diff --git a/base/Base.jl b/base/Base.jl
index 509027a4b5abbf..207b571f30e16f 100644
--- a/base/Base.jl
+++ b/base/Base.jl
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ end
 include(strcat((length(Core.ARGS)>=2 ? Core.ARGS[2] : ""), "build_h.jl"))     # include($BUILDROOT/base/build_h.jl)
 include(strcat((length(Core.ARGS)>=2 ? Core.ARGS[2] : ""), "version_git.jl")) # include($BUILDROOT/base/version_git.jl)
 
-# run-time library
-include("runtime/runtime.jl")
-using .Runtime
-
 # numeric operations
 include("hashing.jl")
 include("rounding.jl")
diff --git a/base/runtime/runtime.jl b/base/runtime/runtime.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 616851ced0606a..00000000000000
--- a/base/runtime/runtime.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-# This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
-
-module Runtime
-
-function _ccallable(rt::Type, sigt::Type)
-    ccall(:jl_extern_c, Cvoid, (Any, Any), rt, sigt)
-end
-
-# early version of `@ccallable`
-macro ccallable(rt, def)
-    sig = def.args[1]
-    f = :(typeof($(sig.args[1])))
-    at = map(sig.args[2:end]) do a
-        a.args[end]
-    end
-    return quote
-        $(esc(def))
-        _ccallable($(esc(rt)), $(Expr(:curly, :Tuple, esc(f), map(esc, at)...)))
-    end
-    return
-end
-
-# early version if `isapple()`
-#
-# Xcode links compiler-rt, so we shouldn't emit our implementation to avoid duplicate
-const KERNEL = ccall(:jl_get_UNAME, Any, ())
-isapple() = (KERNEL === :Apple || KERNEL === :Darwin)
-
-
-## Float16 intrinsics
-
-# note that we can't actually use Float16 in these implementations, as LLVM will happily
-# lower, e.g., `reinterpret(Float16, ::UInt16)` / `bitcast i16 to half` to `truncsfhf2`
-# because it wants to store the `half` in a single-precision register. this causes recursion
-# when compiling these intrinsics. LLVM's compiler-rt similarly returns i16 for Float16.
-
-# Float32 -> Float16 algorithm from:
-#   "Fast Half Float Conversion" by Jeroen van der Zijp
-#   ftp://ftp.fox-toolkit.org/pub/fasthalffloatconversion.pdf
-#
-# With adjustments for round-to-nearest, ties to even.
-#
-let _basetable = Vector{UInt16}(undef, 512),
-    _shifttable = Vector{UInt8}(undef, 512)
-    for i = 0:255
-        e = i - 127
-        if e < -25  # Very small numbers map to zero
-            _basetable[i|0x000+1] = 0x0000
-            _basetable[i|0x100+1] = 0x8000
-            _shifttable[i|0x000+1] = 25
-            _shifttable[i|0x100+1] = 25
-        elseif e < -14  # Small numbers map to denorms
-            _basetable[i|0x000+1] = 0x0000
-            _basetable[i|0x100+1] = 0x8000
-            _shifttable[i|0x000+1] = -e-1
-            _shifttable[i|0x100+1] = -e-1
-        elseif e <= 15  # Normal numbers just lose precision
-            _basetable[i|0x000+1] = ((e+15)<<10)
-            _basetable[i|0x100+1] = ((e+15)<<10) | 0x8000
-            _shifttable[i|0x000+1] = 13
-            _shifttable[i|0x100+1] = 13
-        elseif e < 128  # Large numbers map to Infinity
-            _basetable[i|0x000+1] = 0x7C00
-            _basetable[i|0x100+1] = 0xFC00
-            _shifttable[i|0x000+1] = 24
-            _shifttable[i|0x100+1] = 24
-        else  # Infinity and NaN's stay Infinity and NaN's
-            _basetable[i|0x000+1] = 0x7C00
-            _basetable[i|0x100+1] = 0xFC00
-            _shifttable[i|0x000+1] = 13
-            _shifttable[i|0x100+1] = 13
-        end
-    end
-    global const shifttable = (_shifttable...,)
-    global const basetable = (_basetable...,)
-end
-
-# truncation
-function truncsfhf2(val::Float32)
-    f = reinterpret(UInt32, val)
-    if f&0x7fffffff > 0x7f800000  # isnan without reinterpreting as Float32
-        t = 0x8000 ⊻ (0x8000 & ((f >> 0x10) % UInt16))
-        return t ⊻ ((f >> 0xd) % UInt16)
-    end
-    i = ((f & ~Base.significand_mask(Float32)) >> Base.significand_bits(Float32)) + 1
-    @inbounds sh = shifttable[i]
-    f &= Base.significand_mask(Float32)
-    # If `val` is subnormal, the tables are set up to force the
-    # result to 0, so the significand has an implicit `1` in the
-    # cases we care about.
