diff --git a/lib/std/Thread/AutoResetEvent.zig b/lib/std/Thread/AutoResetEvent.zig
index 0726dc794a..795b8c5d98 100644
--- a/lib/std/Thread/AutoResetEvent.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Thread/AutoResetEvent.zig
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 state: usize = UNSET,
 
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const StaticResetEvent = std.Thread.StaticResetEvent;
diff --git a/lib/std/array_hash_map.zig b/lib/std/array_hash_map.zig
index 83a061dfef..9b0c53b18a 100644
--- a/lib/std/array_hash_map.zig
+++ b/lib/std/array_hash_map.zig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const trait = meta.trait;
 const autoHash = std.hash.autoHash;
 const Wyhash = std.hash.Wyhash;
 const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const hash_map = @This();
 
 pub fn AutoArrayHashMap(comptime K: type, comptime V: type) type {
diff --git a/lib/std/atomic/queue.zig b/lib/std/atomic/queue.zig
index 4e427a1669..9926825841 100644
--- a/lib/std/atomic/queue.zig
+++ b/lib/std/atomic/queue.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
 
diff --git a/lib/std/atomic/stack.zig b/lib/std/atomic/stack.zig
index 4096c27354..b091ce7e6b 100644
--- a/lib/std/atomic/stack.zig
+++ b/lib/std/atomic/stack.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
 
 /// Many reader, many writer, non-allocating, thread-safe
diff --git a/lib/std/build.zig b/lib/std/build.zig
index 05871efba8..22c22c1961 100644
--- a/lib/std/build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build.zig
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
 
     red_zone: ?bool = null,
 
-    subsystem: ?builtin.SubSystem = null,
+    subsystem: ?std.Target.SubSystem = null,
 
     /// Overrides the default stack size
     stack_size: ?u64 = null,
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
             },
             std.builtin.Version => {
                 out.print(
-                    \\pub const {}: @import("builtin").Version = .{{
+                    \\pub const {}: @import("std").builtin.Version = .{{
                     \\    .major = {d},
                     \\    .minor = {d},
                     \\    .patch = {d},
diff --git a/lib/std/builtin.zig b/lib/std/builtin.zig
index 93de8ae3b9..a6bab9b94a 100644
--- a/lib/std/builtin.zig
+++ b/lib/std/builtin.zig
@@ -3,39 +3,40 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-pub usingnamespace @import("builtin");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
 
-/// Deprecated: use `std.Target`.
-pub const Target = std.Target;
-
-/// Deprecated: use `std.Target.Os`.
-pub const Os = std.Target.Os;
-
-/// Deprecated: use `std.Target.Cpu.Arch`.
-pub const Arch = std.Target.Cpu.Arch;
-
-/// Deprecated: use `std.Target.Abi`.
-pub const Abi = std.Target.Abi;
-
-/// Deprecated: use `std.Target.ObjectFormat`.
-pub const ObjectFormat = std.Target.ObjectFormat;
-
-/// Deprecated: use `std.Target.SubSystem`.
-pub const SubSystem = std.Target.SubSystem;
-
-/// Deprecated: use `std.Target.Cpu`.
-pub const Cpu = std.Target.Cpu;
+// These are all deprecated.
+pub const zig_version = builtin.zig_version;
+pub const zig_is_stage2 = builtin.zig_is_stage2;
+pub const output_mode = builtin.output_mode;
+pub const link_mode = builtin.link_mode;
+pub const is_test = builtin.is_test;
+pub const single_threaded = builtin.single_threaded;
+pub const abi = builtin.abi;
+pub const cpu = builtin.cpu;
+pub const os = builtin.os;
+pub const target = builtin.target;
+pub const object_format = builtin.object_format;
+pub const mode = builtin.mode;
+pub const link_libc = builtin.link_libc;
+pub const link_libcpp = builtin.link_libcpp;
+pub const have_error_return_tracing = builtin.have_error_return_tracing;
+pub const valgrind_support = builtin.valgrind_support;
+pub const position_independent_code = builtin.position_independent_code;
+pub const position_independent_executable = builtin.position_independent_executable;
+pub const strip_debug_info = builtin.strip_debug_info;
+pub const code_model = builtin.code_model;
 
 /// `explicit_subsystem` is missing when the subsystem is automatically detected,
 /// so Zig standard library has the subsystem detection logic here. This should generally be
 /// used rather than `explicit_subsystem`.
 /// On non-Windows targets, this is `null`.
-pub const subsystem: ?SubSystem = blk: {
-    if (@hasDecl(@This(), "explicit_subsystem")) break :blk explicit_subsystem;
+pub const subsystem: ?std.Target.SubSystem = blk: {
+    if (@hasDecl(builtin, "explicit_subsystem")) break :blk explicit_subsystem;
     switch (os.tag) {
         .windows => {
             if (is_test) {
-                break :blk SubSystem.Console;
+                break :blk std.Target.SubSystem.Console;
             }
             if (@hasDecl(root, "main") or
                 @hasDecl(root, "WinMain") or
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ pub const subsystem: ?SubSystem = blk: {
                 @hasDecl(root, "WinMainCRTStartup") or
                 @hasDecl(root, "wWinMainCRTStartup"))
             {
-                break :blk SubSystem.Windows;
+                break :blk std.Target.SubSystem.Windows;
             } else {
-                break :blk SubSystem.Console;
+                break :blk std.Target.SubSystem.Console;
             }
         },
         else => break :blk null,
diff --git a/lib/std/c/linux.zig b/lib/std/c/linux.zig
index d2018f6f79..b1e7429369 100644
--- a/lib/std/c/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c/linux.zig
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
+const abi = std.Target.current.abi;
+const arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
+const os_tag = std.Target.current.os.tag;
 usingnamespace std.c;
 
-pub const _errno = switch (builtin.abi) {
+pub const _errno = switch (abi) {
     .android => struct {
         extern "c" var __errno: c_int;
         fn getErrno() *c_int {
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ pub const pthread_mutex_t = extern struct {
 pub const pthread_cond_t = extern struct {
     size: [__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_COND_T]u8 align(@alignOf(usize)) = [_]u8{0} ** __SIZEOF_PTHREAD_COND_T,
 };
-pub const pthread_rwlock_t = switch (std.builtin.abi) {
+pub const pthread_rwlock_t = switch (abi) {
     .android => switch (@sizeOf(usize)) {
         4 => extern struct {
             lock: std.c.pthread_mutex_t = std.c.PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER,
@@ -155,11 +157,11 @@ pub const sem_t = extern struct {
 };
 
 const __SIZEOF_PTHREAD_COND_T = 48;
-const __SIZEOF_PTHREAD_MUTEX_T = if (builtin.os.tag == .fuchsia) 40 else switch (builtin.abi) {
+const __SIZEOF_PTHREAD_MUTEX_T = if (os_tag == .fuchsia) 40 else switch (abi) {
     .musl, .musleabi, .musleabihf => if (@sizeOf(usize) == 8) 40 else 24,
-    .gnu, .gnuabin32, .gnuabi64, .gnueabi, .gnueabihf, .gnux32 => switch (builtin.arch) {
+    .gnu, .gnuabin32, .gnuabi64, .gnueabi, .gnueabihf, .gnux32 => switch (arch) {
         .aarch64 => 48,
-        .x86_64 => if (builtin.abi == .gnux32) 40 else 32,
+        .x86_64 => if (abi == .gnux32) 40 else 32,
         .mips64, .powerpc64, .powerpc64le, .sparcv9 => 40,
         else => if (@sizeOf(usize) == 8) 40 else 24,
     },
diff --git a/lib/std/child_process.zig b/lib/std/child_process.zig
index d37dd9fdf5..18f3951abb 100644
--- a/lib/std/child_process.zig
+++ b/lib/std/child_process.zig
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const windows = os.windows;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const debug = std.debug;
 const BufMap = std.BufMap;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const Os = builtin.Os;
 const TailQueue = std.TailQueue;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
diff --git a/lib/std/coff.zig b/lib/std/coff.zig
index edeff89cc5..22ba7468fc 100644
--- a/lib/std/coff.zig
+++ b/lib/std/coff.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const std = @import("std.zig");
 const io = std.io;
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/cstr.zig b/lib/std/cstr.zig
index 33f32ae892..fc98741432 100644
--- a/lib/std/cstr.zig
+++ b/lib/std/cstr.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const debug = std.debug;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const testing = std.testing;
diff --git a/lib/std/debug.zig b/lib/std/debug.zig
index c84a0e0f18..89c5119156 100644
--- a/lib/std/debug.zig
+++ b/lib/std/debug.zig
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ const root = @import("root");
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
 const File = std.fs.File;
 const windows = std.os.windows;
+const native_arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
+const native_os = std.Target.current.os.tag;
+const native_endian = native_arch.endian();
 
 pub const runtime_safety = switch (builtin.mode) {
     .Debug, .ReleaseSafe => true,
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ pub fn detectTTYConfig() TTY.Config {
         const stderr_file = io.getStdErr();
         if (stderr_file.supportsAnsiEscapeCodes()) {
             return .escape_codes;
-        } else if (builtin.os.tag == .windows and stderr_file.isTty()) {
+        } else if (native_os == .windows and stderr_file.isTty()) {
             return .windows_api;
         } else {
             return .no_color;
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ pub fn dumpStackTraceFromBase(bp: usize, ip: usize) void {
 /// chopping off the irrelevant frames and shifting so that the returned addresses pointer
 /// equals the passed in addresses pointer.
 pub fn captureStackTrace(first_address: ?usize, stack_trace: *builtin.StackTrace) void {
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+    if (native_os == .windows) {
         const addrs = stack_trace.instruction_addresses;
         const u32_addrs_len = @intCast(u32, addrs.len);
         const first_addr = first_address orelse {
@@ -226,7 +229,7 @@ pub fn assert(ok: bool) void {
 pub fn panic(comptime format: []const u8, args: anytype) noreturn {
     @setCold(true);
     // TODO: remove conditional once wasi / LLVM defines __builtin_return_address
-    const first_trace_addr = if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi) null else @returnAddress();
+    const first_trace_addr = if (native_os == .wasi) null else @returnAddress();
     panicExtra(null, first_trace_addr, format, args);
 }
 
