diff --git a/src/ccall.cpp b/src/ccall.cpp
index 96f0526fc8cf2..47063a0913867 100644
--- a/src/ccall.cpp
+++ b/src/ccall.cpp
@@ -1558,9 +1558,8 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_ccall(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t **args, size_t nargs)
         emit_gc_safepoint(ctx.builder, ctx.types().T_size, get_current_ptls(ctx), ctx.tbaa().tbaa_const);
         return ghostValue(ctx, jl_nothing_type);
     }
-    else if (is_libjulia_func("jl_get_ptls_states")) {
+    else if (is_libjulia_func(jl_get_ptls_states)) {
         ++CCALL_STAT(jl_get_ptls_states);
-        assert(lrt == ctx.types().T_size);
         assert(!isVa && !llvmcall && nccallargs == 0);
         JL_GC_POP();
         return mark_or_box_ccall_result(ctx,
diff --git a/src/julia_threads.h b/src/julia_threads.h
index e69e7fae9b4d9..3a0f7f12bffe5 100644
--- a/src/julia_threads.h
+++ b/src/julia_threads.h
@@ -275,10 +275,7 @@ typedef struct _jl_tls_states_t {
 #endif
 } jl_tls_states_t;
 
-#ifndef JL_LIBRARY_EXPORTS
-// deprecated (only for external consumers)
 JL_DLLEXPORT void *jl_get_ptls_states(void);
-#endif
 
 // Update codegen version in `ccall.cpp` after changing either `pause` or `wake`
 #ifdef __MIC__
diff --git a/test/compiler/codegen.jl b/test/compiler/codegen.jl
index 5eb57c16820c4..ecba1e3e23e08 100644
--- a/test/compiler/codegen.jl
+++ b/test/compiler/codegen.jl
@@ -913,3 +913,6 @@ end
 let x = Incomplete55396(55396)
     @test x.x === (55396,)
 end
+
+# Core.getptls() special handling
+@test !occursin("call ptr @jlplt", get_llvm(Core.getptls, Tuple{})) #It should lower to a direct load of the ptls and not a ccall