-    f |= Base.significand_mask(Float32) + 0x1
-    @inbounds h = (basetable[i] + (f >> sh) & Base.significand_mask(Float16)) % UInt16
-    # round
-    # NOTE: we maybe should ignore NaNs here, but the payload is
-    # getting truncated anyway so "rounding" it might not matter
-    nextbit = (f >> (sh-1)) & 1
-    if nextbit != 0 && (h & 0x7C00) != 0x7C00
-        # Round halfway to even or check lower  bits
-        if h&1 == 1 || (f & ((1<<(sh-1))-1)) != 0
-            h += UInt16(1)
-        end
-    end
-    h
-end
-truncdfhf2(x::Float64) = truncsfhf2(Float32(x))
-if !isapple()
-    @ccallable UInt16 __truncsfhf2(val::Float32) = truncsfhf2(val)
-    @ccallable UInt16 __gnu_f2h_ieee(val::Float32) = truncsfhf2(val)
-    @ccallable UInt16 __truncdfhf2(val::Float64) = truncdfhf2(val)
-end
-
-# extension
-function extendhfsf2(val::UInt16)
-    local ival::UInt32 = val
-    local sign::UInt32 = (ival & 0x8000) >> 15
-    local exp::UInt32  = (ival & 0x7c00) >> 10
-    local sig::UInt32  = (ival & 0x3ff) >> 0
-    local ret::UInt32
-
-    if exp == 0
-        if sig == 0
-            sign = sign << 31
-            ret = sign | exp | sig
-        else
-            n_bit = 1
-            bit = 0x0200
-            while (bit & sig) == 0
-                n_bit = n_bit + 1
-                bit = bit >> 1
-            end
-            sign = sign << 31
-            exp = ((-14 - n_bit + 127) << 23) % UInt32
-            sig = ((sig & (~bit)) << n_bit) << (23 - 10)
-            ret = sign | exp | sig
-        end
-    elseif exp == 0x1f
-        if sig == 0  # Inf
-            if sign == 0
-                ret = 0x7f800000
-            else
-                ret = 0xff800000
-            end
-        else  # NaN
-            ret = 0x7fc00000 | (sign<<31) | (sig<<(23-10))
-        end
-    else
-        sign = sign << 31
-        exp  = ((exp - 15 + 127) << 23) % UInt32
-        sig  = sig << (23 - 10)
-        ret = sign | exp | sig
-    end
-    reinterpret(Float32, ret)
-end
-extendhfdf2(x::UInt16) = Float64(extendhfsf2(x))
-if !isapple()
-    @ccallable Float32 __extendhfsf2(val::UInt16) = extendhfsf2(val)
-    @ccallable Float32 __gnu_h2f_ieee(val::UInt16) = extendhfsf2(val)
-end
-@ccallable Float32 __extendhfdf2(val::UInt16) = extendhfdf2(val)
-
-end
diff --git a/src/intrinsics.cpp b/src/intrinsics.cpp
index e33aad90d9f47e..27b5135ab0edc9 100644
--- a/src/intrinsics.cpp
+++ b/src/intrinsics.cpp
@@ -1299,3 +1299,198 @@ static Value *emit_untyped_intrinsic(jl_codectx_t &ctx, intrinsic f, Value **arg
     }
     assert(0 && "unreachable");
 }
+
+
+// float16 intrinsics
+// TODO: use LLVM's compiler-rt
+
+static inline float half_to_float(uint16_t ival)
+{
+    uint32_t sign = (ival & 0x8000) >> 15;
+    uint32_t exp = (ival & 0x7c00) >> 10;
+    uint32_t sig = (ival & 0x3ff) >> 0;
+    uint32_t ret;
+
+    if (exp == 0) {
+        if (sig == 0) {
+            sign = sign << 31;
+            ret = sign | exp | sig;
+        }
+        else {
+            int n_bit = 1;
+            uint16_t bit = 0x0200;
+            while ((bit & sig) == 0) {
+                n_bit = n_bit + 1;
+                bit = bit >> 1;
+            }
+            sign = sign << 31;
