diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/Makefile b/src/backend/access/common/Makefile
index e322351bcd4957dc06af9132eeda1793f2dae00c..7cd4a4ab0e7b49c4991561822c656688dd8d1cd8 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/common/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/access/common/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for access/common
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/Makefile,v 1.20 2003/11/29 19:51:39 pgsql Exp $
+#    $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/Makefile,v 1.21 2006/01/14 22:03:35 tgl Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ subdir = src/backend/access/common
 top_builddir = ../../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-OBJS = heaptuple.o indextuple.o indexvalid.o printtup.o \
-       scankey.o tupdesc.o  
+OBJS = heaptuple.o indextuple.o printtup.o scankey.o tupdesc.o  
 
 all: SUBSYS.o
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/indexvalid.c b/src/backend/access/common/indexvalid.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ee54c3bfea1f3d81304866b7cca3819fd68fdc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/backend/access/common/indexvalid.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * indexvalid.c
- *	  index tuple qualification validity checking code
- *
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
- *
- *
- * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/indexvalid.c,v 1.34 2005/06/24 00:18:52 tgl Exp $
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-#include "postgres.h"
-
-#include "access/iqual.h"
-#include "executor/execdebug.h"
-
-/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
- *				  index scan key qualification code
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-int			NIndexTupleProcessed;
-
-
-/* ----------------
- *		index_keytest - does this index tuple satisfy the scan key(s)?
- * ----------------
- */
-bool
-index_keytest(IndexTuple tuple,
-			  TupleDesc tupdesc,
-			  int scanKeySize,
-			  ScanKey key)
-{
-	IncrIndexProcessed();
-
-	while (scanKeySize > 0)
-	{
-		Datum		datum;
-		bool		isNull;
-		Datum		test;
-
-		datum = index_getattr(tuple,
-							  key->sk_attno,
-							  tupdesc,
-							  &isNull);
-
-		if (isNull)
-		{
-			/* XXX eventually should check if SK_ISNULL */
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		if (key->sk_flags & SK_ISNULL)
-			return false;
-
-		test = FunctionCall2(&key->sk_func, datum, key->sk_argument);
-
-		if (key->sk_flags & SK_NEGATE)
-		{
-			if (DatumGetBool(test))
-				return false;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			if (!DatumGetBool(test))
-				return false;
-		}
-
-		key++;
-		scanKeySize--;
-	}
-
-	return true;
-}
diff --git a/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c b/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c
index 5e4cf7fcc22aaeef1a9839c49116eea78e382688..7b8b462df10176cd22d430a0273805ddaaccadc7 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c,v 1.54 2005/11/22 18:17:05 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/gist/gistget.c,v 1.55 2006/01/14 22:03:35 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -332,13 +332,15 @@ gistnext(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir, ItemPointer tids, int maxtids, b
 }
 
 /*
- * Similar to index_keytest, but first decompress the key in the
- * IndexTuple before passing it to the sk_func (and we have previously
- * overwritten the sk_func to use the user-defined Consistent method,
- * so we actually invoke that). Note that this function is always
- * invoked in a short-lived memory context, so we don't need to worry
- * about cleaning up allocated memory (either here or in the
- * implementation of any Consistent methods).
+ * gistindex_keytest() -- does this index tuple satisfy the scan key(s)?
+ *
+ * We must decompress the key in the IndexTuple before passing it to the
+ * sk_func (and we have previously overwritten the sk_func to use the
+ * user-defined Consistent method, so we actually are invoking that).
+ *
+ * Note that this function is always invoked in a short-lived memory context,
+ * so we don't need to worry about cleaning up allocated memory, either here
+ * or in the implementation of any Consistent methods.
  */
 static bool
 gistindex_keytest(IndexTuple tuple,
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
index 3cd573e3684f99a87e93cdbf52273aabefb8d943..25defa9e2b6d5a0d058b4d4a96f9043548683894 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c,v 1.44 2005/11/22 18:17:05 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c,v 1.45 2006/01/14 22:03:35 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "access/genam.h"
 #include "access/hash.h"
-#include "access/iqual.h"
+#include "executor/execdebug.h"
 
