diff --git a/dmd/idgen.c b/dmd/idgen.c
index 49166c26..54967c05 100644
--- a/dmd/idgen.c
+++ b/dmd/idgen.c
@@ -229,9 +229,6 @@ Msgtable msgtable[] =
     { "no_typeinfo" },
     { "no_moduleinfo" },
     { "Alloca", "alloca" },
-    { "Shufflevector", "shufflevector" },
-    { "Extractelement", "extractelement" },
-    { "Insertelement", "insertelement" },
     { "vastart", "va_start" },
     { "vacopy", "va_copy" },
     { "vaend", "va_end" },
diff --git a/dmd2/idgen.c b/dmd2/idgen.c
index dbb2ef93..e8936702 100644
--- a/dmd2/idgen.c
+++ b/dmd2/idgen.c
@@ -273,9 +273,6 @@ Msgtable msgtable[] =
     { "no_typeinfo" },
     { "no_moduleinfo" },
     { "Alloca", "alloca" },
-    { "Shufflevector", "shufflevector" },
-    { "Extractelement", "extractelement" },
-    { "Insertelement", "insertelement" },
     { "vastart", "va_start" },
     { "vacopy", "va_copy" },
     { "vaend", "va_end" },
diff --git a/gen/pragma.cpp b/gen/pragma.cpp
index 3969f38a..79367a6a 100644
--- a/gen/pragma.cpp
+++ b/gen/pragma.cpp
@@ -105,28 +105,6 @@ Pragma DtoGetPragma(Scope *sc, PragmaDeclaration *decl, std::string &arg1str)
         return LLVMalloca;
     }
 
-    // pragma(shufflevector) { funcdecl(s) }
-    else if (ident == Id::Shufflevector)
-    {
-        if (args && args->dim > 0)
-        {
-             error("takes no parameters");
-             fatal();
-        }
-        return LLVMshufflevector;
-    }
-
-    // pragma(extractelement or insertelement) { funcdecl(s) }
-    else if (ident == Id::Extractelement || ident == Id::Insertelement)
-    {
-        if (args && args->dim > 0)
-        {
-             error("takes no parameters");
-             fatal();
-        }
-        return ident == Id::Extractelement ? LLVMextractelement : LLVMinsertelement;
-    }
-
     // pragma(va_start) { templdecl(s) }
     else if (ident == Id::vastart)
     {
@@ -385,31 +363,6 @@ void DtoCheckPragma(PragmaDeclaration *decl, Dsymbol *s,
         }
         break;
 
-    case LLVMshufflevector:
-        if (FuncDeclaration* fd = s->isFuncDeclaration())
-        {
-            fd->llvmInternal = llvm_internal;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            error("the '%s' pragma must only be used on function declarations.", ident->toChars());
-            fatal();
-        }
-        break;
-
-    case LLVMextractelement:
-    case LLVMinsertelement:
-        if (FuncDeclaration* fd = s->isFuncDeclaration())
-        {
-            fd->llvmInternal = llvm_internal;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            error("the '%s' pragma must only be used on function declarations.", ident->toChars());
-            fatal();
-        }
-        break;
-
     case LLVMinline_asm:
         if (TemplateDeclaration* td = s->isTemplateDeclaration())
         {
diff --git a/gen/pragma.h b/gen/pragma.h
index fb28b9d9..dc057153 100644
--- a/gen/pragma.h
+++ b/gen/pragma.h
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ enum Pragma
     LLVMno_typeinfo,
     LLVMno_moduleinfo,
     LLVMalloca,
-    LLVMshufflevector,
-    LLVMextractelement,
-    LLVMinsertelement,
     LLVMva_start,
     LLVMva_copy,
     LLVMva_end,
diff --git a/gen/toir.cpp b/gen/toir.cpp
index ec95d896..db0234be 100644
--- a/gen/toir.cpp
+++ b/gen/toir.cpp
@@ -988,51 +988,6 @@ DValue* CallExp::toElem(IRState* p)
             if (expv->getType()->toBasetype()->ty != Tint32)
                 expv = DtoCast(loc, expv, Type::tint32);
             return new DImValue(type, p->ir->CreateAlloca(LLType::getInt8Ty(gIR->context()), expv->getRVal(), ".alloca"));
-        } 
-        // shufflevector
-        else if (fndecl->llvmInternal == LLVMshufflevector) {
-            llvm::SmallVector<llvm::Constant*, 32> mask;
-            for(int i = 2, n = arguments->dim; i < n; i++){
-                Expression* exp = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[i]);
-                if(exp->op != TOKint64 || exp->type->ty != Tint32){
-                    error("Function %s was declared with pragma shufflevector. Because of that all of its arguments except for the first two must be int literals.", fndecl->toChars());
-                    fatal();
-                }
-                IntegerExp* iexp = static_cast<IntegerExp*>(arguments->data[i]);
-                mask.push_back(iexp->toConstElem(p));
-            } 
-            LLValue* maskVal = llvm::ConstantVector::get(mask);
-            Expression* exp1 = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[0]);
-            Expression* exp2 = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[1]);
-            LLValue* v1 = exp1->toElem(p)->getRVal();
-            LLValue* v2 = exp2->toElem(p)->getRVal();
-            return new DImValue(type, p->ir->CreateShuffleVector(v1, v2, maskVal));
-        }
-        // extractelement
-        else if(fndecl->llvmInternal == LLVMextractelement) {
-            Expression* exp2 = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[1]);
-            if(exp2->op != TOKint64 || exp2->type->ty != Tint32){
-                error("Function %s was declared with pragma extractelement. Because of that its second argument must be an int literal.", fndecl->toChars());
-                fatal();
-            }
-            LLValue* idx = exp2->toElem(p)->getRVal();
-            Expression* exp1 = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[0]);
-            LLValue* vec = exp1->toElem(p)->getRVal();
-            return new DImValue(type, p->ir->CreateExtractElement(vec, idx));
-        }
-        // insertelement
-        else if(fndecl->llvmInternal == LLVMinsertelement) {
-            Expression* exp3 = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[2]);
-            if(exp3->op != TOKint64 || exp3->type->ty != Tint32){
-                error("Function %s was declared with pragma insertelement. Because of that its third argument must be an int literal.", fndecl->toChars());
-                fatal();
-            }
-            LLValue* idx = exp3->toElem(p)->getRVal();
-            Expression* exp1 = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[0]);
-            LLValue* vec = exp1->toElem(p)->getRVal();
-            Expression* exp2 = static_cast<Expression*>(arguments->data[1]);
-            LLValue* scal = exp2->toElem(p)->getRVal();
-            return new DImValue(type, p->ir->CreateInsertElement(vec, scal, idx));
         }
         // fence instruction
         else if (fndecl->llvmInternal == LLVMfence) {