Index: lib/AST/ASTContext.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/AST/ASTContext.cpp
+++ lib/AST/ASTContext.cpp
@@ -6969,36 +6969,6 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    QualType PointeeTy = OPT->getPointeeType();
-    if (!Options.EncodingProperty() &&
-        isa<TypedefType>(PointeeTy.getTypePtr()) &&
-        !Options.EncodePointerToObjCTypedef()) {
-      // Another historical/compatibility reason.
-      // We encode the underlying type which comes out as
-      // {...};
-      S += '^';
-      if (FD && OPT->getInterfaceDecl()) {
-        // Prevent recursive encoding of fields in some rare cases.
-        ObjCInterfaceDecl *OI = OPT->getInterfaceDecl();
-        SmallVector<const ObjCIvarDecl*, 32> Ivars;
-        DeepCollectObjCIvars(OI, true, Ivars);
-        for (unsigned i = 0, e = Ivars.size(); i != e; ++i) {
-          if (Ivars[i] == FD) {
-            S += '{';
-            S += OI->getObjCRuntimeNameAsString();
-            S += '}';
-            return;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      ObjCEncOptions NewOptions =
-          ObjCEncOptions().setEncodePointerToObjCTypedef();
-      if (Options.ExpandPointedToStructures())
-        NewOptions.setExpandStructures();
-      getObjCEncodingForTypeImpl(PointeeTy, S, NewOptions, /*Field=*/nullptr);
-      return;
-    }
-
     S += '@';
     if (OPT->getInterfaceDecl() &&
         (FD || Options.EncodingProperty() || Options.EncodeClassNames())) {
Index: test/CodeGenObjC/encode-test-6.m
===================================================================
--- test/CodeGenObjC/encode-test-6.m
+++ test/CodeGenObjC/encode-test-6.m
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 @synthesize property = _property;
 @end
 
-// CHECK: private unnamed_addr constant [24 x i8] c"^{BABugExample=@}16
+// CHECK: private unnamed_addr constant [8 x i8] c"@16
 
 // rdar://14408244
 @class SCNCamera;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     C3DCameraStorage _storage;
 }
 @end
-// CHECK: private unnamed_addr constant [39 x i8] c"{?=\22presentationInstance\22^{SCNCamera}}\00"
+// CHECK: private unnamed_addr constant [39 x i8] c"{?=\22presentationInstance\22@\22SCNCamera\22}\00"
 
 // rdar://16655340
 int i;
Index: test/CodeGenObjC/encode-test.m
===================================================================
--- test/CodeGenObjC/encode-test.m
+++ test/CodeGenObjC/encode-test.m
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 // CHECK: @g4 = constant [6 x i8] c"{S=i}\00"
 const char g4[] = @encode(const struct S);
 
-// CHECK: @g5 = constant [12 x i8] c"^{Object=#}\00"
+// CHECK: @g5 = constant [2 x i8] c"@\00"
 const char g5[] = @encode(MyObj * const);
 
 ////
Index: test/CodeGenObjCXX/encode.mm
===================================================================
--- test/CodeGenObjCXX/encode.mm
+++ test/CodeGenObjCXX/encode.mm
@@ -242,6 +242,6 @@
 @end
 
 const char *expand_struct() {
-  // CHECK: @{{.*}} = private unnamed_addr constant [16 x i8] c"{N={S<N>=^{N}}}\00"
+  // CHECK: @{{.*}} = private unnamed_addr constant [13 x i8] c"{N={S<N>=@}}\00"
   return @encode(N);
 }