@@ -343,25 +346,25 @@ pub const StackIterator = struct {
     }
 
     // Offset of the saved BP wrt the frame pointer.
-    const fp_offset = if (builtin.arch.isRISCV())
+    const fp_offset = if (native_arch.isRISCV())
         // On RISC-V the frame pointer points to the top of the saved register
         // area, on pretty much every other architecture it points to the stack
         // slot where the previous frame pointer is saved.
         2 * @sizeOf(usize)
-    else if (builtin.arch.isSPARC())
+    else if (native_arch.isSPARC())
         // On SPARC the previous frame pointer is stored at 14 slots past %fp+BIAS.
         14 * @sizeOf(usize)
     else
         0;
 
-    const fp_bias = if (builtin.arch.isSPARC())
+    const fp_bias = if (native_arch.isSPARC())
         // On SPARC frame pointers are biased by a constant.
         2047
     else
         0;
 
     // Positive offset of the saved PC wrt the frame pointer.
-    const pc_offset = if (builtin.arch == .powerpc64le)
+    const pc_offset = if (native_arch == .powerpc64le)
         2 * @sizeOf(usize)
     else
         @sizeOf(usize);
@@ -380,7 +383,7 @@ pub const StackIterator = struct {
     }
 
     fn next_internal(self: *StackIterator) ?usize {
-        const fp = if (builtin.arch.isSPARC())
+        const fp = if (native_arch.isSPARC())
             // On SPARC the offset is positive. (!)
             math.add(usize, self.fp, fp_offset) catch return null
         else
@@ -416,7 +419,7 @@ pub fn writeCurrentStackTrace(
     tty_config: TTY.Config,
     start_addr: ?usize,
 ) !void {
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+    if (native_os == .windows) {
         return writeCurrentStackTraceWindows(out_stream, debug_info, tty_config, start_addr);
     }
     var it = StackIterator.init(start_addr, null);
@@ -473,7 +476,7 @@ pub const TTY = struct {
                     .Dim => out_stream.writeAll(DIM) catch return,
                     .Reset => out_stream.writeAll(RESET) catch return,
                 },
-                .windows_api => if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+                .windows_api => if (native_os == .windows) {
                     const stderr_file = io.getStdErr();
                     const S = struct {
                         var attrs: windows.WORD = undefined;
@@ -675,7 +678,7 @@ pub fn openSelfDebugInfo(allocator: *mem.Allocator) anyerror!DebugInfo {
         if (@hasDecl(root, "os") and @hasDecl(root.os, "debug") and @hasDecl(root.os.debug, "openSelfDebugInfo")) {
             return root.os.debug.openSelfDebugInfo(allocator);
         }
-        switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+        switch (native_os) {
             .linux,
             .freebsd,
             .netbsd,
@@ -888,7 +891,7 @@ pub fn readElfDebugInfo(allocator: *mem.Allocator, elf_file: File) !ModuleDebugI
             elf.ELFDATA2MSB => .Big,
             else => return error.InvalidElfEndian,
         };
-        assert(endian == std.builtin.endian); // this is our own debug info
+        assert(endian == native_endian); // this is our own debug info
 
         const shoff = hdr.e_shoff;
         const str_section_off = shoff + @as(u64, hdr.e_shentsize) * @as(u64, hdr.e_shstrndx);
@@ -1123,9 +1126,9 @@ pub const DebugInfo = struct {
     pub fn getModuleForAddress(self: *DebugInfo, address: usize) !*ModuleDebugInfo {
         if (comptime std.Target.current.isDarwin()) {
             return self.lookupModuleDyld(address);
-        } else if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+        } else if (native_os == .windows) {
             return self.lookupModuleWin32(address);
-        } else if (builtin.os.tag == .haiku) {
+        } else if (native_os == .haiku) {
             return self.lookupModuleHaiku(address);
         } else {
             return self.lookupModuleDl(address);
@@ -1353,7 +1356,7 @@ const SymbolInfo = struct {
     }
 };
 
-pub const ModuleDebugInfo = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+pub const ModuleDebugInfo = switch (native_os) {
     .macos, .ios, .watchos, .tvos => struct {
         base_address: usize,
         mapped_memory: []const u8,
@@ -1720,7 +1723,7 @@ fn getDebugInfoAllocator() *mem.Allocator {
 }
 
 /// Whether or not the current target can print useful debug information when a segfault occurs.
-pub const have_segfault_handling_support = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+pub const have_segfault_handling_support = switch (native_os) {
     .linux, .netbsd => true,
     .windows => true,
     .freebsd, .openbsd => @hasDecl(os, "ucontext_t"),
@@ -1744,7 +1747,7 @@ pub fn attachSegfaultHandler() void {
     if (!have_segfault_handling_support) {
         @compileError("segfault handler not supported for this target");
     }
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+    if (native_os == .windows) {
         windows_segfault_handle = windows.kernel32.AddVectoredExceptionHandler(0, handleSegfaultWindows);
         return;
     }
@@ -1760,7 +1763,7 @@ pub fn attachSegfaultHandler() void {
 }
 
 fn resetSegfaultHandler() void {
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+    if (native_os == .windows) {
         if (windows_segfault_handle) |handle| {
             assert(windows.kernel32.RemoveVectoredExceptionHandler(handle) != 0);
             windows_segfault_handle = null;
@@ -1783,7 +1786,7 @@ fn handleSegfaultLinux(sig: i32, info: *const os.siginfo_t, ctx_ptr: ?*const c_v
     // and the resulting segfault will crash the process rather than continually dump stack traces.
     resetSegfaultHandler();
 
-    const addr = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+    const addr = switch (native_os) {
         .linux => @ptrToInt(info.fields.sigfault.addr),
         .freebsd => @ptrToInt(info.addr),
         .netbsd => @ptrToInt(info.info.reason.fault.addr),
@@ -1802,7 +1805,7 @@ fn handleSegfaultLinux(sig: i32, info: *const os.siginfo_t, ctx_ptr: ?*const c_v
         } catch os.abort();
     }
 
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .i386 => {
             const ctx = @ptrCast(*const os.ucontext_t, @alignCast(@alignOf(os.ucontext_t), ctx_ptr));
             const ip = @intCast(usize, ctx.mcontext.gregs[os.REG_EIP]);
@@ -1811,13 +1814,13 @@ fn handleSegfaultLinux(sig: i32, info: *const os.siginfo_t, ctx_ptr: ?*const c_v
         },
         .x86_64 => {
             const ctx = @ptrCast(*const os.ucontext_t, @alignCast(@alignOf(os.ucontext_t), ctx_ptr));
-            const ip = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+            const ip = switch (native_os) {
                 .linux, .netbsd => @intCast(usize, ctx.mcontext.gregs[os.REG_RIP]),
                 .freebsd => @intCast(usize, ctx.mcontext.rip),
                 .openbsd => @intCast(usize, ctx.sc_rip),
                 else => unreachable,
             };
-            const bp = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+            const bp = switch (native_os) {
                 .linux, .netbsd => @intCast(usize, ctx.mcontext.gregs[os.REG_RBP]),
                 .openbsd => @intCast(usize, ctx.sc_rbp),
                 .freebsd => @intCast(usize, ctx.mcontext.rbp),
diff --git a/lib/std/dwarf.zig b/lib/std/dwarf.zig
index 602eddeaaf..93736f3d9c 100644
--- a/lib/std/dwarf.zig
+++ b/lib/std/dwarf.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const debug = std.debug;
 const fs = std.fs;
 const io = std.io;
diff --git a/lib/std/dynamic_library.zig b/lib/std/dynamic_library.zig
index 98c59d4105..a852adaf58 100644
--- a/lib/std/dynamic_library.zig
+++ b/lib/std/dynamic_library.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 
 const std = @import("std.zig");
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/event/channel.zig b/lib/std/event/channel.zig
index 2711488705..cb28573203 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/channel.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/channel.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const Loop = std.event.Loop;
diff --git a/lib/std/event/future.zig b/lib/std/event/future.zig
index 30a2e46ec5..700a9d6ce0 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/future.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/future.zig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const Lock = std.event.Lock;
 
 /// This is a value that starts out unavailable, until resolve() is called
diff --git a/lib/std/event/group.zig b/lib/std/event/group.zig
index b052c15704..ba21fd20de 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/group.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/group.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const Lock = std.event.Lock;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
diff --git a/lib/std/event/lock.zig b/lib/std/event/lock.zig
index d48c6c1520..d1865972cb 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/lock.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/lock.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/event/loop.zig b/lib/std/event/loop.zig
index 878cea4aa6..b37b9d8711 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/loop.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/loop.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const root = @import("root");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
diff --git a/lib/std/event/rwlock.zig b/lib/std/event/rwlock.zig
index 750131beda..d981956c77 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/rwlock.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/rwlock.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/event/wait_group.zig b/lib/std/event/wait_group.zig
index 0b83c18c74..dde01c61a3 100644
--- a/lib/std/event/wait_group.zig
+++ b/lib/std/event/wait_group.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const Loop = std.event.Loop;
 
