diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3f2e43ab86d..9e46e6b8ef6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ matrix:
   fast_finish: true
   include:
     # Images used in testing PR and try-build should be run first.
-    - env: IMAGE=x86_64-gnu-llvm-5.0 RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+    - env: IMAGE=x86_64-gnu-llvm-6.0 RUST_BACKTRACE=1
       if: type = pull_request OR branch = auto
 
     - env: IMAGE=dist-x86_64-linux DEPLOY=1
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/native.rs b/src/bootstrap/native.rs
index 8ff175b0187..15851161486 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/native.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/native.rs
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ fn check_llvm_version(builder: &Builder, llvm_config: &Path) {
     let mut parts = version.split('.').take(2)
         .filter_map(|s| s.parse::<u32>().ok());
     if let (Some(major), Some(_minor)) = (parts.next(), parts.next()) {
-        if major >= 5 {
+        if major >= 6 {
             return
         }
     }
-    panic!("\n\nbad LLVM version: {}, need >=5.0\n\n", version)
+    panic!("\n\nbad LLVM version: {}, need >=6.0\n\n", version)
 }
 
 fn configure_cmake(builder: &Builder,
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-llvm-5.0/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-llvm-6.0/Dockerfile
similarity index 89%
rename from src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-llvm-5.0/Dockerfile
rename to src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-llvm-6.0/Dockerfile
index 4f90c509726..160b23e0b00 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-llvm-5.0/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/x86_64-gnu-llvm-6.0/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   cmake \
   sudo \
   gdb \
-  llvm-5.0-tools \
+  llvm-6.0-tools \
   libedit-dev \
   zlib1g-dev \
   xz-utils
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 # using llvm-link-shared due to libffi issues -- see #34486
 ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS \
       --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
-      --llvm-root=/usr/lib/llvm-5.0 \
+      --llvm-root=/usr/lib/llvm-6.0 \
       --enable-llvm-link-shared
 ENV RUST_CHECK_TARGET check
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs
index a95ddefc869..01b1387d9cc 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs
@@ -1024,17 +1024,11 @@ impl BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx> for Builder<'a, 'll, 'tcx> {
 
     fn minnum(&mut self, lhs: &'ll Value, rhs: &'ll Value) -> &'ll Value {
         self.count_insn("minnum");
-        unsafe {
-            let instr = llvm::LLVMRustBuildMinNum(self.llbuilder, lhs, rhs);
-            instr.expect("LLVMRustBuildMinNum is not available in LLVM version < 6.0")
-        }
+        unsafe { llvm::LLVMRustBuildMinNum(self.llbuilder, lhs, rhs) }
     }
     fn maxnum(&mut self, lhs: &'ll Value, rhs: &'ll Value) -> &'ll Value {
         self.count_insn("maxnum");
-        unsafe {
-            let instr = llvm::LLVMRustBuildMaxNum(self.llbuilder, lhs, rhs);
-            instr.expect("LLVMRustBuildMaxNum is not available in LLVM version < 6.0")
-        }
+        unsafe { llvm::LLVMRustBuildMaxNum(self.llbuilder, lhs, rhs) }
     }
 
     fn select(
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
index 127759a4326..4732db88ec1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -1222,12 +1222,12 @@ extern "C" {
         B: &Builder<'a>,
         LHS: &'a Value,
         LHS: &'a Value,
-    ) -> Option<&'a Value>;
+    ) -> &'a Value;
     pub fn LLVMRustBuildMaxNum(
         B: &Builder<'a>,
         LHS: &'a Value,
         LHS: &'a Value,
-    ) -> Option<&'a Value>;
+    ) -> &'a Value;
 
