diff --git a/src-self-hosted/stage1.zig b/src-self-hosted/stage1.zig
index 1747e049da..baa4c17ed0 100644
--- a/src-self-hosted/stage1.zig
+++ b/src-self-hosted/stage1.zig
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ export fn stage2_panic(ptr: [*]const u8, len: usize) void {
     @panic(ptr[0..len]);
 }
 
-// ABI warning
-const TranslateMode = extern enum {
-    import,
-    translate,
-};
-
 // ABI warning
 const Error = extern enum {
     None,
@@ -99,14 +93,10 @@ export fn stage2_translate_c(
     out_errors_len: *usize,
     args_begin: [*]?[*]const u8,
     args_end: [*]?[*]const u8,
-    mode: TranslateMode,
     resources_path: [*]const u8,
 ) Error {
     var errors: []translate_c.ClangErrMsg = undefined;
-    out_ast.* = translate_c.translate(std.heap.c_allocator, args_begin, args_end, switch (mode) {
-        .import => translate_c.Mode.import,
-        .translate => translate_c.Mode.translate,
-    }, &errors, resources_path) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    out_ast.* = translate_c.translate(std.heap.c_allocator, args_begin, args_end, &errors, resources_path) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.SemanticAnalyzeFail => {
             out_errors_ptr.* = errors.ptr;
             out_errors_len.* = errors.len;
diff --git a/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig b/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig
index 384c4fc147..d4a783634c 100644
--- a/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig
+++ b/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ const ast = std.zig.ast;
 const Token = std.zig.Token;
 usingnamespace @import("clang.zig");
 
-pub const Mode = enum {
-    import,
-    translate,
-};
-
 const CallingConvention = std.builtin.TypeInfo.CallingConvention;
 
 pub const ClangErrMsg = Stage2ErrorMsg;
@@ -104,7 +99,6 @@ const Context = struct {
     source_manager: *ZigClangSourceManager,
     decl_table: DeclTable,
     global_scope: *Scope.Root,
-    mode: Mode,
     ptr_params: std.BufSet,
     clang_context: *ZigClangASTContext,
 
@@ -133,7 +127,6 @@ pub fn translate(
     backing_allocator: *std.mem.Allocator,
     args_begin: [*]?[*]const u8,
     args_end: [*]?[*]const u8,
-    mode: Mode,
     errors: *[]ClangErrMsg,
     resources_path: [*]const u8,
 ) !*ast.Tree {
@@ -185,7 +178,6 @@ pub fn translate(
         .err = undefined,
         .decl_table = DeclTable.init(arena),
         .global_scope = try arena.create(Scope.Root),
-        .mode = mode,
         .ptr_params = std.BufSet.init(arena),
         .clang_context = ZigClangASTUnit_getASTContext(ast_unit).?,
     };
@@ -262,7 +254,7 @@ fn visitFnDecl(c: *Context, fn_decl: *const ZigClangFunctionDecl) Error!void {
         .storage_class = storage_class,
         .scope = &scope,
         .is_export = switch (storage_class) {
-            .None => has_body and c.mode != .import,
+            .None => has_body,
             .Extern, .Static => false,
             .PrivateExtern => return failDecl(c, fn_decl_loc, fn_name, "unsupported storage class: private extern", .{}),
             .Auto => unreachable, // Not legal on functions
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 5b0899544d..0ba2c23dbe 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -9020,10 +9020,6 @@ void codegen_translate_c(CodeGen *g, Buf *full_path, FILE *out_file, bool use_us
 
     init(g);
 
-    Stage2TranslateMode trans_mode = buf_ends_with_str(full_path, ".h") ?
-        Stage2TranslateModeImport : Stage2TranslateModeTranslate;
-
-
     ZigList<const char *> clang_argv = {0};
     add_cc_args(g, clang_argv, nullptr, true);
 