 /// A WaitGroup keeps track and waits for a group of async tasks to finish.
diff --git a/lib/std/fmt.zig b/lib/std/fmt.zig
index bfe28ef203..db8f95043e 100644
--- a/lib/std/fmt.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fmt.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const unicode = std.unicode;
 const meta = std.meta;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const errol = @import("fmt/errol.zig");
 const lossyCast = std.math.lossyCast;
 const expectFmt = std.testing.expectFmt;
diff --git a/lib/std/fs.zig b/lib/std/fs.zig
index 1a02cd5b6b..4d1d6351eb 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const std = @import("std.zig");
 const os = std.os;
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/file.zig b/lib/std/fs/file.zig
index 3a8fd9e9a3..7a1737417d 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/file.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/file.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const os = std.os;
 const io = std.io;
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig b/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig
index 02c36f736a..41b8e7311d 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/get_app_data_dir.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const unicode = std.unicode;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const fs = std.fs;
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/path.zig b/lib/std/fs/path.zig
index 0bba522fb6..579b2c7f32 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/path.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/path.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const debug = std.debug;
 const assert = debug.assert;
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig b/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig
index cf5431f994..1a4a3a99e4 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/wasi.zig
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pub const PreopenList = struct {
 };
 
 test "extracting WASI preopens" {
-    if (@import("builtin").os.tag != .wasi) return error.SkipZigTest;
+    if (std.builtin.os.tag != .wasi) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     var preopens = PreopenList.init(std.testing.allocator);
     defer preopens.deinit();
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/watch.zig b/lib/std/fs/watch.zig
index 1c7cb68b32..a77ef080d0 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/watch.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/watch.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const event = std.event;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
diff --git a/lib/std/hash/auto_hash.zig b/lib/std/hash/auto_hash.zig
index e053e87efb..39efe5eab8 100644
--- a/lib/std/hash/auto_hash.zig
+++ b/lib/std/hash/auto_hash.zig
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const meta = std.meta;
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 
 /// Describes how pointer types should be hashed.
 pub const HashStrategy = enum {
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ fn testHashDeepRecursive(key: anytype) u64 {
 
 test "typeContainsSlice" {
     comptime {
-        testing.expect(!typeContainsSlice(meta.Tag(std.builtin.TypeInfo)));
+        testing.expect(!typeContainsSlice(meta.Tag(builtin.TypeInfo)));
 
         testing.expect(typeContainsSlice([]const u8));
         testing.expect(!typeContainsSlice(u8));
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ test "testHash union" {
 
 test "testHash vector" {
     // Disabled because of #3317
-    if (@import("builtin").arch == .mipsel or @import("builtin").arch == .mips) return error.SkipZigTest;
+    if (builtin.target.cpu.arch == .mipsel or builtin.target.cpu.arch == .mips) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     const a: meta.Vector(4, u32) = [_]u32{ 1, 2, 3, 4 };
     const b: meta.Vector(4, u32) = [_]u32{ 1, 2, 3, 5 };
diff --git a/lib/std/hash/benchmark.zig b/lib/std/hash/benchmark.zig
index 19bb9aa8bf..4762068c0e 100644
--- a/lib/std/hash/benchmark.zig
+++ b/lib/std/hash/benchmark.zig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 // zig run benchmark.zig --release-fast --override-lib-dir ..
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const std = @import("std");
 const time = std.time;
 const Timer = time.Timer;
diff --git a/lib/std/hash/cityhash.zig b/lib/std/hash/cityhash.zig
index d7f2f1a9eb..5a7ea432c4 100644
--- a/lib/std/hash/cityhash.zig
+++ b/lib/std/hash/cityhash.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 
 fn offsetPtr(ptr: [*]const u8, offset: usize) callconv(.Inline) [*]const u8 {
     // ptr + offset doesn't work at comptime so we need this instead.
diff --git a/lib/std/hash/murmur.zig b/lib/std/hash/murmur.zig
index 65dd523396..9be4c6eb04 100644
--- a/lib/std/hash/murmur.zig
+++ b/lib/std/hash/murmur.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const testing = std.testing;
 
 const default_seed: u32 = 0xc70f6907;
diff --git a/lib/std/hash_map.zig b/lib/std/hash_map.zig
index b74144d08b..c941db3c26 100644
--- a/lib/std/hash_map.zig
+++ b/lib/std/hash_map.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const assert = debug.assert;
 const autoHash = std.hash.autoHash;
 const debug = std.debug;
diff --git a/lib/std/heap.zig b/lib/std/heap.zig
index 3e1a24beea..e4bc307642 100644
--- a/lib/std/heap.zig
+++ b/lib/std/heap.zig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const assert = debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const os = std.os;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const c = std.c;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
 
diff --git a/lib/std/io.zig b/lib/std/io.zig
index b529c57866..1264ba4aef 100644
--- a/lib/std/io.zig
+++ b/lib/std/io.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const root = @import("root");
 const c = std.c;
 
diff --git a/lib/std/math/acosh.zig b/lib/std/math/acosh.zig
index 0993989d47..9fdb61f60d 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/acosh.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/acosh.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/acoshf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/acosh.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/ceil.zig b/lib/std/math/ceil.zig
index d313475717..7a22db601a 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/ceil.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/ceil.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/ceilf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/ceil.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/complex/atan.zig b/lib/std/math/complex/atan.zig
index af40c05a81..284e85c77c 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/complex/atan.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/complex/atan.zig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/catan.c
 
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const math = std.math;
 const cmath = math.complex;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/complex/cosh.zig b/lib/std/math/complex/cosh.zig
index e43cd1d665..3762db92fa 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/complex/cosh.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/complex/cosh.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/ccoshf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/ccosh.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/complex/exp.zig b/lib/std/math/complex/exp.zig
index eb738a6d88..8ac296572f 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/complex/exp.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/complex/exp.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/cexpf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/cexp.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/complex/sinh.zig b/lib/std/math/complex/sinh.zig
index 2861d99f9a..9feb80bdc8 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/complex/sinh.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/complex/sinh.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/csinhf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/csinh.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/complex/tanh.zig b/lib/std/math/complex/tanh.zig
index 19fda8d82f..8895075fba 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/complex/tanh.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/complex/tanh.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/ctanhf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/complex/ctanh.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
 const testing = std.testing;
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/cos.zig b/lib/std/math/cos.zig
index 21804a8e5e..ecdbbd2b88 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/cos.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/cos.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 //
 // https://golang.org/src/math/sin.go
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/cosh.zig b/lib/std/math/cosh.zig
index 25d22057ef..670abd7ed3 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/cosh.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/cosh.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/coshf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/cosh.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expo2 = @import("expo2.zig").expo2;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/expm1.zig b/lib/std/math/expm1.zig
index 8389b01eb9..68526daf2b 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/expm1.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/expm1.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 // TODO: Updated recently.
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/floor.zig b/lib/std/math/floor.zig
index 6e0b99f47c..dc26e20ab0 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/floor.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/floor.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/floorf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/floor.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/log1p.zig b/lib/std/math/log1p.zig
index 4eaee2c43f..f49fe4c38b 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/log1p.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/log1p.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/log1pf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/log1p.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/pow.zig b/lib/std/math/pow.zig
index 5c49c95865..8a70542579 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/pow.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/pow.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 //
 // https://golang.org/src/math/pow.go
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/powi.zig b/lib/std/math/powi.zig
index e415b74d87..e4a84081ca 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/powi.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/powi.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 //
 // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/360432f1e8794de58cd94f34c9c17ad65871e5b5/src/libcore/num/mod.rs#L3423
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/round.zig b/lib/std/math/round.zig
index 9167bcfc82..bd18c6ce53 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/round.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/round.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/roundf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/round.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/sin.zig b/lib/std/math/sin.zig
index d051e3f88a..39d44f6483 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/sin.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/sin.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 //
 // https://golang.org/src/math/sin.go
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/sinh.zig b/lib/std/math/sinh.zig
index 16329a9108..a0a2c5e66f 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/sinh.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/sinh.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/sinhf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/sinh.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/sqrt.zig b/lib/std/math/sqrt.zig
index 394164ff54..c9e999e1d1 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/sqrt.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/sqrt.zig
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
-const TypeId = builtin.TypeId;
+const TypeId = std.builtin.TypeId;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
 
 /// Returns the square root of x.
diff --git a/lib/std/math/tan.zig b/lib/std/math/tan.zig
index d0e8a0d4f8..94e090fb52 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/tan.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/tan.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 //
 // https://golang.org/src/math/tan.go
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/math/tanh.zig b/lib/std/math/tanh.zig
index c53f03122b..3f525b0336 100644
--- a/lib/std/math/tanh.zig
+++ b/lib/std/math/tanh.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/tanhf.c
 // https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/math/tanh.c
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
diff --git a/lib/std/mem.zig b/lib/std/mem.zig
index 66505f5d29..aea68e1362 100644
--- a/lib/std/mem.zig
+++ b/lib/std/mem.zig
@@ -7,17 +7,18 @@ const std = @import("std.zig");
 const debug = std.debug;
 const assert = debug.assert;
 const math = std.math;
-const builtin = std.builtin;
 const mem = @This();
 const meta = std.meta;
 const trait = meta.trait;
 const testing = std.testing;
+const Endian = std.builtin.Endian;
+const native_endian = std.Target.current.cpu.arch.endian();
 
 /// Compile time known minimum page size.
 /// https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/4082
-pub const page_size = switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub const page_size = switch (std.Target.current.cpu.arch) {
     .wasm32, .wasm64 => 64 * 1024,
-    .aarch64 => switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+    .aarch64 => switch (std.Target.current.os.tag) {
         .macos, .ios, .watchos, .tvos => 16 * 1024,
         else => 4 * 1024,
     },
@@ -1042,7 +1043,7 @@ test "mem.containsAtLeast" {
 /// Reads an integer from memory with size equal to bytes.len.
 /// T specifies the return type, which must be large enough to store
 /// the result.
-pub fn readVarInt(comptime ReturnType: type, bytes: []const u8, endian: builtin.Endian) ReturnType {
+pub fn readVarInt(comptime ReturnType: type, bytes: []const u8, endian: Endian) ReturnType {
     var result: ReturnType = 0;
     switch (endian) {
         .Big => {
@@ -1077,12 +1078,12 @@ pub fn readIntForeign(comptime T: type, bytes: *const [@divExact(@typeInfo(T).In
     return @byteSwap(T, readIntNative(T, bytes));
 }
 
-pub const readIntLittle = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const readIntLittle = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => readIntNative,
     .Big => readIntForeign,
 };
 
-pub const readIntBig = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const readIntBig = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => readIntForeign,
     .Big => readIntNative,
 };
@@ -1106,12 +1107,12 @@ pub fn readIntSliceForeign(comptime T: type, bytes: []const u8) T {
     return @byteSwap(T, readIntSliceNative(T, bytes));
 }
 
-pub const readIntSliceLittle = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const readIntSliceLittle = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => readIntSliceNative,
     .Big => readIntSliceForeign,
 };
 
