diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
index 4e9e491cea..e07e91c65c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dmodule.d
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ extern (C++) final class Module : Package
         const name = srcfile.toString();
         if (FileName.equals(name, "object.d"))
         {
-            ObjectNotFound(loc, ident);
+            ObjectNotFound(Loc.initial, ident);
         }
         else if (FileName.ext(this.arg) || !loc.isValid())
         {
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ private const(char)[] processSource (const(ubyte)[] src, Module mod)
 {
     enum SourceEncoding { utf16, utf32}
     enum Endian { little, big}
-    immutable loc = mod.getLoc();
+    immutable loc = mod.loc;
 
     /*
      * Convert a buffer from UTF32 to UTF8
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.d
index 180bddb2c1..90ac4a1b7c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.d
@@ -344,19 +344,6 @@ extern (C++) class Dsymbol : ASTNode
         return toChars();
     }
 
-    final const(Loc) getLoc()
-    {
-        if (!loc.isValid()) // avoid bug 5861.
-            if (const m = getModule())
-                return Loc(m.srcfile.toChars(), 0, 0);
-        return loc;
-    }
-
-    final const(char)* locToChars()
-    {
-        return getLoc().toChars();
-    }
-
     override bool equals(const RootObject o) const
     {
         if (this == o)
@@ -1303,7 +1290,7 @@ public:
         }
         else
         {
-            .error(s1.loc, "%s `%s` conflicts with %s `%s` at %s", s1.kind, s1.toPrettyChars, s2.kind(), s2.toPrettyChars(), s2.locToChars());
+            .error(s1.loc, "%s `%s` conflicts with %s `%s` at %s", s1.kind, s1.toPrettyChars, s2.kind(), s2.toPrettyChars(), s2.loc.toChars());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.h b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.h
index 23cbf763e9..e3bf30179c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.h
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbol.h
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ public:
     CPPNamespaceDeclaration* cppnamespace(CPPNamespaceDeclaration* ns);
     UserAttributeDeclaration* userAttribDecl(UserAttributeDeclaration* uad);
     virtual const char *toPrettyCharsHelper(); // helper to print fully qualified (template) arguments
-    Loc getLoc();
-    const char *locToChars();
     bool equals(const RootObject * const o) const override;
     bool isAnonymous() const;
     Module *getModule();
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
index c2f8bdfc03..a93c1596d8 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/dsymbolsem.d
@@ -6813,7 +6813,7 @@ extern(C++) class ImportAllVisitor : Visitor
              (*m.members)[0].ident != Id.object ||
              (*m.members)[0].isImport() is null))
         {
-            auto im = new Import(Loc.initial, null, Id.object, null, 0);
+            auto im = new Import(m.loc, null, Id.object, null, 0);
             m.members.shift(im);
         }
         if (!m.symtab)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h b/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
index 47f2343a65..895041bfaf 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
@@ -474,8 +474,6 @@ public:
     CPPNamespaceDeclaration* cppnamespace(CPPNamespaceDeclaration* ns);
     UserAttributeDeclaration* userAttribDecl(UserAttributeDeclaration* uad);
     virtual const char* toPrettyCharsHelper();
-    const Loc getLoc();
-    const char* locToChars();
     bool equals(const RootObject* const o) const override;
     bool isAnonymous() const;
     Module* getModule();
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/glue.d b/compiler/src/dmd/glue.d
index 9f605685dc..04b15105d2 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/glue.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/glue.d
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ private void obj_write_deferred(ref OutBuffer objbuf, Library library, ref Dsymb
         {
             Identifier id = Identifier.create(idbuf.extractChars());
 
