diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/alg.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/alg.go
index e98df71b34..cdb21a7d4b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/alg.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/alg.go
@@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ func hashfor(t *types.Type) *Node {
 
 	n := newname(sym)
 	n.SetClass(PFUNC)
-	tfn := nod(OTFUNC, nil, nil)
-	tfn.List.Append(anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)))
-	tfn.List.Append(anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]))
-	tfn.Rlist.Append(anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]))
-	tfn = typecheck(tfn, Etype)
-	n.Type = tfn.Type
+	n.Type = functype(nil, []*Node{
+		anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)),
+		anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]),
+	}, []*Node{
+		anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]),
+	})
 	return n
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go
index 5143c3e3d5..86d5539ca2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/subr.go
@@ -1803,13 +1803,13 @@ func hashmem(t *types.Type) *Node {
 
 	n := newname(sym)
 	n.SetClass(PFUNC)
-	tfn := nod(OTFUNC, nil, nil)
-	tfn.List.Append(anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)))
-	tfn.List.Append(anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]))
-	tfn.List.Append(anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]))
-	tfn.Rlist.Append(anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]))
-	tfn = typecheck(tfn, Etype)
-	n.Type = tfn.Type
+	n.Type = functype(nil, []*Node{
+		anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)),
+		anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]),
+		anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]),
+	}, []*Node{
+		anonfield(types.Types[TUINTPTR]),
+	})
 	return n
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go
index 872b20925e..51def75a33 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/walk.go
@@ -3215,12 +3215,12 @@ func eqfor(t *types.Type) (n *Node, needsize bool) {
 		sym := typesymprefix(".eq", t)
 		n := newname(sym)
 		n.SetClass(PFUNC)
-		ntype := nod(OTFUNC, nil, nil)
-		ntype.List.Append(anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)))
-		ntype.List.Append(anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)))
-		ntype.Rlist.Append(anonfield(types.Types[TBOOL]))
-		ntype = typecheck(ntype, Etype)
-		n.Type = ntype.Type
+		n.Type = functype(nil, []*Node{
+			anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)),
+			anonfield(types.NewPtr(t)),
+		}, []*Node{
+			anonfield(types.Types[TBOOL]),
+		})
 		return n, false
 	}
 	Fatalf("eqfor %v", t)