-pub const readIntSliceBig = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const readIntSliceBig = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => readIntSliceForeign,
     .Big => readIntSliceNative,
 };
@@ -1119,8 +1120,8 @@ pub const readIntSliceBig = switch (builtin.endian) {
 /// Reads an integer from memory with bit count specified by T.
 /// The bit count of T must be evenly divisible by 8.
 /// This function cannot fail and cannot cause undefined behavior.
-pub fn readInt(comptime T: type, bytes: *const [@divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits, 8)]u8, endian: builtin.Endian) T {
-    if (endian == builtin.endian) {
+pub fn readInt(comptime T: type, bytes: *const [@divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits, 8)]u8, endian: Endian) T {
+    if (endian == native_endian) {
         return readIntNative(T, bytes);
     } else {
         return readIntForeign(T, bytes);
@@ -1130,7 +1131,7 @@ pub fn readInt(comptime T: type, bytes: *const [@divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits,
 /// Asserts that bytes.len >= @typeInfo(T).Int.bits / 8. Reads the integer starting from index 0
 /// and ignores extra bytes.
 /// The bit count of T must be evenly divisible by 8.
-pub fn readIntSlice(comptime T: type, bytes: []const u8, endian: builtin.Endian) T {
+pub fn readIntSlice(comptime T: type, bytes: []const u8, endian: Endian) T {
     const n = @divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits, 8);
     assert(bytes.len >= n);
     return readInt(T, bytes[0..n], endian);
@@ -1188,12 +1189,12 @@ pub fn writeIntForeign(comptime T: type, buf: *[@divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits,
     writeIntNative(T, buf, @byteSwap(T, value));
 }
 
-pub const writeIntLittle = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const writeIntLittle = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => writeIntNative,
     .Big => writeIntForeign,
 };
 
-pub const writeIntBig = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const writeIntBig = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => writeIntForeign,
     .Big => writeIntNative,
 };
@@ -1201,8 +1202,8 @@ pub const writeIntBig = switch (builtin.endian) {
 /// Writes an integer to memory, storing it in twos-complement.
 /// This function always succeeds, has defined behavior for all inputs, but
 /// the integer bit width must be divisible by 8.
-pub fn writeInt(comptime T: type, buffer: *[@divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits, 8)]u8, value: T, endian: builtin.Endian) void {
-    if (endian == builtin.endian) {
+pub fn writeInt(comptime T: type, buffer: *[@divExact(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits, 8)]u8, value: T, endian: Endian) void {
+    if (endian == native_endian) {
         return writeIntNative(T, buffer, value);
     } else {
         return writeIntForeign(T, buffer, value);
@@ -1252,12 +1253,12 @@ pub fn writeIntSliceBig(comptime T: type, buffer: []u8, value: T) void {
     }
 }
 
-pub const writeIntSliceNative = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const writeIntSliceNative = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => writeIntSliceLittle,
     .Big => writeIntSliceBig,
 };
 
-pub const writeIntSliceForeign = switch (builtin.endian) {
+pub const writeIntSliceForeign = switch (native_endian) {
     .Little => writeIntSliceBig,
     .Big => writeIntSliceLittle,
 };
@@ -1268,7 +1269,7 @@ pub const writeIntSliceForeign = switch (builtin.endian) {
 /// Any extra bytes in buffer not part of the integer are set to zero, with
 /// respect to endianness. To avoid the branch to check for extra buffer bytes,
 /// use writeInt instead.
-pub fn writeIntSlice(comptime T: type, buffer: []u8, value: T, endian: builtin.Endian) void {
+pub fn writeIntSlice(comptime T: type, buffer: []u8, value: T, endian: Endian) void {
     comptime assert(@typeInfo(T).Int.bits % 8 == 0);
     return switch (endian) {
         .Little => writeIntSliceLittle(T, buffer, value),
@@ -1678,10 +1679,10 @@ fn testReadIntImpl() void {
             0x56,
             0x78,
         };
-        testing.expect(readInt(u32, &bytes, builtin.Endian.Big) == 0x12345678);
+        testing.expect(readInt(u32, &bytes, Endian.Big) == 0x12345678);
         testing.expect(readIntBig(u32, &bytes) == 0x12345678);
         testing.expect(readIntBig(i32, &bytes) == 0x12345678);
-        testing.expect(readInt(u32, &bytes, builtin.Endian.Little) == 0x78563412);
+        testing.expect(readInt(u32, &bytes, Endian.Little) == 0x78563412);
         testing.expect(readIntLittle(u32, &bytes) == 0x78563412);
         testing.expect(readIntLittle(i32, &bytes) == 0x78563412);
     }
@@ -1692,7 +1693,7 @@ fn testReadIntImpl() void {
             0x12,
             0x34,
         };
-        const answer = readInt(u32, &buf, builtin.Endian.Big);
+        const answer = readInt(u32, &buf, Endian.Big);
         testing.expect(answer == 0x00001234);
     }
     {
@@ -1702,7 +1703,7 @@ fn testReadIntImpl() void {
             0x00,
             0x00,
         };
-        const answer = readInt(u32, &buf, builtin.Endian.Little);
+        const answer = readInt(u32, &buf, Endian.Little);
         testing.expect(answer == 0x00003412);
     }
     {
@@ -1724,19 +1725,19 @@ test "writeIntSlice" {
 fn testWriteIntImpl() void {
     var bytes: [8]u8 = undefined;
 
-    writeIntSlice(u0, bytes[0..], 0, builtin.Endian.Big);
+    writeIntSlice(u0, bytes[0..], 0, Endian.Big);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
     }));
 
-    writeIntSlice(u0, bytes[0..], 0, builtin.Endian.Little);
+    writeIntSlice(u0, bytes[0..], 0, Endian.Little);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
     }));
 
-    writeIntSlice(u64, bytes[0..], 0x12345678CAFEBABE, builtin.Endian.Big);
+    writeIntSlice(u64, bytes[0..], 0x12345678CAFEBABE, Endian.Big);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x12,
         0x34,
@@ -1748,7 +1749,7 @@ fn testWriteIntImpl() void {
         0xBE,
     }));
 
-    writeIntSlice(u64, bytes[0..], 0xBEBAFECA78563412, builtin.Endian.Little);
+    writeIntSlice(u64, bytes[0..], 0xBEBAFECA78563412, Endian.Little);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x12,
         0x34,
@@ -1760,7 +1761,7 @@ fn testWriteIntImpl() void {
         0xBE,
     }));
 
-    writeIntSlice(u32, bytes[0..], 0x12345678, builtin.Endian.Big);
+    writeIntSlice(u32, bytes[0..], 0x12345678, Endian.Big);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x00,
         0x00,
@@ -1772,7 +1773,7 @@ fn testWriteIntImpl() void {
         0x78,
     }));
 
-    writeIntSlice(u32, bytes[0..], 0x78563412, builtin.Endian.Little);
+    writeIntSlice(u32, bytes[0..], 0x78563412, Endian.Little);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x12,
         0x34,
@@ -1784,7 +1785,7 @@ fn testWriteIntImpl() void {
         0x00,
     }));
 
-    writeIntSlice(u16, bytes[0..], 0x1234, builtin.Endian.Big);
+    writeIntSlice(u16, bytes[0..], 0x1234, Endian.Big);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x00,
         0x00,
@@ -1796,7 +1797,7 @@ fn testWriteIntImpl() void {
         0x34,
     }));
 
-    writeIntSlice(u16, bytes[0..], 0x1234, builtin.Endian.Little);
+    writeIntSlice(u16, bytes[0..], 0x1234, Endian.Little);
     testing.expect(eql(u8, &bytes, &[_]u8{
         0x34,
         0x12,
@@ -1949,7 +1950,7 @@ test "replaceOwned" {
 
 /// Converts a little-endian integer to host endianness.
 pub fn littleToNative(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
-    return switch (builtin.endian) {
+    return switch (native_endian) {
         .Little => x,
         .Big => @byteSwap(T, x),
     };
@@ -1957,14 +1958,14 @@ pub fn littleToNative(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
 
 /// Converts a big-endian integer to host endianness.
 pub fn bigToNative(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
-    return switch (builtin.endian) {
+    return switch (native_endian) {
         .Little => @byteSwap(T, x),
         .Big => x,
     };
 }
 
 /// Converts an integer from specified endianness to host endianness.
-pub fn toNative(comptime T: type, x: T, endianness_of_x: builtin.Endian) T {
+pub fn toNative(comptime T: type, x: T, endianness_of_x: Endian) T {
     return switch (endianness_of_x) {
         .Little => littleToNative(T, x),
         .Big => bigToNative(T, x),
@@ -1972,7 +1973,7 @@ pub fn toNative(comptime T: type, x: T, endianness_of_x: builtin.Endian) T {
 }
 
 /// Converts an integer which has host endianness to the desired endianness.
-pub fn nativeTo(comptime T: type, x: T, desired_endianness: builtin.Endian) T {
+pub fn nativeTo(comptime T: type, x: T, desired_endianness: Endian) T {
     return switch (desired_endianness) {
         .Little => nativeToLittle(T, x),
         .Big => nativeToBig(T, x),
@@ -1981,7 +1982,7 @@ pub fn nativeTo(comptime T: type, x: T, desired_endianness: builtin.Endian) T {
 
 /// Converts an integer which has host endianness to little endian.
 pub fn nativeToLittle(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
-    return switch (builtin.endian) {
+    return switch (native_endian) {
         .Little => x,
         .Big => @byteSwap(T, x),
     };
@@ -1989,13 +1990,13 @@ pub fn nativeToLittle(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
 
 /// Converts an integer which has host endianness to big endian.
 pub fn nativeToBig(comptime T: type, x: T) T {
-    return switch (builtin.endian) {
+    return switch (native_endian) {
         .Little => @byteSwap(T, x),
         .Big => x,
     };
 }
 