+            exp = ((-14 - n_bit + 127) << 23);
+            sig = ((sig & (~bit)) << n_bit) << (23 - 10);
+            ret = sign | exp | sig;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (exp == 0x1f) {
+        if (sig == 0) { // Inf
+            if (sign == 0)
+                ret = 0x7f800000;
+            else
+                ret = 0xff800000;
+        }
+        else // NaN
+            ret = 0x7fc00000 | (sign << 31) | (sig << (23 - 10));
+    }
+    else {
+        sign = sign << 31;
+        exp = ((exp - 15 + 127) << 23);
+        sig = sig << (23 - 10);
+        ret = sign | exp | sig;
+    }
+
+    float fret = *((float *)(&ret));
+    return fret;
+}
+
+// float to half algorithm from:
+//   "Fast Half Float Conversion" by Jeroen van der Zijp
+//   ftp://ftp.fox-toolkit.org/pub/fasthalffloatconversion.pdf
+//
+// With adjustments for round-to-nearest, ties to even.
+
+static uint16_t basetable[512] = {
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000,
+    0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x0400, 0x0800, 0x0c00, 0x1000, 0x1400, 0x1800, 0x1c00, 0x2000,
+    0x2400, 0x2800, 0x2c00, 0x3000, 0x3400, 0x3800, 0x3c00, 0x4000, 0x4400, 0x4800, 0x4c00,
+    0x5000, 0x5400, 0x5800, 0x5c00, 0x6000, 0x6400, 0x6800, 0x6c00, 0x7000, 0x7400, 0x7800,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00,
+    0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x7c00, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000,
+    0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8400, 0x8800, 0x8c00, 0x9000, 0x9400,
+    0x9800, 0x9c00, 0xa000, 0xa400, 0xa800, 0xac00, 0xb000, 0xb400, 0xb800, 0xbc00, 0xc000,
+    0xc400, 0xc800, 0xcc00, 0xd000, 0xd400, 0xd800, 0xdc00, 0xe000, 0xe400, 0xe800, 0xec00,
+    0xf000, 0xf400, 0xf800, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00,
+    0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00, 0xfc00};
+
+static uint8_t shifttable[512] = {
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x18, 0x17, 0x16, 0x15, 0x14, 0x13, 0x12, 0x11, 0x10, 0x0f,
+    0x0e, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d,
+    0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d,
+    0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0d, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19,
+    0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x19, 0x18, 0x17, 0x16, 0x15, 0x14, 0x13,
+    0x12, 0x11, 0x10, 0x0f, 0x0e, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d,
+    0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d,
+    0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x0d, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18,
+    0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0d};
+
+static inline uint16_t float_to_half(float param)
+{
+    uint32_t f = *((uint32_t *)(&param));
+    if (isnan(param)) {
+        uint32_t t = 0x8000 ^ (0x8000 & ((uint16_t)(f >> 0x10)));
+        return t ^ ((uint16_t)(f >> 0xd));
+    }
+    int i = ((f & ~0x007fffff) >> 23);
+    uint8_t sh = shifttable[i];
+    f &= 0x007fffff;
+    // If `val` is subnormal, the tables are set up to force the
+    // result to 0, so the significand has an implicit `1` in the
+    // cases we care about.
