diff --git a/src/librustc/mir/interpret/error.rs b/src/librustc/mir/interpret/error.rs
index 09c822f..67b3ce0 100644
--- a/src/librustc/mir/interpret/error.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/mir/interpret/error.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@
     eprintln!("\n\nAn error occurred in miri:\n{:?}", backtrace);
 }
 
+impl From<ErrorHandled> for InterpErrorInfo<'tcx> {
+    fn from(err: ErrorHandled) -> Self {
+        match err {
+            ErrorHandled::Reported => err_inval!(ReferencedConstant),
+            ErrorHandled::TooGeneric => err_inval!(TooGeneric),
+        }.into()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'tcx> From<InterpError<'tcx>> for InterpErrorInfo<'tcx> {
     fn from(kind: InterpError<'tcx>) -> Self {
         let backtrace = match env::var("RUSTC_CTFE_BACKTRACE") {
diff --git a/src/librustc/query/mod.rs b/src/librustc/query/mod.rs
index 4ebc2e7..c726094 100644
--- a/src/librustc/query/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/query/mod.rs
@@ -462,15 +462,6 @@
             no_force
             desc { "extract field of const" }
         }
-
-        /// Produces an absolute path representation of the given type. See also the documentation
-        /// on `std::any::type_name`.
-        query type_name(key: Ty<'tcx>) -> &'tcx ty::Const<'tcx> {
-            eval_always
-            no_force
-            desc { "get absolute path of type" }
-        }
-
     }
 
     TypeChecking {
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs
index 5fbfe91..3f3c5ac1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::base::{to_immediate, wants_msvc_seh, compare_simd_types};
 use rustc::ty::{self, Ty};
 use rustc::ty::layout::{self, LayoutOf, HasTyCtxt, Primitive};
+use rustc::mir::interpret::GlobalId;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::common::{IntPredicate, TypeKind};
 use rustc::hir;
 use syntax::ast::{self, FloatTy};
@@ -81,13 +82,14 @@
 impl IntrinsicCallMethods<'tcx> for Builder<'a, 'll, 'tcx> {
     fn codegen_intrinsic_call(
         &mut self,
-        callee_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+        instance: ty::Instance<'tcx>,
         fn_ty: &FnType<'tcx, Ty<'tcx>>,
         args: &[OperandRef<'tcx, &'ll Value>],
         llresult: &'ll Value,
         span: Span,
     ) {
         let tcx = self.tcx;
+        let callee_ty = instance.ty(tcx);
 
         let (def_id, substs) = match callee_ty.sty {
             ty::FnDef(def_id, substs) => (def_id, substs),
@@ -133,10 +135,6 @@
                 let llfn = self.get_intrinsic(&("llvm.debugtrap"));
                 self.call(llfn, &[], None)
             }
-            "size_of" => {
-                let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                self.const_usize(self.size_of(tp_ty).bytes())
-            }
             "va_start" => {
                 self.va_start(args[0].immediate())
             }
@@ -188,10 +186,6 @@
                     self.const_usize(self.size_of(tp_ty).bytes())
                 }
             }
-            "min_align_of" => {
-                let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                self.const_usize(self.align_of(tp_ty).bytes())
-            }
             "min_align_of_val" => {
                 let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
                 if let OperandValue::Pair(_, meta) = args[0].val {
@@ -201,18 +195,19 @@
                     self.const_usize(self.align_of(tp_ty).bytes())
                 }
             }
-            "pref_align_of" => {
-                let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                self.const_usize(self.layout_of(tp_ty).align.pref.bytes())
-            }
+            "size_of" |
+            "pref_align_of" |
+            "min_align_of" |
+            "needs_drop" |
+            "type_id" |
             "type_name" => {
-                let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                let ty_name = self.tcx.type_name(tp_ty);
+                let gid = GlobalId {
+                    instance,
+                    promoted: None,
+                };
+                let ty_name = self.tcx.const_eval(ty::ParamEnv::reveal_all().and(gid)).unwrap();
                 OperandRef::from_const(self, ty_name).immediate_or_packed_pair(self)
             }
-            "type_id" => {
-                self.const_u64(self.tcx.type_id_hash(substs.type_at(0)))
-            }
             "init" => {
                 let ty = substs.type_at(0);
                 if !self.layout_of(ty).is_zst() {
@@ -235,11 +230,6 @@
             "uninit" | "forget" => {
                 return;
             }
-            "needs_drop" => {
-                let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
-
-                self.const_bool(self.type_needs_drop(tp_ty))
-            }
             "offset" => {
                 let ptr = args[0].immediate();
                 let offset = args[1].immediate();
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/block.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/block.rs
index 8829a33..1bb0ea5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/block.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/block.rs
@@ -667,8 +667,7 @@
             }).collect();
 