-fn CopyPtrAttrs(comptime source: type, comptime size: builtin.TypeInfo.Pointer.Size, comptime child: type) type {
+fn CopyPtrAttrs(comptime source: type, comptime size: std.builtin.TypeInfo.Pointer.Size, comptime child: type) type {
     const info = @typeInfo(source).Pointer;
     return @Type(.{
         .Pointer = .{
@@ -2027,7 +2028,7 @@ pub fn asBytes(ptr: anytype) AsBytesReturnType(@TypeOf(ptr)) {
 
 test "asBytes" {
     const deadbeef = @as(u32, 0xDEADBEEF);
-    const deadbeef_bytes = switch (builtin.endian) {
+    const deadbeef_bytes = switch (native_endian) {
         .Big => "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF",
         .Little => "\xEF\xBE\xAD\xDE",
     };
@@ -2080,13 +2081,13 @@ pub fn toBytes(value: anytype) [@sizeOf(@TypeOf(value))]u8 {
 
 test "toBytes" {
     var my_bytes = toBytes(@as(u32, 0x12345678));
-    switch (builtin.endian) {
+    switch (native_endian) {
         .Big => testing.expect(eql(u8, &my_bytes, "\x12\x34\x56\x78")),
         .Little => testing.expect(eql(u8, &my_bytes, "\x78\x56\x34\x12")),
     }
 
     my_bytes[0] = '\x99';
-    switch (builtin.endian) {
+    switch (native_endian) {
         .Big => testing.expect(eql(u8, &my_bytes, "\x99\x34\x56\x78")),
         .Little => testing.expect(eql(u8, &my_bytes, "\x99\x56\x34\x12")),
     }
@@ -2113,14 +2114,14 @@ pub fn bytesAsValue(comptime T: type, bytes: anytype) BytesAsValueReturnType(T,
 
 test "bytesAsValue" {
     const deadbeef = @as(u32, 0xDEADBEEF);
-    const deadbeef_bytes = switch (builtin.endian) {
+    const deadbeef_bytes = switch (native_endian) {
         .Big => "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF",
         .Little => "\xEF\xBE\xAD\xDE",
     };
 
     testing.expect(deadbeef == bytesAsValue(u32, deadbeef_bytes).*);
 
-    var codeface_bytes: [4]u8 = switch (builtin.endian) {
+    var codeface_bytes: [4]u8 = switch (native_endian) {
         .Big => "\xC0\xDE\xFA\xCE",
         .Little => "\xCE\xFA\xDE\xC0",
     }.*;
@@ -2168,7 +2169,7 @@ pub fn bytesToValue(comptime T: type, bytes: anytype) T {
     return bytesAsValue(T, bytes).*;
 }
 test "bytesToValue" {
-    const deadbeef_bytes = switch (builtin.endian) {
+    const deadbeef_bytes = switch (native_endian) {
         .Big => "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF",
         .Little => "\xEF\xBE\xAD\xDE",
     };
@@ -2297,7 +2298,7 @@ test "sliceAsBytes" {
     const bytes = [_]u16{ 0xDEAD, 0xBEEF };
     const slice = sliceAsBytes(bytes[0..]);
     testing.expect(slice.len == 4);
-    testing.expect(eql(u8, slice, switch (builtin.endian) {
+    testing.expect(eql(u8, slice, switch (native_endian) {
         .Big => "\xDE\xAD\xBE\xEF",
         .Little => "\xAD\xDE\xEF\xBE",
     }));
@@ -2319,7 +2320,7 @@ test "sliceAsBytes packed struct at runtime and comptime" {
             var foo: Foo = undefined;
             var slice = sliceAsBytes(@as(*[1]Foo, &foo)[0..1]);
             slice[0] = 0x13;
-            switch (builtin.endian) {
+            switch (native_endian) {
                 .Big => {
                     testing.expect(foo.a == 0x1);
                     testing.expect(foo.b == 0x3);
diff --git a/lib/std/meta.zig b/lib/std/meta.zig
index 860b6874c0..ff2e6fb226 100644
--- a/lib/std/meta.zig
+++ b/lib/std/meta.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const debug = std.debug;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/net.zig b/lib/std/net.zig
index 636596c117..03fa48086c 100644
--- a/lib/std/net.zig
+++ b/lib/std/net.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const net = @This();
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/os.zig b/lib/std/os.zig
index 7342db0d01..fbee2fdcbe 100644
--- a/lib/std/os.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os.zig
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 const root = @import("root");
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const math = std.math;
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/os/bits/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/bits/linux.zig
index 86d89016f3..1c8414ceb5 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/bits/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/bits/linux.zig
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
+const arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
 usingnamespace @import("../bits.zig");
 
-pub usingnamespace switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub usingnamespace switch (arch) {
     .mips, .mipsel => @import("linux/errno-mips.zig"),
     else => @import("linux/errno-generic.zig"),
 };
 
-pub usingnamespace switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub usingnamespace switch (arch) {
     .i386 => @import("linux/i386.zig"),
     .x86_64 => @import("linux/x86_64.zig"),
     .aarch64 => @import("linux/arm64.zig"),
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ pub usingnamespace @import("linux/netlink.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("linux/prctl.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("linux/securebits.zig");
 
-const is_mips = builtin.arch.isMIPS();
-const is_ppc64 = builtin.arch.isPPC64();
-const is_sparc = builtin.arch.isSPARC();
+const is_mips = arch.isMIPS();
+const is_ppc64 = arch.isPPC64();
+const is_sparc = arch.isSPARC();
 
 pub const pid_t = i32;
 pub const fd_t = i32;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pub const PROT_WRITE = 0x2;
 pub const PROT_EXEC = 0x4;
 
 /// page may be used for atomic ops
-pub const PROT_SEM = switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub const PROT_SEM = switch (arch) {
     // TODO: also xtensa
     .mips, .mipsel, .mips64, .mips64el => 0x10,
     else => 0x8,
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ pub const sigset_t = [1024 / 32]u32;
 pub const all_mask: sigset_t = [_]u32{0xffffffff} ** sigset_t.len;
 pub const app_mask: sigset_t = [2]u32{ 0xfffffffc, 0x7fffffff } ++ [_]u32{0xffffffff} ** 30;
 
-pub const k_sigaction = switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub const k_sigaction = switch (arch) {
     .mips, .mipsel => extern struct {
         flags: c_uint,
         handler: ?fn (c_int) callconv(.C) void,
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ pub const epoll_data = extern union {
 
 // On x86_64 the structure is packed so that it matches the definition of its
 // 32bit counterpart
-pub const epoll_event = switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub const epoll_event = switch (arch) {
     .x86_64 => packed struct {
         events: u32,
         data: epoll_data,
@@ -1288,12 +1288,12 @@ pub fn CPU_COUNT(set: cpu_set_t) cpu_count_t {
 //#define CPU_ZERO(set) CPU_ZERO_S(sizeof(cpu_set_t),set)
 //#define CPU_EQUAL(s1,s2) CPU_EQUAL_S(sizeof(cpu_set_t),s1,s2)
 
-pub const MINSIGSTKSZ = switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub const MINSIGSTKSZ = switch (arch) {
     .i386, .x86_64, .arm, .mipsel => 2048,
     .aarch64 => 5120,
     else => @compileError("MINSIGSTKSZ not defined for this architecture"),
 };
-pub const SIGSTKSZ = switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub const SIGSTKSZ = switch (arch) {
     .i386, .x86_64, .arm, .mipsel => 8192,
     .aarch64 => 16384,
     else => @compileError("SIGSTKSZ not defined for this architecture"),
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ pub const B3000000 = 0o0010015;
 pub const B3500000 = 0o0010016;
 pub const B4000000 = 0o0010017;
 
-pub usingnamespace switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub usingnamespace switch (arch) {
     .powerpc, .powerpc64, .powerpc64le => struct {
         pub const VINTR = 0;
         pub const VQUIT = 1;
diff --git a/lib/std/os/darwin.zig b/lib/std/os/darwin.zig
index 87a9ed12ac..572b470239 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/darwin.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/darwin.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 pub usingnamespace std.c;
 pub usingnamespace @import("bits.zig");
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index ed08438425..ad73d87bae 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@
 //   provide `rename` when only the `renameat` syscall exists.
 // * Does not support POSIX thread cancellation.
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
-const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
 const elf = std.elf;
 const vdso = @import("linux/vdso.zig");
 const dl = @import("../dynamic_library.zig");
+const native_arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
+const native_endian = native_arch.endian();
 
-pub usingnamespace switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub usingnamespace switch (native_arch) {
     .i386 => @import("linux/i386.zig"),
     .x86_64 => @import("linux/x86_64.zig"),
     .aarch64 => @import("linux/arm64.zig"),
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ const require_aligned_register_pair =
 
 // Split a 64bit value into a {LSB,MSB} pair.
 fn splitValue64(val: u64) [2]u32 {
-    switch (builtin.endian) {
+    switch (native_endian) {
         .Little => return [2]u32{
             @truncate(u32, val),
             @truncate(u32, val >> 32),
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ pub fn execve(path: [*:0]const u8, argv: [*:null]const ?[*:0]const u8, envp: [*:
 }
 
 pub fn fork() usize {
-    if (comptime builtin.arch.isSPARC()) {
+    if (comptime native_arch.isSPARC()) {
         return syscall_fork();
     } else if (@hasField(SYS, "fork")) {
         return syscall0(.fork);
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ pub fn faccessat(dirfd: i32, path: [*:0]const u8, mode: u32, flags: u32) usize {
 }
 
 pub fn pipe(fd: *[2]i32) usize {
-    if (comptime (builtin.arch.isMIPS() or builtin.arch.isSPARC())) {
+    if (comptime (native_arch.isMIPS() or native_arch.isSPARC())) {
         return syscall_pipe(fd);
     } else if (@hasField(SYS, "pipe")) {
         return syscall1(.pipe, @ptrToInt(fd));
@@ -912,7 +913,7 @@ pub fn sigaction(sig: u6, noalias act: ?*const Sigaction, noalias oact: ?*Sigact
     const ksa_arg = if (act != null) @ptrToInt(&ksa) else 0;
     const oldksa_arg = if (oact != null) @ptrToInt(&oldksa) else 0;
 