-            Module md = new Module(mnames, id, 0, 0);
+            Module md = new Module(m.loc, mnames, id, 0, 0);
             md.members = new Dsymbols();
             md.members.push(s);   // its only 'member' is s
             md.doppelganger = 1;       // identify this module as doppelganger
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/mars.d b/compiler/src/dmd/mars.d
index edbe16471b..a32f838d5f 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/mars.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/mars.d
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@ bool createModule(const(char)* file, ref Strings libmodules, const ref Target ta
     }
     const(char)[] p = FileName.name(file.toDString()); // strip path
     const(char)[] ext = FileName.ext(p);
+    Loc loc = Loc(file, 0, 0);
     if (!ext)
     {
         if (!p.length)
@@ -1822,7 +1823,7 @@ bool createModule(const(char)* file, ref Strings libmodules, const ref Target ta
             return true;
         }
         auto id = Identifier.idPool(p);
-        m = new Module(file.toDString, id, global.params.ddoc.doOutput, global.params.dihdr.doOutput);
+        m = new Module(loc, file.toDString, id, global.params.ddoc.doOutput, global.params.dihdr.doOutput);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -1902,8 +1903,7 @@ bool createModule(const(char)* file, ref Strings libmodules, const ref Target ta
          * its path and extension.
          */
         auto id = Identifier.idPool(name);
-
-        m = new Module(file.toDString, id, global.params.ddoc.doOutput, global.params.dihdr.doOutput);
+        m = new Module(loc, file.toDString, id, global.params.ddoc.doOutput, global.params.dihdr.doOutput);
         return false;
     }
     eSink.error(Loc.initial, "unrecognized file extension %.*s", cast(int)ext.length, ext.ptr);
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ bool createModules(ref Strings files, ref Strings libmodules, const ref Target t
 /// Returns: a compiled module (semantic3) containing an empty main() function, for the -main flag
 Module moduleWithEmptyMain()
 {
-    auto result = new Module("__main.d", Identifier.idPool("__main"), false, false);
+    auto result = new Module(Loc.initial, "__main.d", Identifier.idPool("__main"), false, false);
     // need 2 trailing nulls for sentinel and 2 for lexer
     auto data = arraydup("version(D_BetterC)extern(C)int main(){return 0;}else int main(){return 0;}\0\0\0\0");
     result.src = cast(ubyte[]) data[0 .. $-4];
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/traits.d b/compiler/src/dmd/traits.d
index e065975c67..13023d91c3 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/traits.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/traits.d
@@ -1991,9 +1991,9 @@ Expression semanticTraits(TraitsExp e, Scope* sc)
             return dimError(1);
         auto arg0 = (*e.args)[0];
         Dsymbol s = getDsymbolWithoutExpCtx(arg0);
-        if (!s || !s.loc.isValid())
+        if (!s || !s.loc.isValid() || s.isModule())
         {
-            error(e.loc, "can only get the location of a symbol, not `%s`", arg0.toChars());
+            error(e.loc, "can only get the location of a symbol, not `%s`", s ? s.toPrettyChars() : arg0.toChars());
             return ErrorExp.get();
         }
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
index c6306021c8..20de4fa047 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/typesem.d
@@ -2712,23 +2712,21 @@ Type typeSemantic(Type type, const ref Loc loc, Scope* sc)
                 which isn't a particularly good error message (x is a variable?).
             */
             Dsymbol varDecl = mtype.toDsymbol(sc);
-            const(Loc) varDeclLoc = varDecl.getLoc();
             Module varDeclModule = varDecl.getModule(); //This can be null
 
             .error(loc, "variable `%s` is used as a type", mtype.toChars());
             //Check for null to avoid https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22574
             if ((varDeclModule !is null) && varDeclModule != sc._module) // variable is imported
             {
-                const(Loc) varDeclModuleImportLoc = varDeclModule.getLoc();
                 .errorSupplemental(
-                    varDeclModuleImportLoc,
+                    varDeclModule.loc,
                     "variable `%s` is imported here from: `%s`",
                     varDecl.toChars,
                     varDeclModule.toPrettyChars,
                 );
             }
 
-            .errorSupplemental(varDeclLoc, "variable `%s` is declared here", varDecl.toChars);
+            .errorSupplemental(varDecl.loc, "variable `%s` is declared here", varDecl.toChars);
         }
         else
             .error(loc, "`%s` is used as a type", mtype.toChars());
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d
index c5d0579f4a..2916214411 100644
--- a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /*
 TEST_OUTPUT:
 ---
-fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d(13): Error: can only get the location of a symbol, not `trait_loc_err`
-fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d(14): Error: can only get the location of a symbol, not `stdc`
+fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d(14): Error: can only get the location of a symbol, not `trait_loc_err`
+fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d(15): Error: can only get the location of a symbol, not `core.stdc`
+fail_compilation/trait_loc_err.d(16): Error: can only get the location of a symbol, not `core.stdc.stdio`
 ---
 */
 module trait_loc_err;
@@ -12,4 +13,5 @@ void main()
 {
     __traits(getLocation, __traits(parent, main));
     __traits(getLocation, __traits(parent, core.stdc.stdio));
+    __traits(getLocation, core.stdc.stdio);
 }