 
 /*
@@ -25,8 +25,39 @@
 bool
 _hash_checkqual(IndexScanDesc scan, IndexTuple itup)
 {
-	return index_keytest(itup, RelationGetDescr(scan->indexRelation),
-						 scan->numberOfKeys, scan->keyData);
+	TupleDesc	tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(scan->indexRelation);
+	ScanKey		key = scan->keyData;
+	int			scanKeySize = scan->numberOfKeys;
+
+	IncrIndexProcessed();
+
+	while (scanKeySize > 0)
+	{
+		Datum		datum;
+		bool		isNull;
+		Datum		test;
+
+		datum = index_getattr(itup,
+							  key->sk_attno,
+							  tupdesc,
+							  &isNull);
+
+		/* assume sk_func is strict */
+		if (isNull)
+			return false;
+		if (key->sk_flags & SK_ISNULL)
+			return false;
+
+		test = FunctionCall2(&key->sk_func, datum, key->sk_argument);
+
+		if (!DatumGetBool(test))
+			return false;
+
+		key++;
+		scanKeySize--;
+	}
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c b/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
index 500ff0f4f27ab4d15045eb4f64721d4f425091cd..bb44ffccb7283ded072f630bbc6b1837a9c84dad 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c,v 1.131 2005/12/03 05:51:01 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/executor/execUtils.c,v 1.132 2006/01/14 22:03:35 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ int			NTupleReplaced;
 int			NTupleAppended;
 int			NTupleDeleted;
 int			NIndexTupleInserted;
-extern int	NIndexTupleProcessed;		/* have to be defined in the access
-										 * method level so that the
-										 * cinterface.a will link ok. */
+int			NIndexTupleProcessed;
 
 
 static void ShutdownExprContext(ExprContext *econtext);
diff --git a/src/include/access/iqual.h b/src/include/access/iqual.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3340acb9b1eb70baf13ce99dbf108bb5924f9f8c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/include/access/iqual.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * iqual.h
- *	  Index scan key qualification definitions.
- *
- *
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
- * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
- *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/iqual.h,v 1.23 2004/12/31 22:03:21 pgsql Exp $
- *
- *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-#ifndef IQUAL_H
-#define IQUAL_H
-
-#include "access/itup.h"
-#include "access/skey.h"
-
-
-/* ----------------
- *		index tuple qualification support
- * ----------------
- */
-
-extern int	NIndexTupleProcessed;
-
-extern bool index_keytest(IndexTuple tuple, TupleDesc tupdesc,
-			  int scanKeySize, ScanKey key);
-
-#endif   /* IQUAL_H */
diff --git a/src/include/access/skey.h b/src/include/access/skey.h
index 61a8e81a835f0adf2d564cebe4745dd839f748c0..f3845e55184e3495fc8e7f8c2bfeb2ca3709eaf5 100644
--- a/src/include/access/skey.h
+++ b/src/include/access/skey.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/skey.h,v 1.29 2005/06/24 00:18:52 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/skey.h,v 1.30 2006/01/14 22:03:35 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -69,10 +69,15 @@ typedef struct ScanKeyData
 
 typedef ScanKeyData *ScanKey;
 
-/* ScanKeyData sk_flags */
+/*
+ * ScanKeyData sk_flags
+ *
+ * sk_flags bits 0-15 are reserved for system-wide use (symbols for those
+ * bits should be defined here).  Bits 16-31 are reserved for use within
+ * individual index access methods.
+ */
 #define SK_ISNULL		0x0001	/* sk_argument is NULL */
 #define SK_UNARY		0x0002	/* unary operator (currently unsupported) */
-#define SK_NEGATE		0x0004	/* must negate the function result */
 
 
 /*