-    const result = switch (builtin.arch) {
+    const result = switch (native_arch) {
         // The sparc version of rt_sigaction needs the restorer function to be passed as an argument too.
         .sparc, .sparcv9 => syscall5(.rt_sigaction, sig, ksa_arg, oldksa_arg, @ptrToInt(ksa.restorer), mask_size),
         else => syscall4(.rt_sigaction, sig, ksa_arg, oldksa_arg, mask_size),
@@ -944,42 +945,42 @@ pub fn sigismember(set: *const sigset_t, sig: u6) bool {
 }
 
 pub fn getsockname(fd: i32, noalias addr: *sockaddr, noalias len: *socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_getsockname, &[3]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(len) });
     }
     return syscall3(.getsockname, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(len));
 }
 
 pub fn getpeername(fd: i32, noalias addr: *sockaddr, noalias len: *socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_getpeername, &[3]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(len) });
     }
     return syscall3(.getpeername, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(len));
 }
 
 pub fn socket(domain: u32, socket_type: u32, protocol: u32) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_socket, &[3]usize{ domain, socket_type, protocol });
     }
     return syscall3(.socket, domain, socket_type, protocol);
 }
 
 pub fn setsockopt(fd: i32, level: u32, optname: u32, optval: [*]const u8, optlen: socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_setsockopt, &[5]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), level, optname, @ptrToInt(optval), @intCast(usize, optlen) });
     }
     return syscall5(.setsockopt, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), level, optname, @ptrToInt(optval), @intCast(usize, optlen));
 }
 
 pub fn getsockopt(fd: i32, level: u32, optname: u32, noalias optval: [*]u8, noalias optlen: *socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_getsockopt, &[5]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), level, optname, @ptrToInt(optval), @ptrToInt(optlen) });
     }
     return syscall5(.getsockopt, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), level, optname, @ptrToInt(optval), @ptrToInt(optlen));
 }
 
 pub fn sendmsg(fd: i32, msg: *const msghdr_const, flags: u32) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_sendmsg, &[3]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(msg), flags });
     }
     return syscall3(.sendmsg, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(msg), flags);
@@ -1026,49 +1027,49 @@ pub fn sendmmsg(fd: i32, msgvec: [*]mmsghdr_const, vlen: u32, flags: u32) usize
 }
 
 pub fn connect(fd: i32, addr: *const c_void, len: socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_connect, &[3]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), len });
     }
     return syscall3(.connect, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), len);
 }
 
 pub fn recvmsg(fd: i32, msg: *msghdr, flags: u32) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_recvmsg, &[3]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(msg), flags });
     }
     return syscall3(.recvmsg, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(msg), flags);
 }
 
 pub fn recvfrom(fd: i32, noalias buf: [*]u8, len: usize, flags: u32, noalias addr: ?*sockaddr, noalias alen: ?*socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_recvfrom, &[6]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(buf), len, flags, @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(alen) });
     }
     return syscall6(.recvfrom, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(buf), len, flags, @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(alen));
 }
 
 pub fn shutdown(fd: i32, how: i32) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_shutdown, &[2]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, how)) });
     }
     return syscall2(.shutdown, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, how)));
 }
 
 pub fn bind(fd: i32, addr: *const sockaddr, len: socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_bind, &[3]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @intCast(usize, len) });
     }
     return syscall3(.bind, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @intCast(usize, len));
 }
 
 pub fn listen(fd: i32, backlog: u32) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_listen, &[2]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), backlog });
     }
     return syscall2(.listen, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), backlog);
 }
 
 pub fn sendto(fd: i32, buf: [*]const u8, len: usize, flags: u32, addr: ?*const sockaddr, alen: socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_sendto, &[6]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(buf), len, flags, @ptrToInt(addr), @intCast(usize, alen) });
     }
     return syscall6(.sendto, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(buf), len, flags, @ptrToInt(addr), @intCast(usize, alen));
@@ -1095,21 +1096,21 @@ pub fn sendfile(outfd: i32, infd: i32, offset: ?*i64, count: usize) usize {
 }
 
 pub fn socketpair(domain: i32, socket_type: i32, protocol: i32, fd: [2]i32) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_socketpair, &[4]usize{ @intCast(usize, domain), @intCast(usize, socket_type), @intCast(usize, protocol), @ptrToInt(&fd[0]) });
     }
     return syscall4(.socketpair, @intCast(usize, domain), @intCast(usize, socket_type), @intCast(usize, protocol), @ptrToInt(&fd[0]));
 }
 
 pub fn accept(fd: i32, noalias addr: ?*sockaddr, noalias len: ?*socklen_t) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_accept, &[4]usize{ fd, addr, len, 0 });
     }
     return accept4(fd, addr, len, 0);
 }
 
 pub fn accept4(fd: i32, noalias addr: ?*sockaddr, noalias len: ?*socklen_t, flags: u32) usize {
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386) {
+    if (native_arch == .i386) {
         return socketcall(SC_accept4, &[4]usize{ @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(len), flags });
     }
     return syscall4(.accept4, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(addr), @ptrToInt(len), flags);
@@ -1388,7 +1389,7 @@ pub fn madvise(address: [*]u8, len: usize, advice: u32) usize {
 }
 
 test {
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .linux) {
+    if (std.Target.current.os.tag == .linux) {
         _ = @import("linux/test.zig");
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux/start_pie.zig b/lib/std/os/linux/start_pie.zig
index 4ea47b7891..b05870201f 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux/start_pie.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux/start_pie.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const elf = std.elf;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 
 const R_AMD64_RELATIVE = 8;
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux/test.zig b/lib/std/os/linux/test.zig
index 039678e405..30e95087a7 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux/test.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const linux = std.os.linux;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const elf = std.elf;
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux/tls.zig b/lib/std/os/linux/tls.zig
index 757e77bff3..b93e67e25d 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux/tls.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux/tls.zig
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = std.builtin;
 const os = std.os;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const elf = std.elf;
 const math = std.math;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const native_arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
 
 // This file implements the two TLS variants [1] used by ELF-based systems.
 //
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ const TLSVariant = enum {
     VariantII,
 };
 
-const tls_variant = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const tls_variant = switch (native_arch) {
     .arm, .armeb, .aarch64, .aarch64_be, .riscv32, .riscv64, .mips, .mipsel, .powerpc, .powerpc64, .powerpc64le => TLSVariant.VariantI,
     .x86_64, .i386, .sparcv9 => TLSVariant.VariantII,
     else => @compileError("undefined tls_variant for this architecture"),
 };
 
 // Controls how many bytes are reserved for the Thread Control Block
-const tls_tcb_size = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const tls_tcb_size = switch (native_arch) {
     // ARM EABI mandates enough space for two pointers: the first one points to
     // the DTV while the second one is unspecified but reserved
     .arm, .armeb, .aarch64, .aarch64_be => 2 * @sizeOf(usize),
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const tls_tcb_size = switch (builtin.arch) {
 };
 
 // Controls if the TP points to the end of the TCB instead of its beginning
-const tls_tp_points_past_tcb = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const tls_tp_points_past_tcb = switch (native_arch) {
     .riscv32, .riscv64, .mips, .mipsel, .powerpc, .powerpc64, .powerpc64le => true,
     else => false,
 };
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ const tls_tp_points_past_tcb = switch (builtin.arch) {
 // Some architectures add some offset to the tp and dtv addresses in order to
 // make the generated code more efficient
 
-const tls_tp_offset = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const tls_tp_offset = switch (native_arch) {
     .mips, .mipsel, .powerpc, .powerpc64, .powerpc64le => 0x7000,
     else => 0,
 };
 
-const tls_dtv_offset = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const tls_dtv_offset = switch (native_arch) {
     .mips, .mipsel, .powerpc, .powerpc64, .powerpc64le => 0x8000,
     .riscv32, .riscv64 => 0x800,
     else => 0,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ const TLSImage = struct {
 pub var tls_image: TLSImage = undefined;
 
 pub fn setThreadPointer(addr: usize) void {
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .i386 => {
             var user_desc = std.os.linux.user_desc{
                 .entry_number = tls_image.gdt_entry_number,
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ fn initTLS() void {
     // ARMv6 targets (and earlier) have no support for TLS in hardware
     // FIXME: Elide the check for targets >= ARMv7 when the target feature API
     // becomes less verbose (and more usable).
-    if (comptime builtin.arch.isARM()) {
+    if (comptime native_arch.isARM()) {
         if (at_hwcap & std.os.linux.HWCAP_TLS == 0) {
             // FIXME: Make __aeabi_read_tp call the kernel helper kuser_get_tls
             // For the time being use a simple abort instead of a @panic call to
diff --git a/lib/std/os/test.zig b/lib/std/os/test.zig
index f0f0a7c988..bae03ba6aa 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/test.zig
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const Thread = std.Thread;
 
 const a = std.testing.allocator;
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const AtomicRmwOp = builtin.AtomicRmwOp;
 const AtomicOrder = builtin.AtomicOrder;
 const tmpDir = std.testing.tmpDir;
diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index 1791fec956..772022923c 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // * When null-terminated or UTF16LE byte buffers are required, provide APIs which accept
 //   slices as well as APIs which accept null-terminated UTF16LE byte buffers.
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const std = @import("../std.zig");
 const mem = std.mem;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows/bits.zig b/lib/std/os/windows/bits.zig
index cbeb0b483d..efe981c93c 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows/bits.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows/bits.zig
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 // Platform-dependent types and values that are used along with OS-specific APIs.
 
