkarg);
             cx.expr_method_call(trait_span,
                                 encoder,
                                 cx.ident_of("emit_struct"),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs
index 49c372b751b50..3935f1722b615 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_ext/deriving/generic/mod.rs
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
         let ret_type = self.get_ret_ty(cx, trait_, generics, type_ident);
 
         let method_ident = cx.ident_of(self.name);
-        let fn_decl = cx.fn_decl(args, ret_type);
+        let fn_decl = cx.fn_decl(args, ast::FunctionRetTy::Ty(ret_type));
         let body_block = cx.block_expr(body);
 
         let unsafety = if self.is_unsafe {