@@ -9047,10 +9043,10 @@ void codegen_translate_c(CodeGen *g, Buf *full_path, FILE *out_file, bool use_us
 
     if (use_userland_implementation) {
         err = stage2_translate_c(&ast, &errors_ptr, &errors_len,
-                        &clang_argv.at(0), &clang_argv.last(), trans_mode, resources_path);
+                        &clang_argv.at(0), &clang_argv.last(), resources_path);
     } else {
-        err = parse_h_file(g, &root_node, &errors_ptr, &errors_len, &clang_argv.at(0), &clang_argv.last(),
-                trans_mode, resources_path);
+        err = parse_h_file(g, &root_node, &errors_ptr, &errors_len, &clang_argv.at(0),
+                        &clang_argv.last(), resources_path);
     }
 
     if (err == ErrorCCompileErrors && errors_len > 0) {
diff --git a/src/ir.cpp b/src/ir.cpp
index 8b588b5dee..cb854303e4 100644
--- a/src/ir.cpp
+++ b/src/ir.cpp
@@ -23343,7 +23343,7 @@ static IrInstruction *ir_analyze_instruction_c_import(IrAnalyze *ira, IrInstruct
         const char *resources_path = buf_ptr(ira->codegen->zig_c_headers_dir);
 
         if ((err = parse_h_file(ira->codegen, &root_node, &errors_ptr, &errors_len,
-            &clang_argv.at(0), &clang_argv.last(), Stage2TranslateModeImport, resources_path)))
+            &clang_argv.at(0), &clang_argv.last(), resources_path)))
         {
             if (err != ErrorCCompileErrors) {
                 ir_add_error_node(ira, node, buf_sprintf("C import failed: %s", err_str(err)));
diff --git a/src/translate_c.cpp b/src/translate_c.cpp
index eb207231f0..35830e2990 100644
--- a/src/translate_c.cpp
+++ b/src/translate_c.cpp
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ struct TransScopeWhile {
 
 struct Context {
     AstNode *root;
-    VisibMod visib_mod;
-    bool want_export;
     HashMap<const void *, AstNode *, ptr_hash, ptr_eq> decl_table;
     HashMap<Buf *, AstNode *, buf_hash, buf_eql_buf> macro_table;
     HashMap<Buf *, AstNode *, buf_hash, buf_eql_buf> global_table;
@@ -367,7 +365,7 @@ static AstNode *trans_create_node_var_decl(Context *c, VisibMod visib_mod, bool
 static AstNode *trans_create_node_var_decl_global(Context *c, bool is_const, Buf *var_name, AstNode *type_node,
         AstNode *init_node)
 {
-    return trans_create_node_var_decl(c, c->visib_mod, is_const, var_name, type_node, init_node);
+    return trans_create_node_var_decl(c, VisibModPub, is_const, var_name, type_node, init_node);
 }
 
 static AstNode *trans_create_node_var_decl_local(Context *c, bool is_const, Buf *var_name, AstNode *type_node,
@@ -379,7 +377,7 @@ static AstNode *trans_create_node_var_decl_local(Context *c, bool is_const, Buf
 static AstNode *trans_create_node_inline_fn(Context *c, Buf *fn_name, AstNode *ref_node, AstNode *src_proto_node) {
     AstNode *fn_def = trans_create_node(c, NodeTypeFnDef);
     AstNode *fn_proto = trans_create_node(c, NodeTypeFnProto);
-    fn_proto->data.fn_proto.visib_mod = c->visib_mod;
+    fn_proto->data.fn_proto.visib_mod = VisibModPub;
     fn_proto->data.fn_proto.name = fn_name;
     fn_proto->data.fn_proto.fn_inline = FnInlineAlways;
     fn_proto->data.fn_proto.return_type = src_proto_node->data.fn_proto.return_type; // TODO ok for these to alias?
@@ -4091,10 +4089,10 @@ static void visit_fn_decl(Context *c, const ZigClangFunctionDecl *fn_decl) {
 
