diff --git a/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp b/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
index cfd88b63..bee487f1 100644
--- a/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
+++ b/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
@@ -1071,7 +1071,15 @@ void DtoVarDeclaration(VarDeclaration* vd)
     if (Logger::enabled())
         Logger::cout() << "llvm value for decl: " << *vd->ir.irLocal->value << '\n';
 
-    DtoInitializer(vd->ir.irLocal->value, vd->init); // TODO: Remove altogether?
+    if (vd->init)
+    {
+        if (ExpInitializer* ex = vd->init->isExpInitializer())
+        {
+            // TODO: Refactor this so that it doesn't look like toElem has no effect.
+            Logger::println("expression initializer");
+            ex->exp->toElem(gIR);
+        }
+    }
 
 Lexit:
     /* Mark the point of construction of a variable that needs to be destructed.
@@ -1300,39 +1308,6 @@ LLConstant* DtoConstInitializer(Loc loc, Type* type, Initializer* init)
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-DValue* DtoInitializer(LLValue* target, Initializer* init)
-{
-    if (!init)
-        return 0;
-
-    if (ExpInitializer* ex = init->isExpInitializer())
-    {
-        Logger::println("expression initializer");
-        assert(ex->exp);
-        return ex->exp->toElem(gIR);
-    }
-    else if (init->isArrayInitializer())
-    {
-        // TODO: do nothing ?
-    }
-    else if (init->isVoidInitializer())
-    {
-        // do nothing
-    }
-    else if (init->isStructInitializer())
-    {
-        // TODO: again nothing ?
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        llvm_unreachable("Unknown initializer type.");
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
 static LLConstant* expand_to_sarray(Type *base, Expression* exp)
 {
     Logger::println("building type %s from expression (%s) of type %s", base->toChars(), exp->toChars(), exp->type->toChars());
diff --git a/gen/llvmhelpers.h b/gen/llvmhelpers.h
index f5b89f8a..483e24c7 100644
--- a/gen/llvmhelpers.h
+++ b/gen/llvmhelpers.h
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ LLValue* DtoRawVarDeclaration(VarDeclaration* var, LLValue* addr = 0);
 // initializer helpers
 LLConstant* DtoConstInitializer(Loc loc, Type* type, Initializer* init);
 LLConstant* DtoConstExpInit(Loc loc, Type* t, Expression* exp);
-DValue* DtoInitializer(LLValue* target, Initializer* init);
 
 // getting typeinfo of type, base=true casts to object.TypeInfo
 LLConstant* DtoTypeInfoOf(Type* ty, bool base=true);