diff --git a/src/libextra/arc.rs b/src/libextra/arc.rs
index d4bf1d480ed79..708c8e413d986 100644
--- a/src/libextra/arc.rs
+++ b/src/libextra/arc.rs
@@ -576,16 +576,12 @@ mod tests {
         let (p, c) = comm::stream();
 
         do task::spawn() || {
-            let p = comm::PortSet::new();
-            c.send(p.chan());
-
             let arc_v : Arc<~[int]> = p.recv();
 
             let v = (*arc_v.get()).clone();
             assert_eq!(v[3], 4);
         };
 
-        let c = p.recv();
         c.send(arc_v.clone());
 
         assert_eq!(arc_v.get()[2], 3);
diff --git a/src/libstd/comm.rs b/src/libstd/comm.rs
index 9fe6aa5795852..acdf2cee841f4 100644
--- a/src/libstd/comm.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/comm.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,10 @@ Message passing
 
 #[allow(missing_doc)];
 
-use cast::{transmute, transmute_mut};
-use container::Container;
+use cast::transmute;
 use either::{Either, Left, Right};
 use kinds::Send;
-use option::{Option, Some, None};
-use uint;
-use vec::OwnedVector;
-use util::replace;
+use option::{Option, Some};
 use unstable::sync::Exclusive;
 use rtcomm = rt::comm;
 use rt;
@@ -143,81 +139,6 @@ impl<T: Send> Selectable for Port<T> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Treat many ports as one.
-#[unsafe_mut_field(ports)]
-pub struct PortSet<T> {
-    ports: ~[pipesy::Port<T>],
-}
-
-impl<T: Send> PortSet<T> {
-    pub fn new() -> PortSet<T> {
-        PortSet {
-            ports: ~[]
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn add(&self, port: Port<T>) {
-        let Port { inner } = port;
-        let port = match inner {
-            Left(p) => p,
-            Right(_) => fail!("PortSet not implemented")
-        };
-        unsafe {
-            let self_ports = transmute_mut(&self.ports);
-            self_ports.push(port)
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn chan(&self) -> Chan<T> {
-        let (po, ch) = stream();
-        self.add(po);
-        ch
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T:Send> GenericPort<T> for PortSet<T> {
-    fn try_recv(&self) -> Option<T> {
-        unsafe {
-            let self_ports = transmute_mut(&self.ports);
-            let mut result = None;
-            // we have to swap the ports array so we aren't borrowing
-            // aliasable mutable memory.
-            let mut ports = replace(self_ports, ~[]);
-            while result.is_none() && ports.len() > 0 {
-                let i = wait_many(ports);
-                match ports[i].try_recv() {
-                    Some(m) => {
-                        result = Some(m);
-                    }
-                    None => {
-                        // Remove this port.
-                        let _ = ports.swap_remove(i);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            *self_ports = ports;
-            result
-        }
-    }
-    fn recv(&self) -> T {
-        self.try_recv().expect("port_set: endpoints closed")
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T: Send> Peekable<T> for PortSet<T> {
-    fn peek(&self) -> bool {
-        // It'd be nice to use self.port.each, but that version isn't
-        // pure.
-        for uint::range(0, self.ports.len()) |i| {
-            let port: &pipesy::Port<T> = &self.ports[i];
-            if port.peek() {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        false
-    }
-}
-
 /// A channel that can be shared between many senders.
 pub struct SharedChan<T> {
     inner: Either<Exclusive<pipesy::Chan<T>>, rtcomm::SharedChan<T>>
diff --git a/src/test/bench/msgsend-pipes.rs b/src/test/bench/msgsend-pipes.rs
index 5ce5e902ed1ef..561730887edbd 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/msgsend-pipes.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/msgsend-pipes.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 extern mod extra;
 
-use std::comm::{PortSet, Chan, stream};
+use std::comm::{SharedChan, Chan, stream};
 use std::io;
 use std::os;
 use std::task;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ enum request {
     stop
 }
 
-fn server(requests: &PortSet<request>, responses: &Chan<uint>) {
+fn server(requests: &Port<request>, responses: &Chan<uint>) {
     let mut count: uint = 0;
     let mut done = false;
     while !done {
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ fn server(requests: &PortSet<request>, responses: &Chan<uint>) {
 
 fn run(args: &[~str]) {
     let (from_child, to_parent) = stream();
-    let (from_parent_, to_child) = stream();
-    let from_parent = PortSet::new();
-    from_parent.add(from_parent_);
+    let (from_parent, to_child) = stream();
+    let to_child = SharedChan::new(to_child);
 
     let size = uint::from_str(args[1]).get();
     let workers = uint::from_str(args[2]).get();
@@ -60,8 +59,7 @@ fn run(args: &[~str]) {
     let start = extra::time::precise_time_s();
     let mut worker_results = ~[];
     for uint::range(0, workers) |_i| {
-        let (from_parent_, to_child) = stream();
-        from_parent.add(from_parent_);
+        let to_child = to_child.clone();
         let mut builder = task::task();
         builder.future_result(|r| worker_results.push(r));
         do builder.spawn {
diff --git a/src/test/bench/shootout-pfib.rs b/src/test/bench/shootout-pfib.rs
index 6ea22715750c5..e30cd921c4e46 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/shootout-pfib.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/shootout-pfib.rs
@@ -33,22 +33,24 @@ use std::u64;
 use std::uint;
 