+    f |= 0x007fffff + 0x1;
+    uint16_t h = (uint16_t)(basetable[i] + ((f >> sh) & 0x03ff));
+    // round
+    // NOTE: we maybe should ignore NaNs here, but the payload is
+    // getting truncated anyway so "rounding" it might not matter
+    int nextbit = (f >> (sh - 1)) & 1;
+    if (nextbit != 0 && (h & 0x7C00) != 0x7C00) {
+        // Round halfway to even or check lower bits
+        if ((h & 1) == 1 || (f & ((1 << (sh - 1)) - 1)) != 0)
+            h += UINT16_C(1);
+    }
+    return h;
+}
+
+#if !defined(_OS_DARWIN_)   // xcode already links compiler-rt
+
+extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT float __gnu_h2f_ieee(uint16_t param)
+{
+    return half_to_float(param);
+}
+
+extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT float __extendhfsf2(uint16_t param)
+{
+    return half_to_float(param);
+}
+
+extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT uint16_t __gnu_f2h_ieee(float param)
+{
+    return float_to_half(param);
+}
+
+extern "C" JL_DLLEXPORT uint16_t __truncdfhf2(double param)
+{
+    return float_to_half((float)param);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/julia.expmap b/src/julia.expmap
index aa77f4c8cff310..baf3220f147ed7 100644
--- a/src/julia.expmap
+++ b/src/julia.expmap
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
     environ;
     __progname;
 
+    /* compiler run-time intrinsics */
+    __gnu_h2f_ieee;
+    __extendhfsf2;
+    __gnu_f2h_ieee;
+    __truncdfhf2;
+
   local:
     *;
 };
diff --git a/test/choosetests.jl b/test/choosetests.jl
index 673e161ad82973..887814c6bab0ac 100644
--- a/test/choosetests.jl
+++ b/test/choosetests.jl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in the `choices` argument:
 """
 function choosetests(choices = [])
     testnames = [
-        "subarray", "core", "compiler", "worlds", "runtime",
+        "subarray", "core", "compiler", "worlds",
         "keywordargs", "numbers", "subtype",
         "char", "strings", "triplequote", "unicode", "intrinsics",
         "dict", "hashing", "iobuffer", "staged", "offsetarray",
diff --git a/test/runtime.jl b/test/runtime.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 76c81c96571574..00000000000000
--- a/test/runtime.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-# This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: https://julialang.org/license
-
-using Base: Runtime
-
-@testset "truncdfhf2" begin
-    test_truncdfhf2(a, expected) =
-        @test Runtime.truncdfhf2(Float64(a)) === reinterpret(UInt16, expected)
-    # NaN
-    test_truncdfhf2(NaN, NaN16)
-    # inf
-    test_truncdfhf2(Inf, Inf16)
-    test_truncdfhf2(-Inf, -Inf16)
-    # zero
-    test_truncdfhf2(0.0, 0x0000)
-    test_truncdfhf2(-0.0, 0x8000)
-    test_truncdfhf2(3.1415926535, 0x4248)
-    test_truncdfhf2(-3.1415926535, 0xc248)
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.987124876876324p+1000, 0x7c00)
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.987124876876324p+12, 0x6e62)
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.0p+0, 0x3c00)
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.0p-14, 0x0400)
-    # denormal
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.0p-20, 0x0010)
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.0p-24, 0x0001)
-    test_truncdfhf2(-0x1.0p-24, 0x8001)
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.5p-25, 0x0001)
-    # and back to zero
-    test_truncdfhf2(0x1.0p-25, 0x0000)
-    test_truncdfhf2(-0x1.0p-25, 0x8000)
-    # max (precise)
-    test_truncdfhf2(65504.0, 0x7bff)
-    # max (rounded)
-    test_truncdfhf2(65519.0, 0x7bff)
-    # max (to +inf)
-    test_truncdfhf2(65520.0, 0x7c00)
-    test_truncdfhf2(-65520.0, 0xfc00)
-    test_truncdfhf2(65536.0, 0x7c00)
-end
-
-@testset "truncsfhf2" begin
-    test_truncsfhf2(a, expected) =
-        @test Runtime.truncsfhf2(Float32(a)) === reinterpret(UInt16, expected)
-    # NaN
-    test_truncsfhf2(NaN32, NaN16)
-    # inf
-    test_truncsfhf2(Inf32, Inf16)
-    test_truncsfhf2(-Inf32, -Inf16)
-    # zero
-    test_truncsfhf2(0.0f0, 0x0000)
-    test_truncsfhf2(-0.0f0, 0x8000)
-    test_truncsfhf2(3.1415926535f0, 0x4248)
-    test_truncsfhf2(-3.1415926535f0, 0xc248)
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.987124876876324p+100, 0x7c00)