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("../../std.zig");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
+const arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
 
 pub usingnamespace @import("win32error.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("ntstatus.zig");
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub const STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = maxInt(DWORD) - 11 + 1;
 /// The standard error device. Initially, this is the active console screen buffer, CONOUT$.
 pub const STD_ERROR_HANDLE = maxInt(DWORD) - 12 + 1;
 
-pub const WINAPI: builtin.CallingConvention = if (builtin.arch == .i386)
+pub const WINAPI: std.builtin.CallingConvention = if (arch == .i386)
     .Stdcall
 else
     .C;
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ pub const EXCEPTION_RECORD = extern struct {
     ExceptionInformation: [15]usize,
 };
 
-pub usingnamespace switch (builtin.arch) {
+pub usingnamespace switch (arch) {
     .i386 => struct {
         pub const FLOATING_SAVE_AREA = extern struct {
             ControlWord: DWORD,
diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig b/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig
index 9a058f35c0..c03ba939ba 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows/user32.zig
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 usingnamespace @import("bits.zig");
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const windows = @import("../windows.zig");
 const unexpectedError = windows.unexpectedError;
diff --git a/lib/std/packed_int_array.zig b/lib/std/packed_int_array.zig
index c53d6f0505..ea6deca592 100644
--- a/lib/std/packed_int_array.zig
+++ b/lib/std/packed_int_array.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const debug = std.debug;
 const testing = std.testing;
 
diff --git a/lib/std/pdb.zig b/lib/std/pdb.zig
index 6a47cd6e8b..de0b8f3ec0 100644
--- a/lib/std/pdb.zig
+++ b/lib/std/pdb.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const std = @import("std.zig");
 const io = std.io;
 const math = std.math;
diff --git a/lib/std/rand.zig b/lib/std/rand.zig
index d0d400b5b0..fab92a877d 100644
--- a/lib/std/rand.zig
+++ b/lib/std/rand.zig
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! TODO(tiehuis): Benchmark these against other reference implementations.
 
 const std = @import("std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const expect = std.testing.expect;
 const expectEqual = std.testing.expectEqual;
diff --git a/lib/std/sort.zig b/lib/std/sort.zig
index b30fb6ae57..77649cb92e 100644
--- a/lib/std/sort.zig
+++ b/lib/std/sort.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const mem = std.mem;
 const math = std.math;
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 
 pub fn binarySearch(
     comptime T: type,
diff --git a/lib/std/special/c.zig b/lib/std/special/c.zig
index f2f55e508e..fac9d4b827 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/c.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/c.zig
@@ -10,19 +10,22 @@
 // such as memcpy, memset, and some math functions.
 
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const maxInt = std.math.maxInt;
 const isNan = std.math.isNan;
+const native_arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
+const native_abi = std.Target.current.abi;
+const native_os = std.Target.current.os.tag;
 
-const is_wasm = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const is_wasm = switch (native_arch) {
     .wasm32, .wasm64 => true,
     else => false,
 };
-const is_msvc = switch (builtin.abi) {
+const is_msvc = switch (native_abi) {
     .msvc => true,
     else => false,
 };
-const is_freestanding = switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+const is_freestanding = switch (native_os) {
     .freestanding => true,
     else => false,
 };
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ pub fn panic(msg: []const u8, error_return_trace: ?*builtin.StackTrace) noreturn
         @setCold(true);
         std.debug.panic("{s}", .{msg});
     }
-    if (builtin.os.tag != .freestanding and builtin.os.tag != .other) {
+    if (native_os != .freestanding and native_os != .other) {
         std.os.abort();
     }
     while (true) {}
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ test "test_bcmp" {
 }
 
 comptime {
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .linux) {
+    if (native_os == .linux) {
         @export(clone, .{ .name = "clone" });
     }
 }
@@ -284,7 +287,7 @@ comptime {
 // it causes a segfault in release mode. this is a workaround of calling it
 // across .o file boundaries. fix comptime @ptrCast of nakedcc functions.
 fn clone() callconv(.Naked) void {
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .i386 => {
             // __clone(func, stack, flags, arg, ptid, tls, ctid)
             //         +8,   +12,   +16,   +20, +24,  +28, +32
diff --git a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt.zig b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt.zig
index 3a7457a4fd..de46483eb5 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt.zig
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const builtin = std.builtin;
 const is_test = builtin.is_test;
+const os_tag = std.Target.current.os.tag;
+const arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
+const abi = std.Target.current.abi;
 
-const is_gnu = std.Target.current.abi.isGnu();
-const is_mingw = builtin.os.tag == .windows and is_gnu;
+const is_gnu = abi.isGnu();
+const is_mingw = os_tag == .windows and is_gnu;
 
 comptime {
     const linkage = if (is_test) builtin.GlobalLinkage.Internal else builtin.GlobalLinkage.Weak;
     const strong_linkage = if (is_test) builtin.GlobalLinkage.Internal else builtin.GlobalLinkage.Strong;
 
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (arch) {
         .i386,
         .x86_64,
         => @export(@import("compiler_rt/stack_probe.zig").zig_probe_stack, .{
@@ -167,11 +170,11 @@ comptime {
 
     @export(@import("compiler_rt/clzsi2.zig").__clzsi2, .{ .name = "__clzsi2", .linkage = linkage });
 
-    if (builtin.link_libc and builtin.os.tag == .openbsd) {
+    if (builtin.link_libc and os_tag == .openbsd) {
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/emutls.zig").__emutls_get_address, .{ .name = "__emutls_get_address", .linkage = linkage });
     }
 
-    if ((builtin.arch.isARM() or builtin.arch.isThumb()) and !is_test) {
+    if ((arch.isARM() or arch.isThumb()) and !is_test) {
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/arm.zig").__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr0, .{ .name = "__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr0", .linkage = linkage });
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/arm.zig").__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr1, .{ .name = "__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr1", .linkage = linkage });
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/arm.zig").__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr2, .{ .name = "__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr2", .linkage = linkage });
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ comptime {
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/arm.zig").__aeabi_memclr, .{ .name = "__aeabi_memclr4", .linkage = linkage });
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/arm.zig").__aeabi_memclr, .{ .name = "__aeabi_memclr8", .linkage = linkage });
 
-        if (builtin.os.tag == .linux) {
+        if (os_tag == .linux) {
             @export(@import("compiler_rt/arm.zig").__aeabi_read_tp, .{ .name = "__aeabi_read_tp", .linkage = linkage });
         }
 
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ comptime {
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/compareXf2.zig").__aeabi_dcmpun, .{ .name = "__aeabi_dcmpun", .linkage = linkage });
     }
 
-    if (builtin.arch == .i386 and builtin.abi == .msvc) {
+    if (arch == .i386 and abi == .msvc) {
         // Don't let LLVM apply the stdcall name mangling on those MSVC builtins
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/aulldiv.zig")._alldiv, .{ .name = "\x01__alldiv", .linkage = strong_linkage });
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/aulldiv.zig")._aulldiv, .{ .name = "\x01__aulldiv", .linkage = strong_linkage });
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ comptime {
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/aullrem.zig")._aullrem, .{ .name = "\x01__aullrem", .linkage = strong_linkage });
     }
 
-    if (builtin.arch.isSPARC()) {
+    if (arch.isSPARC()) {
         // SPARC systems use a different naming scheme
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/sparc.zig")._Qp_add, .{ .name = "_Qp_add", .linkage = linkage });
         @export(@import("compiler_rt/sparc.zig")._Qp_div, .{ .name = "_Qp_div", .linkage = linkage });
@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ comptime {
             @export(@import("compiler_rt/stack_probe.zig").__chkstk, .{ .name = "__chkstk", .linkage = strong_linkage });
         }
 
-        switch (builtin.arch) {
+        switch (arch) {
             .i386 => {
                 @export(@import("compiler_rt/divti3.zig").__divti3, .{ .name = "__divti3", .linkage = linkage });
                 @export(@import("compiler_rt/modti3.zig").__modti3, .{ .name = "__modti3", .linkage = linkage });
diff --git a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/atomics.zig b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/atomics.zig
index cda87236a9..3ca946c62a 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/atomics.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/atomics.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
 const builtin = std.builtin;
+const arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
 
 const linkage: builtin.GlobalLinkage = if (builtin.is_test) .Internal else .Weak;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ const linkage: builtin.GlobalLinkage = if (builtin.is_test) .Internal else .Weak
 // Some architectures support atomic load/stores but no CAS, but we ignore this
 // detail to keep the export logic clean and because we need some kind of CAS to
 // implement the spinlocks.
-const supports_atomic_ops = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const supports_atomic_ops = switch (arch) {
     .msp430, .avr => false,
     .arm, .armeb, .thumb, .thumbeb =>
     // The ARM v6m ISA has no ldrex/strex and so it's impossible to do CAS
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ const supports_atomic_ops = switch (builtin.arch) {
 // The size (in bytes) of the biggest object that the architecture can
 // load/store atomically.
 // Objects bigger than this threshold require the use of a lock.
-const largest_atomic_size = switch (builtin.arch) {
+const largest_atomic_size = switch (arch) {
     // XXX: On x86/x86_64 we could check the presence of cmpxchg8b/cmpxchg16b
     // and set this parameter accordingly.
     else => @sizeOf(usize),
diff --git a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/muldi3.zig b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/muldi3.zig
index 607ac489fc..d367721cb2 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/muldi3.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/muldi3.zig
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const std = @import("std");
+const is_test = std.builtin.is_test;
+const native_endian = std.Target.current.cpu.arch.endian();
 
 // Ported from
 // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-9.0.0/compiler-rt/lib/builtins/muldi3.c
 
 const dwords = extern union {
     all: i64,
-    s: switch (builtin.endian) {
+    s: switch (native_endian) {
         .Little => extern struct {
             low: u32,
             high: u32,
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ const dwords = extern union {
 };
 
 fn __muldsi3(a: u32, b: u32) i64 {
-    @setRuntimeSafety(builtin.is_test);
+    @setRuntimeSafety(is_test);
 
     const bits_in_word_2 = @sizeOf(i32) * 8 / 2;
     const lower_mask = (~@as(u32, 0)) >> bits_in_word_2;
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ fn __muldsi3(a: u32, b: u32) i64 {
 }
 
 pub fn __muldi3(a: i64, b: i64) callconv(.C) i64 {
-    @setRuntimeSafety(builtin.is_test);
+    @setRuntimeSafety(is_test);
 
     const x = dwords{ .all = a };
     const y = dwords{ .all = b };
diff --git a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/multi3.zig b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/multi3.zig
index d417c79ff2..e0e992835f 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/multi3.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/multi3.zig
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const compiler_rt = @import("../compiler_rt.zig");
+const std = @import("std");
+const is_test = std.builtin.is_test;
+const native_endian = std.Target.current.cpu.arch.endian();
 