     // Atomic Operations
     pub fn LLVMRustBuildAtomicLoad(B: &Builder<'a>,
diff --git a/src/rustllvm/ArchiveWrapper.cpp b/src/rustllvm/ArchiveWrapper.cpp
index 1355c0377ce..2f8dc0d466f 100644
--- a/src/rustllvm/ArchiveWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/rustllvm/ArchiveWrapper.cpp
@@ -216,16 +216,11 @@ LLVMRustWriteArchive(char *Dst, size_t NumMembers,
       Members.push_back(std::move(*MOrErr));
     }
   }
+
   auto Result = writeArchive(Dst, Members, WriteSymbtab, Kind, true, false);
-#if LLVM_VERSION_GE(6, 0)
   if (!Result)
     return LLVMRustResult::Success;
   LLVMRustSetLastError(toString(std::move(Result)).c_str());
-#else
-  if (!Result.second)
-    return LLVMRustResult::Success;
-  LLVMRustSetLastError(Result.second.message().c_str());
-#endif
 
   return LLVMRustResult::Failure;
 }
diff --git a/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp b/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
index aa420bf6100..4d95368c00f 100644
--- a/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
@@ -17,21 +17,15 @@
 
 #include "llvm/Analysis/TargetLibraryInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/TargetTransformInfo.h"
+#include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetSubtargetInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/AutoUpgrade.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/AssemblyAnnotationWriter.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CBindingWrapping.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Host.h"
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.h"
-
-#if LLVM_VERSION_GE(6, 0)
-#include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetSubtargetInfo.h"
-#include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
-#else
-#include "llvm/Target/TargetSubtargetInfo.h"
-#endif
-
 #include "llvm/Transforms/IPO/AlwaysInliner.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.h"
 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/FunctionImportUtils.h"
@@ -198,13 +192,9 @@ GEN_SUBTARGETS
 
 extern "C" bool LLVMRustHasFeature(LLVMTargetMachineRef TM,
                                    const char *Feature) {
-#if LLVM_VERSION_GE(6, 0)
   TargetMachine *Target = unwrap(TM);
   const MCSubtargetInfo *MCInfo = Target->getMCSubtargetInfo();
   return MCInfo->checkFeatures(std::string("+") + Feature);
-#else
-  return false;
-#endif
 }
 
 enum class LLVMRustCodeModel {
@@ -392,13 +382,9 @@ extern "C" LLVMTargetMachineRef LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine(
     Options.ThreadModel = ThreadModel::Single;
   }
 
-#if LLVM_VERSION_GE(6, 0)
   Options.EmitStackSizeSection = EmitStackSizeSection;
 
   Optional<CodeModel::Model> CM;
-#else
-  CodeModel::Model CM = CodeModel::Model::Default;
-#endif
   if (RustCM != LLVMRustCodeModel::None)
     CM = fromRust(RustCM);
   TargetMachine *TM = TheTarget->createTargetMachine(
diff --git a/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp b/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
index b9a0b435d3e..86c5dfcfb98 100644
--- a/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/rustllvm/RustWrapper.cpp
@@ -297,11 +297,7 @@ extern "C" void LLVMRustRemoveFunctionAttributes(LLVMValueRef Fn,
 // enable fpmath flag UnsafeAlgebra
 extern "C" void LLVMRustSetHasUnsafeAlgebra(LLVMValueRef V) {
   if (auto I = dyn_cast<Instruction>(unwrap<Value>(V))) {
-#if LLVM_VERSION_GE(6, 0)
     I->setFast(true);
-#else
-    I->setHasUnsafeAlgebra(true);
-#endif
   }
 }
 
@@ -1437,7 +1433,6 @@ LLVMRustBuildVectorReduceFMax(LLVMBuilderRef B, LLVMValueRef Src, bool NoNaN) {
   return wrap(unwrap(B)->CreateFPMaxReduce(unwrap(Src), NoNaN));
 }
 
