diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h
index 415c1fea9150..e45334463995 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h
@@ -235,10 +235,6 @@ private:
   friend class Module;
 };
 
-/// getGlobalContext - Returns a global context.  This is for LLVM clients that
-/// only care about operating on a single thread.
-extern LLVMContext &getGlobalContext();
-
 // Create wrappers for C Binding types (see CBindingWrapping.h).
 DEFINE_SIMPLE_CONVERSION_FUNCTIONS(LLVMContext, LLVMContextRef)
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
index 1b4ad2039691..43a25838369a 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ void LLVMDisposeMessage(char *Message) {
 
 /*===-- Operations on contexts --------------------------------------------===*/
 
+static ManagedStatic<LLVMContext> GlobalContext;
+
 LLVMContextRef LLVMContextCreate() {
   return wrap(new LLVMContext());
 }
 
-LLVMContextRef LLVMGetGlobalContext() {
-  return wrap(&getGlobalContext());
-}
+LLVMContextRef LLVMGetGlobalContext() { return wrap(&*GlobalContext); }
 
 void LLVMContextSetDiagnosticHandler(LLVMContextRef C,
                                      LLVMDiagnosticHandler Handler,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ LLVMDiagnosticSeverity LLVMGetDiagInfoSeverity(LLVMDiagnosticInfoRef DI) {
 /*===-- Operations on modules ---------------------------------------------===*/
 
 LLVMModuleRef LLVMModuleCreateWithName(const char *ModuleID) {
-  return wrap(new Module(ModuleID, getGlobalContext()));
+  return wrap(new Module(ModuleID, *GlobalContext));
 }
 
 LLVMModuleRef LLVMModuleCreateWithNameInContext(const char *ModuleID,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/LLVMContext.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/LLVMContext.cpp
index 673a8c19074e..0e8d3e826aa5 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/LLVMContext.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/LLVMContext.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@
 #include <cctype>
 using namespace llvm;
 
-static ManagedStatic<LLVMContext> GlobalContext;
-
-LLVMContext& llvm::getGlobalContext() {
-  return *GlobalContext;
-}
-
 LLVMContext::LLVMContext() : pImpl(new LLVMContextImpl(*this)) {
   // Create the fixed metadata kinds. This is done in the same order as the
   // MD_* enum values so that they correspond.