 
-            let callee_ty = instance.as_ref().unwrap().ty(bx.tcx());
-            bx.codegen_intrinsic_call(callee_ty, &fn_ty, &args, dest,
+            bx.codegen_intrinsic_call(*instance.as_ref().unwrap(), &fn_ty, &args, dest,
                                       terminator.source_info.span);
 
             if let ReturnDest::IndirectOperand(dst, _) = ret_dest {
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/traits/intrinsic.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/traits/intrinsic.rs
index ede30a0..7c79cd6 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/traits/intrinsic.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/traits/intrinsic.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use super::BackendTypes;
 use crate::mir::operand::OperandRef;
-use rustc::ty::Ty;
+use rustc::ty::{self, Ty};
 use rustc_target::abi::call::FnType;
 use syntax_pos::Span;
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     /// add them to librustc_codegen_llvm/context.rs
     fn codegen_intrinsic_call(
         &mut self,
-        callee_ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+        instance: ty::Instance<'tcx>,
         fn_ty: &FnType<'tcx, Ty<'tcx>>,
         args: &[OperandRef<'tcx, Self::Value>],
         llresult: Self::Value,
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/const_eval.rs b/src/librustc_mir/const_eval.rs
index 3f53f84..4351598 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/const_eval.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/const_eval.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use rustc::ty::layout::{self, LayoutOf, VariantIdx};
 use rustc::traits::Reveal;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
+use crate::interpret::eval_nullary_intrinsic;
 
 use syntax::source_map::{Span, DUMMY_SP};
 
@@ -602,6 +603,23 @@
             other => return other,
         }
     }
+
+    // We call `const_eval` for zero arg intrinsics, too, in order to cache their value.
+    // Catch such calls and evaluate them instead of trying to load a constant's MIR.
+    if let ty::InstanceDef::Intrinsic(def_id) = key.value.instance.def {
+        let ty = key.value.instance.ty(tcx);
+        let substs = match ty.sty {
+            ty::FnDef(_, substs) => substs,
+            _ => bug!("intrinsic with type {:?}", ty),
+        };
+        return eval_nullary_intrinsic(tcx, key.param_env, def_id, substs)
+            .map_err(|error| {
+                let span = tcx.def_span(def_id);
+                let error = ConstEvalErr { error: error.kind, stacktrace: vec![], span };
+                error.report_as_error(tcx.at(span), "could not evaluate nullary intrinsic")
+            })
+    }
+
     tcx.const_eval_raw(key).and_then(|val| {
         validate_and_turn_into_const(tcx, val, key)
     })
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs
index 054b65f..78996ed 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/eval_context.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 use rustc::ty::query::TyCtxtAt;
 use rustc_data_structures::indexed_vec::IndexVec;
 use rustc::mir::interpret::{
-    ErrorHandled,
     GlobalId, Scalar, Pointer, FrameInfo, AllocId,
     InterpResult, truncate, sign_extend,
 };
@@ -672,14 +671,7 @@
         // Our result will later be validated anyway, and there seems no good reason
         // to have to fail early here.  This is also more consistent with
         // `Memory::get_static_alloc` which has to use `const_eval_raw` to avoid cycles.
-        let val = self.tcx.const_eval_raw(param_env.and(gid)).map_err(|err| {
-            match err {
-                ErrorHandled::Reported =>
-                    err_inval!(ReferencedConstant),
-                ErrorHandled::TooGeneric =>
-                    err_inval!(TooGeneric),
-            }
-        })?;
+        let val = self.tcx.const_eval_raw(param_env.and(gid))?;
         self.raw_const_to_mplace(val)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics.rs
index 0f2305e..ec09e69 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics.rs
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
 use syntax::symbol::Symbol;
 use rustc::ty;
 use rustc::ty::layout::{LayoutOf, Primitive, Size};
+use rustc::ty::subst::SubstsRef;
+use rustc::hir::def_id::DefId;
+use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
 use rustc::mir::BinOp;
-use rustc::mir::interpret::{InterpResult, Scalar};
+use rustc::mir::interpret::{InterpResult, Scalar, GlobalId, ConstValue};
 
 use super::{
-    Machine, PlaceTy, OpTy, InterpCx, Immediate,
+    Machine, PlaceTy, OpTy, InterpCx,
 };
 
 mod type_name;
 