 fn fib(n: int) -> int {
-    fn pfib(c: &Chan<int>, n: int) {
+    fn pfib(c: &SharedChan<int>, n: int) {
         if n == 0 {
             c.send(0);
         } else if n <= 2 {
             c.send(1);
         } else {
-            let p = PortSet::new();
-            let ch = p.chan();
+            let (pp, cc) = stream();
+            let cc = SharedChan::new(cc);
+            let ch = cc.clone();
             task::spawn(|| pfib(&ch, n - 1) );
-            let ch = p.chan();
+            let ch = cc.clone();
             task::spawn(|| pfib(&ch, n - 2) );
-            c.send(p.recv() + p.recv());
+            c.send(pp.recv() + pp.recv());
         }
     }
 
     let (p, ch) = stream();
+    let ch = SharedChan::new(ch);
     let _t = task::spawn(|| pfib(&ch, n) );
     p.recv()
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-14.rs b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-14.rs
index 6910d39d495ae..a04e3525d34dd 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-14.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-14.rs
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ use std::comm;
 use std::task;
 
 pub fn main() {
-    let po = comm::PortSet::new();
+    let (po, ch) = comm::stream();
+    let ch = comm::SharedChan::new(ch);
 
     // Spawn 10 tasks each sending us back one int.
     let mut i = 10;
     while (i > 0) {
         info!(i);
-        let (p, ch) = comm::stream();
-        po.add(p);
+        let ch = ch.clone();
         task::spawn({let i = i; || child(i, &ch)});
         i = i - 1;
     }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn main() {
     info!("main thread exiting");
 }
 
-fn child(x: int, ch: &comm::Chan<int>) {
+fn child(x: int, ch: &comm::SharedChan<int>) {
     info!(x);
     ch.send(x);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-3.rs b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-3.rs
index 6c7405ef44188..ab13f8ef1796b 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-3.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-3.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 
 extern mod extra;
 
-use std::comm::Chan;
+use std::comm::SharedChan;
 use std::comm;
 use std::task;
 
 pub fn main() { info!("===== WITHOUT THREADS ====="); test00(); }
 
-fn test00_start(ch: &Chan<int>, message: int, count: int) {
+fn test00_start(ch: &SharedChan<int>, message: int, count: int) {
     info!("Starting test00_start");
     let mut i: int = 0;
     while i < count {
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@ fn test00() {
 
     info!("Creating tasks");
 
-    let po = comm::PortSet::new();
+    let (po, ch) = comm::stream();
+    let ch = comm::SharedChan::new(ch);
 
     let mut i: int = 0;
 
     // Create and spawn tasks...
     let mut results = ~[];
     while i < number_of_tasks {
-        let ch = po.chan();
+        let ch = ch.clone();
         let mut builder = task::task();
         builder.future_result(|r| results.push(r));
         builder.spawn({
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-6.rs b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-6.rs
index db6234857d62d..0da0d5877229d 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-6.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-6.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-use std::comm::Chan;
+use std::comm::SharedChan;
 use std::comm;
 
 pub fn main() { test00(); }
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ pub fn main() { test00(); }
 fn test00() {
     let mut r: int = 0;
     let mut sum: int = 0;
-    let p = comm::PortSet::new();
-    let c0 = p.chan();
-    let c1 = p.chan();
-    let c2 = p.chan();
-    let c3 = p.chan();
+    let (p, ch) = comm::stream();
+    let ch = SharedChan::new(ch);
+    let c0 = ch.clone();
+    let c1 = ch.clone();
+    let c2 = ch.clone();
+    let c3 = ch.clone();
     let number_of_messages: int = 1000;
     let mut i: int = 0;
     while i < number_of_messages {
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-7.rs b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-7.rs
index 2ec3ff2408953..33d721f5f3806 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-7.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-7.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use std::task;
 
 pub fn main() { test00(); }
 
-fn test00_start(c: &comm::Chan<int>, start: int, number_of_messages: int) {
+fn test00_start(c: &comm::SharedChan<int>, start: int, number_of_messages: int) {
     let mut i: int = 0;
     while i < number_of_messages { c.send(start + i); i += 1; }
 }
@@ -25,22 +25,23 @@ fn test00_start(c: &comm::Chan<int>, start: int, number_of_messages: int) {
 fn test00() {
     let mut r: int = 0;
     let mut sum: int = 0;
-    let p = comm::PortSet::new();
+    let (p, ch) = comm::stream();
+    let ch = comm::SharedChan::new(ch);
     let number_of_messages: int = 10;
 
-    let c = p.chan();
+    let c = ch.clone();
     do task::spawn || {
         test00_start(&c, number_of_messages * 0, number_of_messages);
     }
-    let c = p.chan();
+    let c = ch.clone();
     do task::spawn || {
         test00_start(&c, number_of_messages * 1, number_of_messages);
     }
-    let c = p.chan();
+    let c = ch.clone();
     do task::spawn || {
         test00_start(&c, number_of_messages * 2, number_of_messages);
     }
-    let c = p.chan();
+    let c = ch.clone();
     do task::spawn || {
         test00_start(&c, number_of_messages * 3, number_of_messages);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-9.rs b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-9.rs
index 14c462f410cb2..86e3e24a3ee23 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-9.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/task-comm-9.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ fn test00_start(c: &comm::Chan<int>, number_of_messages: int) {
 fn test00() {
     let r: int = 0;
     let mut sum: int = 0;
-    let p = comm::PortSet::new();
+    let (p, ch) = comm::stream();
     let number_of_messages: int = 10;
-    let ch = p.chan();
 
     let mut result = None;
     let mut builder = task::task();