-#if LLVM_VERSION_GE(6, 0)
 extern "C" LLVMValueRef
 LLVMRustBuildMinNum(LLVMBuilderRef B, LLVMValueRef LHS, LLVMValueRef RHS) {
     return wrap(unwrap(B)->CreateMinNum(unwrap(LHS),unwrap(RHS)));
@@ -1446,13 +1441,3 @@ extern "C" LLVMValueRef
 LLVMRustBuildMaxNum(LLVMBuilderRef B, LLVMValueRef LHS, LLVMValueRef RHS) {
     return wrap(unwrap(B)->CreateMaxNum(unwrap(LHS),unwrap(RHS)));
 }
-#else
-extern "C" LLVMValueRef
-LLVMRustBuildMinNum(LLVMBuilderRef, LLVMValueRef, LLVMValueRef) {
-   return nullptr;
-}
-extern "C" LLVMValueRef
-LLVMRustBuildMaxNum(LLVMBuilderRef, LLVMValueRef, LLVMValueRef) {
-   return nullptr;
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs b/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs
index 5061d9a915e..52bdb1b103a 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/function-arguments.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 // compile-flags: -C no-prepopulate-passes
 // ignore-tidy-linelength
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 #![feature(custom_attribute)]
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/issue-44056-macos-tls-align.rs b/src/test/codegen/issue-44056-macos-tls-align.rs
index b146e106aa1..ebd436cc647 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/issue-44056-macos-tls-align.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/issue-44056-macos-tls-align.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 // ignore-tidy-linelength
 // only-macos
 // no-system-llvm
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 // compile-flags: -O
 
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/issue-45222.rs b/src/test/codegen/issue-45222.rs
index 3544786e2e6..a6e633bf285 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/issue-45222.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/issue-45222.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 // compile-flags: -O
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/issue-45466.rs b/src/test/codegen/issue-45466.rs
index 14954763944..f916c1a0640 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/issue-45466.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/issue-45466.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 // compile-flags: -O
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 #![crate_type="rlib"]
 
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs b/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs
index 6c47bf3e321..605a952e8ff 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 // ignore-emscripten
 // ignore-tidy-linelength
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 // compile-flags: -C no-prepopulate-passes
 
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-scatter.rs b/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-scatter.rs
index 7b5b2e55e29..6645778468c 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-scatter.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/simd-intrinsic-generic-scatter.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 // ignore-emscripten
 // ignore-tidy-linelength
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 // compile-flags: -C no-prepopulate-passes
 
diff --git a/src/test/codegen/vtabletype.rs b/src/test/codegen/vtabletype.rs
index abd1eb3e2cc..cb96a844341 100644
--- a/src/test/codegen/vtabletype.rs
+++ b/src/test/codegen/vtabletype.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 // ignore-tidy-linelength
 // ignore-windows
 // ignore-macos
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 // compile-flags: -g -C no-prepopulate-passes
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs b/src/test/run-pass/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs
index 5f6a72a8e1e..e5ac5775b0c 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/simd/simd-intrinsic-generic-gather.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 // run-pass
 // ignore-emscripten
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 // Test that the simd_{gather,scatter} intrinsics produce the correct results.
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/sse2.rs b/src/test/run-pass/sse2.rs
index 041286fe656..779c72b8df1 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/sse2.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/sse2.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-#![allow(stable_features)]
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
-// ^ needs MCSubtargetInfo::checkFeatures()
 // ignore-cloudabi no std::env
 
+#![allow(stable_features)]
 #![feature(cfg_target_feature)]
 
 use std::env;
diff --git a/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.rs b/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.rs
index 8a045884cae..2d0fb78897d 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 // gate-test-mips_target_feature
 // gate-test-mmx_target_feature
 // gate-test-wasm_target_feature
-// min-llvm-version 6.0
 
 #[target_feature(enable = "avx512bw")]
 //~^ ERROR: currently unstable
diff --git a/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.stderr b/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.stderr
index f18bebc0c29..24141d0064f 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/target-feature-gate.stderr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 error[E0658]: the target feature `avx512bw` is currently unstable (see issue #44839)
-  --> $DIR/target-feature-gate.rs:29:18
+  --> $DIR/target-feature-gate.rs:28:18
    |
 LL | #[target_feature(enable = "avx512bw")]
    |                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^