-pub use type_name::*;
-
 fn numeric_intrinsic<'tcx, Tag>(
     name: &str,
     bits: u128,
@@ -37,6 +38,50 @@
     Ok(Scalar::from_uint(bits_out, size))
 }
 
+/// The logic for all nullary intrinsics is implemented here. These intrinsics don't get evaluated
+/// inside an `InterpCx` and instead have their value computed directly from rustc internal info.
+crate fn eval_nullary_intrinsic<'tcx>(
+    tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+    param_env: ty::ParamEnv<'tcx>,
+    def_id: DefId,
+    substs: SubstsRef<'tcx>,
+) -> InterpResult<'tcx, &'tcx ty::Const<'tcx>> {
+    let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
+    let name = &*tcx.item_name(def_id).as_str();
+    Ok(match name {
+        "type_name" => {
+            let alloc = type_name::alloc_type_name(tcx, tp_ty);
+            tcx.mk_const(ty::Const {
+                val: ConstValue::Slice {
+                    data: alloc,
+                    start: 0,
+                    end: alloc.len(),
+                },
+                ty: tcx.mk_static_str(),
+            })
+        },
+        "needs_drop" => ty::Const::from_bool(tcx, tp_ty.needs_drop(tcx, param_env)),
+        "size_of" |
+        "min_align_of" |
+        "pref_align_of" => {
+            let layout = tcx.layout_of(param_env.and(tp_ty)).map_err(|e| err_inval!(Layout(e)))?;
+            let n = match name {
+                "pref_align_of" => layout.align.pref.bytes(),
+                "min_align_of" => layout.align.abi.bytes(),
+                "size_of" => layout.size.bytes(),
+                _ => bug!(),
+            };
+            ty::Const::from_usize(tcx, n)
+        },
+        "type_id" => ty::Const::from_bits(
+            tcx,
+            tcx.type_id_hash(tp_ty).into(),
+            param_env.and(tcx.types.u64),
+        ),
+        other => bug!("`{}` is not a zero arg intrinsic", other),
+    })
+}
+
 impl<'mir, 'tcx, M: Machine<'mir, 'tcx>> InterpCx<'mir, 'tcx, M> {
     /// Returns `true` if emulation happened.
     pub fn emulate_intrinsic(
@@ -49,41 +94,19 @@
 
         let intrinsic_name = &self.tcx.item_name(instance.def_id()).as_str()[..];
         match intrinsic_name {
-            "min_align_of" => {
-                let elem_ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                let elem_align = self.layout_of(elem_ty)?.align.abi.bytes();
-                let align_val = Scalar::from_uint(elem_align, dest.layout.size);
-                self.write_scalar(align_val, dest)?;
-            }
-
-            "needs_drop" => {
-                let ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                let ty_needs_drop = ty.needs_drop(self.tcx.tcx, self.param_env);
-                let val = Scalar::from_bool(ty_needs_drop);
-                self.write_scalar(val, dest)?;
-            }
-
-            "size_of" => {
-                let ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                let size = self.layout_of(ty)?.size.bytes() as u128;
-                let size_val = Scalar::from_uint(size, dest.layout.size);
-                self.write_scalar(size_val, dest)?;
-            }
-
-            "type_id" => {
-                let ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                let type_id = self.tcx.type_id_hash(ty) as u128;
-                let id_val = Scalar::from_uint(type_id, dest.layout.size);
-                self.write_scalar(id_val, dest)?;
-            }
-
+            "min_align_of" |
+            "pref_align_of" |
+            "needs_drop" |
+            "size_of" |
+            "type_id" |
             "type_name" => {
-                let alloc = alloc_type_name(self.tcx.tcx, substs.type_at(0));
-                let name_id = self.tcx.alloc_map.lock().create_memory_alloc(alloc);
-                let id_ptr = self.memory.tag_static_base_pointer(name_id.into());
-                let alloc_len = alloc.size.bytes();
-                let name_val = Immediate::new_slice(Scalar::Ptr(id_ptr), alloc_len, self);
-                self.write_immediate(name_val, dest)?;
+                let gid = GlobalId {
+                    instance,
+                    promoted: None,
+                };
+                let val = self.tcx.const_eval(self.param_env.and(gid))?;
+                let val = self.eval_const_to_op(val, None)?;
+                self.copy_op(val, dest)?;
             }
 
             | "ctpop"
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics/type_name.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics/type_name.rs
index 032d16a..1e765a4 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics/type_name.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/intrinsics/type_name.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use rustc::hir::map::{DefPathData, DisambiguatedDefPathData};
 use rustc::hir::def_id::CrateNum;
 use std::fmt::Write;
-use rustc::mir::interpret::{Allocation, ConstValue};
+use rustc::mir::interpret::Allocation;
 
 struct AbsolutePathPrinter<'tcx> {
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
@@ -213,22 +213,11 @@
     }
 }
 