     ZigClangStorageClass sc = ZigClangFunctionDecl_getStorageClass(fn_decl);
     if (sc == ZigClangStorageClass_None) {
-        proto_node->data.fn_proto.visib_mod = c->visib_mod;
-        proto_node->data.fn_proto.is_export = ZigClangFunctionDecl_hasBody(fn_decl) ? c->want_export : false;
+        proto_node->data.fn_proto.visib_mod = VisibModPub;
+        proto_node->data.fn_proto.is_export = ZigClangFunctionDecl_hasBody(fn_decl);
     } else if (sc == ZigClangStorageClass_Extern || sc == ZigClangStorageClass_Static) {
-        proto_node->data.fn_proto.visib_mod = c->visib_mod;
+        proto_node->data.fn_proto.visib_mod = VisibModPub;
     } else if (sc == ZigClangStorageClass_PrivateExtern) {
         emit_warning(c, ZigClangFunctionDecl_getLocation(fn_decl), "unsupported storage class: private extern");
         return;
@@ -5113,18 +5111,11 @@ static void process_preprocessor_entities(Context *c, ZigClangASTUnit *unit) {
 Error parse_h_file(CodeGen *codegen, AstNode **out_root_node,
         Stage2ErrorMsg **errors_ptr, size_t *errors_len,
         const char **args_begin, const char **args_end,
-        Stage2TranslateMode mode, const char *resources_path)
+        const char *resources_path)
 {
     Context context = {0};
     Context *c = &context;
     c->warnings_on = codegen->verbose_cimport;
-    if (mode == Stage2TranslateModeImport) {
-        c->visib_mod = VisibModPub;
-        c->want_export = false;
-    } else {
-        c->visib_mod = VisibModPub;
-        c->want_export = true;
-    }
     c->decl_table.init(8);
     c->macro_table.init(8);
     c->global_table.init(8);
diff --git a/src/translate_c.hpp b/src/translate_c.hpp
index 4eac26ddb5..5b7f1dcdd6 100644
--- a/src/translate_c.hpp
+++ b/src/translate_c.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 Error parse_h_file(CodeGen *codegen, AstNode **out_root_node,
         Stage2ErrorMsg **errors_ptr, size_t *errors_len,
         const char **args_begin, const char **args_end,
-        Stage2TranslateMode mode, const char *resources_path);
+        const char *resources_path);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/userland.cpp b/src/userland.cpp
index a36dfa69a8..263ef0cbc3 100644
--- a/src/userland.cpp
+++ b/src/userland.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 
 Error stage2_translate_c(struct Stage2Ast **out_ast,
         struct Stage2ErrorMsg **out_errors_ptr, size_t *out_errors_len,
-        const char **args_begin, const char **args_end, enum Stage2TranslateMode mode,
-        const char *resources_path)
+        const char **args_begin, const char **args_end, const char *resources_path)
 {
     const char *msg = "stage0 called stage2_translate_c";
     stage2_panic(msg, strlen(msg));
diff --git a/src/userland.h b/src/userland.h
index 1d01257175..fe3f072ae5 100644
--- a/src/userland.h
+++ b/src/userland.h
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ enum Error {
     ErrorImportOutsidePkgPath,
 };
 
-// ABI warning
-enum Stage2TranslateMode {
-    Stage2TranslateModeImport,
-    Stage2TranslateModeTranslate,
-};
-
 // ABI warning
 struct Stage2ErrorMsg {
     const char *filename_ptr; // can be null
@@ -104,8 +98,7 @@ struct Stage2Ast;
 // ABI warning
 ZIG_EXTERN_C enum Error stage2_translate_c(struct Stage2Ast **out_ast,
         struct Stage2ErrorMsg **out_errors_ptr, size_t *out_errors_len,
-        const char **args_begin, const char **args_end, enum Stage2TranslateMode mode,
-        const char *resources_path);
+        const char **args_begin, const char **args_end, const char *resources_path);
 
 // ABI warning
 ZIG_EXTERN_C void stage2_free_clang_errors(struct Stage2ErrorMsg *ptr, size_t len);