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.987124876876324p+12, 0x6e62)
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.0p+0, 0x3c00)
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.0p-14, 0x0400)
-    # denormal
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.0p-20, 0x0010)
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.0p-24, 0x0001)
-    test_truncsfhf2(-0x1.0p-24, 0x8001)
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.5p-25, 0x0001)
-    # and back to zero
-    test_truncsfhf2(0x1.0p-25, 0x0000)
-    test_truncsfhf2(-0x1.0p-25, 0x8000)
-    # max (precise)
-    test_truncsfhf2(65504.0f0, 0x7bff)
-    # max (rounded)
-    test_truncsfhf2(65519.0f0, 0x7bff)
-    # max (to +inf)
-    test_truncsfhf2(65520.0f0, 0x7c00)
-    test_truncsfhf2(65536.0f0, 0x7c00)
-    test_truncsfhf2(-65520.0f0, 0xfc00)
-end
-
-@testset "extendhfsf2" begin
-    function test_extendhfsf2(a::UInt16, expected)
-        b = Runtime.extendhfsf2(a)
-        b16 = Float16(b)
-        expected16 = Float16(expected)
-        @test reinterpret(UInt16, b16) == reinterpret(UInt16, expected16)
-    end
-    # NaN
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x7e00, NaN32)
-    # inf
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x7c00, Inf32)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0xfc00, -Inf32)
-    # zero
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x0000, 0.0f0)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x8000, -0.0f0)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x4248, π)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0xc248, -π)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x7c00, 0x1.987124876876324p+100)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x6e62, 0x1.988p+12)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x3c00, 0x1.0p+0)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x0400, 0x1.0p-14)
-    # denormal
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x0010, 0x1.0p-20)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x0001, 0x1.0p-24)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x8001, -0x1.0p-24)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x0001, 0x1.5p-25)
-    # and back to zero
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x0000, 0x1.0p-25)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x8000, -0x1.0p-25)
-    # max (precise)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x7bff, 65504.0f0)
-    # max (rounded)
-    test_extendhfsf2(0x7bff, 65504.0f0)
-end
-
-@testset "extendhfdf2" begin
-    function test_extendhfdf2(a::UInt16, expected)
-        b = Runtime.extendhfdf2(a)
-        b16 = Float16(reinterpret(Float64, b))
-        expected16 = Float16(expected)
-        @test reinterpret(UInt16, b16) == reinterpret(UInt16, expected16)
-    end
-    # NaN
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x7e00, NaN64)
-    # inf
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x7c00, Inf64)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0xfc00, -Inf64)
-    # zero
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x0000, 0.0)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x8000, -0.0)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x4248, π)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0xc248, -π)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x7c00, 0x1.987124876876324p+100)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x6e62, 0x1.988p+12)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x3c00, 0x1.0p+0)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x0400, 0x1.0p-14)
-    # denormal
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x0010, 0x1.0p-20)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x0001, 0x1.0p-24)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x8001, -0x1.0p-24)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x0001, 0x1.5p-25)
-    # and back to zero
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x0000, 0x1.0p-25)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x8000, -0x1.0p-25)
-    # max (precise)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x7bff, 65504.0)
-    # max (rounded)
-    test_extendhfdf2(0x7bff, 65504.0)
-end