-/// Produces an absolute path representation of the given type. See also the documentation on
-/// `std::any::type_name`
-pub fn type_name<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> &'tcx ty::Const<'tcx> {
-    let alloc = alloc_type_name(tcx, ty);
-    tcx.mk_const(ty::Const {
-        val: ConstValue::Slice {
-            data: alloc,
-            start: 0,
-            end: alloc.len(),
-        },
-        ty: tcx.mk_static_str(),
-    })
-}
-
 /// Directly returns an `Allocation` containing an absolute path representation of the given type.
-pub(super) fn alloc_type_name<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> &'tcx Allocation {
+crate fn alloc_type_name<'tcx>(
+    tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+    ty: Ty<'tcx>
+) -> &'tcx Allocation {
     let path = AbsolutePathPrinter { tcx, path: String::new() }.print_type(ty).unwrap().path;
     let alloc = Allocation::from_byte_aligned_bytes(path.into_bytes());
     tcx.intern_const_alloc(alloc)
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs
index 45d2434..0c61be2 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
 
 pub use self::validity::RefTracking;
 
-pub(super) use self::intrinsics::type_name;
-
 pub use self::intern::intern_const_alloc_recursive;
+
+crate use self::intrinsics::eval_nullary_intrinsic;
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs b/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs
index f27db35..034ad5b 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs
@@ -59,5 +59,4 @@
         let (param_env, (value, field)) = param_env_and_value.into_parts();
         const_eval::const_field(tcx, param_env, None, field, value)
     };
-    providers.type_name = interpret::type_name;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-44415.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-44415.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/ui/issues/issue-44415.rs
rename to src/test/compile-fail/issue-44415.rs
diff --git a/src/test/ui/consts/const-size_of-cycle.stderr b/src/test/ui/consts/const-size_of-cycle.stderr
index fdba359..1ae39e7 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/consts/const-size_of-cycle.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/consts/const-size_of-cycle.stderr
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
    |
 LL |     intrinsics::size_of::<T>()
    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+note: ...which requires const-evaluating + checking `std::intrinsics::size_of`...
+  --> $SRC_DIR/libcore/intrinsics.rs:LL:COL
+   |
+LL |     pub fn size_of<T>() -> usize;
+   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    = note: ...which requires computing layout of `Foo`...
    = note: ...which requires normalizing `ParamEnvAnd { param_env: ParamEnv { caller_bounds: [], reveal: All, def_id: None }, value: [u8; _] }`...
    = note: ...which again requires const-evaluating + checking `Foo::bytes::{{constant}}#0`, completing the cycle
diff --git a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-44415.stderr b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-44415.stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 8008e53..0000000
--- a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-44415.stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-error[E0391]: cycle detected when const-evaluating + checking `Foo::bytes::{{constant}}#0`
-  --> $DIR/issue-44415.rs:6:17
-   |
-LL |     bytes: [u8; unsafe { intrinsics::size_of::<Foo>() }],
-   |                 ^^^^^^
-   |
-note: ...which requires const-evaluating + checking `Foo::bytes::{{constant}}#0`...
-  --> $DIR/issue-44415.rs:6:17
-   |
-LL |     bytes: [u8; unsafe { intrinsics::size_of::<Foo>() }],
-   |                 ^^^^^^
-note: ...which requires const-evaluating `Foo::bytes::{{constant}}#0`...
-  --> $DIR/issue-44415.rs:6:26
-   |
-LL |     bytes: [u8; unsafe { intrinsics::size_of::<Foo>() }],
-   |                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-   = note: ...which requires computing layout of `Foo`...
-   = note: ...which requires normalizing `ParamEnvAnd { param_env: ParamEnv { caller_bounds: [], reveal: All, def_id: None }, value: [u8; _] }`...
-   = note: ...which again requires const-evaluating + checking `Foo::bytes::{{constant}}#0`, completing the cycle
-note: cycle used when processing `Foo`
-  --> $DIR/issue-44415.rs:5:1
-   |
-LL | struct Foo {
-   | ^^^^^^^^^^
-
-error: aborting due to previous error
-
-For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0391`.