 // Ported from git@github.com:llvm-project/llvm-project-20170507.git
 // ae684fad6d34858c014c94da69c15e7774a633c3
 // 2018-08-13
 
 pub fn __multi3(a: i128, b: i128) callconv(.C) i128 {
-    @setRuntimeSafety(builtin.is_test);
+    @setRuntimeSafety(is_test);
     const x = twords{ .all = a };
     const y = twords{ .all = b };
     var r = twords{ .all = __mulddi3(x.s.low, y.s.low) };
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ const twords = extern union {
     all: i128,
     s: S,
 
-    const S = if (builtin.endian == .Little)
+    const S = if (native_endian == .Little)
         struct {
             low: u64,
             high: u64,
diff --git a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/shift.zig b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/shift.zig
index 46712738ab..e1a1a04893 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/shift.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/shift.zig
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("std");
-const builtin = std.builtin;
 const Log2Int = std.math.Log2Int;
+const native_endian = std.Target.current.cpu.arch.endian();
 
 fn Dwords(comptime T: type, comptime signed_half: bool) type {
     return extern union {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fn Dwords(comptime T: type, comptime signed_half: bool) type {
         pub const HalfT = if (signed_half) HalfTS else HalfTU;
 
         all: T,
-        s: if (builtin.endian == .Little)
+        s: if (native_endian == .Little)
             struct { low: HalfT, high: HalfT }
         else
             struct { high: HalfT, low: HalfT },
diff --git a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/stack_probe.zig b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/stack_probe.zig
index d0dcd70550..f35afc3a6a 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/stack_probe.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/stack_probe.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const native_arch = @import("std").Target.current.cpu.arch;
 
 // Zig's own stack-probe routine (available only on x86 and x86_64)
 pub fn zig_probe_stack() callconv(.Naked) void {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn zig_probe_stack() callconv(.Naked) void {
     // invalid so let's update it on the go, otherwise we'll get a segfault
     // instead of triggering the stack growth.
 
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .x86_64 => {
             // %rax = probe length, %rsp = stack pointer
             asm volatile (
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn zig_probe_stack() callconv(.Naked) void {
 fn win_probe_stack_only() void {
     @setRuntimeSafety(false);
 
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .x86_64 => {
             asm volatile (
                 \\         push   %%rcx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fn win_probe_stack_only() void {
 fn win_probe_stack_adjust_sp() void {
     @setRuntimeSafety(false);
 
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .x86_64 => {
             asm volatile (
                 \\         push   %%rcx
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub fn _chkstk() callconv(.Naked) void {
 }
 pub fn __chkstk() callconv(.Naked) void {
     @setRuntimeSafety(false);
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .i386 => @call(.{ .modifier = .always_inline }, win_probe_stack_adjust_sp, .{}),
         .x86_64 => @call(.{ .modifier = .always_inline }, win_probe_stack_only, .{}),
         else => unreachable,
diff --git a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/udivmod.zig b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/udivmod.zig
index 265a365dc8..badfd97ad8 100644
--- a/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/udivmod.zig
+++ b/lib/std/special/compiler_rt/udivmod.zig
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const is_test = builtin.is_test;
+const native_endian = @import("std").Target.current.cpu.arch.endian();
 
-const low = switch (builtin.endian) {
+const low = switch (native_endian) {
     .Big => 1,
     .Little => 0,
 };
diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index 89f5eb0b1f..77fa820a87 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const uefi = std.os.uefi;
 const tlcsprng = @import("crypto/tlcsprng.zig");
+const native_arch = std.Target.current.cpu.arch;
+const native_os = std.Target.current.os.tag;
 
 var argc_argv_ptr: [*]usize = undefined;
 
-const start_sym_name = if (builtin.arch.isMIPS()) "__start" else "_start";
+const start_sym_name = if (native_arch.isMIPS()) "__start" else "_start";
 
 comptime {
     // The self-hosted compiler is not fully capable of handling all of this start.zig file.
@@ -23,9 +25,7 @@ comptime {
     if (builtin.zig_is_stage2) {
         if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe) {
             if (builtin.link_libc or builtin.object_format == .c) {
-                if (!@hasDecl(root, "main")) {
-                    @export(main2, "main");
-                }
+                @export(main2, "main");
             } else {
                 if (!@hasDecl(root, "_start")) {
                     @export(_start2, "_start");
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ comptime {
         }
     } else {
         if (builtin.output_mode == .Lib and builtin.link_mode == .Dynamic) {
-            if (builtin.os.tag == .windows and !@hasDecl(root, "_DllMainCRTStartup")) {
+            if (native_os == .windows and !@hasDecl(root, "_DllMainCRTStartup")) {
                 @export(_DllMainCRTStartup, .{ .name = "_DllMainCRTStartup" });
             }
         } else if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ comptime {
                 if (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(root.main)).Fn.calling_convention != .C) {
                     @export(main, .{ .name = "main", .linkage = .Weak });
                 }
-            } else if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+            } else if (native_os == .windows) {
                 if (!@hasDecl(root, "WinMain") and !@hasDecl(root, "WinMainCRTStartup") and
                     !@hasDecl(root, "wWinMain") and !@hasDecl(root, "wWinMainCRTStartup"))
                 {
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ comptime {
                 {
                     @export(wWinMainCRTStartup, .{ .name = "wWinMainCRTStartup" });
                 }
-            } else if (builtin.os.tag == .uefi) {
+            } else if (native_os == .uefi) {
                 if (!@hasDecl(root, "EfiMain")) @export(EfiMain, .{ .name = "EfiMain" });
-            } else if (builtin.arch.isWasm() and builtin.os.tag == .freestanding) {
+            } else if (native_arch.isWasm() and native_os == .freestanding) {
                 if (!@hasDecl(root, start_sym_name)) @export(wasm_freestanding_start, .{ .name = start_sym_name });
-            } else if (builtin.os.tag != .other and builtin.os.tag != .freestanding) {
+            } else if (native_os != .other and native_os != .freestanding) {
                 if (!@hasDecl(root, start_sym_name)) @export(_start, .{ .name = start_sym_name });
             }
         }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fn _start2() callconv(.Naked) noreturn {
 }
 
 fn exit2(code: u8) noreturn {
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .x86_64 => {
             asm volatile ("syscall"
                 :
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ fn EfiMain(handle: uefi.Handle, system_table: *uefi.tables.SystemTable) callconv
 }
 
 fn _start() callconv(.Naked) noreturn {
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .wasi) {
+    if (native_os == .wasi) {
         // This is marked inline because for some reason LLVM in release mode fails to inline it,
         // and we want fewer call frames in stack traces.
         std.os.wasi.proc_exit(@call(.{ .modifier = .always_inline }, callMain, .{}));
     }
 
-    switch (builtin.arch) {
+    switch (native_arch) {
         .x86_64 => {
             argc_argv_ptr = asm volatile (
                 \\ xor %%rbp, %%rbp
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ fn posixCallMainAndExit() noreturn {
     while (envp_optional[envp_count]) |_| : (envp_count += 1) {}
     const envp = @ptrCast([*][*:0]u8, envp_optional)[0..envp_count];
 
-    if (builtin.os.tag == .linux) {
+    if (native_os == .linux) {
         // Find the beginning of the auxiliary vector
         const auxv = @ptrCast([*]std.elf.Auxv, @alignCast(@alignOf(usize), envp.ptr + envp_count + 1));
         std.os.linux.elf_aux_maybe = auxv;
diff --git a/lib/std/target.zig b/lib/std/target.zig
index 3372f617a8..5d246465e2 100644
--- a/lib/std/target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target.zig
@@ -1225,11 +1225,7 @@ pub const Target = struct {
         }
     };
 
-    pub const current = Target{
-        .cpu = builtin.cpu,
-        .os = builtin.os,
-        .abi = builtin.abi,
-    };
+    pub const current = builtin.target;
 
     pub const stack_align = 16;
 
diff --git a/lib/std/testing.zig b/lib/std/testing.zig
index ac1aa3bf6d..e6ad69e545 100644
--- a/lib/std/testing.zig
+++ b/lib/std/testing.zig
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ pub const TmpDir = struct {
 };
 
 fn getCwdOrWasiPreopen() std.fs.Dir {
-    if (@import("builtin").os.tag == .wasi) {
+    if (std.builtin.os.tag == .wasi) {
         var preopens = std.fs.wasi.PreopenList.init(allocator);
         defer preopens.deinit();
         preopens.populate() catch
diff --git a/lib/std/unicode.zig b/lib/std/unicode.zig
index f9ad6e3eb5..9b44a84477 100644
--- a/lib/std/unicode.zig
+++ b/lib/std/unicode.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
 const std = @import("./std.zig");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
 const testing = std.testing;
 const mem = std.mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/valgrind.zig b/lib/std/valgrind.zig
index 6930652fbc..0e5d2072ac 100644
--- a/lib/std/valgrind.zig
+++ b/lib/std/valgrind.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is part of [zig](https://ziglang.org/), which is MIT licensed.
 // The MIT license requires this copyright notice to be included in all copies
 // and substantial portions of the software.
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const builtin = std.builtin;
 const std = @import("std.zig");
 const math = std.math;
 
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/system.zig b/lib/std/zig/system.zig
index 485bd479bf..63df8d37a5 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/system.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/system.zig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const process = std.process;
 const Target = std.Target;
 const CrossTarget = std.zig.CrossTarget;
 const macos = @import("system/macos.zig");
+const native_endian = std.Target.current.cpu.arch.endian();
 pub const windows = @import("system/windows.zig");
 
 pub const getSDKPath = macos.getSDKPath;
@@ -603,7 +604,7 @@ pub const NativeTargetInfo = struct {
             elf.ELFDATA2MSB => .Big,
             else => return error.InvalidElfEndian,
         };
-        const need_bswap = elf_endian != std.builtin.endian;
+        const need_bswap = elf_endian != native_endian;
         if (hdr32.e_ident[elf.EI_VERSION] != 1) return error.InvalidElfVersion;
 
         const is_64 = switch (hdr32.e_ident[elf.EI_CLASS]) {