diff --git a/gdb/ctfread.c b/gdb/ctfread.c
index 3940a4f8c67..72cd8b7cc5d 100644
--- a/gdb/ctfread.c
+++ b/gdb/ctfread.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ read_base_type (struct ctf_context *ccp, ctf_id_t tid)
       if (ischar)
 	type = init_character_type (alloc, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, !issigned, name);
       else if (isbool)
-	type = init_boolean_type (of, gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch),
+	type = init_boolean_type (alloc, gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch),
 				  !issigned, name);
       else
 	{
diff --git a/gdb/d-lang.c b/gdb/d-lang.c
index 8e5262d170a..a970281800a 100644
--- a/gdb/d-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/d-lang.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ build_d_types (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
   type_allocator alloc (gdbarch);
   builtin_d_type->builtin_void = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_void;
   builtin_d_type->builtin_bool
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, 8, 1, "bool");
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, 8, 1, "bool");
   builtin_d_type->builtin_byte
     = init_integer_type (alloc, 8, 0, "byte");
   builtin_d_type->builtin_ubyte
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
index bb77f75179a..6cac75b847a 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2/read.c
@@ -15238,7 +15238,7 @@ read_base_type (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
 	type = init_pointer_type (objfile, bits, name, type);
 	break;
       case DW_ATE_boolean:
-	type = init_boolean_type (objfile, bits, 1, name);
+	type = init_boolean_type (alloc, bits, 1, name);
 	break;
       case DW_ATE_complex_float:
 	type = dwarf2_init_complex_target_type (cu, objfile, bits / 2, name,
diff --git a/gdb/f-lang.c b/gdb/f-lang.c
index cb63c3704c1..482ae68c5fa 100644
--- a/gdb/f-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/f-lang.c
@@ -1733,16 +1733,16 @@ build_fortran_types (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
     = alloc.new_type (TYPE_CODE_CHAR, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, "character");
 
   builtin_f_type->builtin_logical_s1
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, 1, "logical*1");
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, 1, "logical*1");
 
   builtin_f_type->builtin_logical_s2
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, gdbarch_short_bit (gdbarch), 1, "logical*2");
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, gdbarch_short_bit (gdbarch), 1, "logical*2");
 
   builtin_f_type->builtin_logical
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch), 1, "logical*4");
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch), 1, "logical*4");
 
   builtin_f_type->builtin_logical_s8
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, gdbarch_long_long_bit (gdbarch), 1,
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, gdbarch_long_long_bit (gdbarch), 1,
 			 "logical*8");
 
   builtin_f_type->builtin_integer_s1
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 49f88ce6026..cf2862f514c 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -3432,17 +3432,15 @@ init_character_type (type_allocator &alloc,
   return t;
 }
 
-/* Allocate a TYPE_CODE_BOOL type structure associated with OBJFILE.
-   BIT is the type size in bits.  If UNSIGNED_P is non-zero, set
-   the type's TYPE_UNSIGNED flag.  NAME is the type name.  */
+/* See gdbtypes.h.  */
 
 struct type *
-init_boolean_type (struct objfile *objfile,
+init_boolean_type (type_allocator &alloc,
 		   int bit, int unsigned_p, const char *name)
 {
   struct type *t;
 
-  t = type_allocator (objfile).new_type (TYPE_CODE_BOOL, bit, name);
+  t = alloc.new_type (TYPE_CODE_BOOL, bit, name);
   if (unsigned_p)
     t->set_is_unsigned (true);
 
@@ -5748,23 +5746,6 @@ copy_type (const struct type *type)
 
 /* Helper functions to initialize architecture-specific types.  */
 
-/* Allocate a TYPE_CODE_BOOL type structure associated with GDBARCH.
-   BIT is the type size in bits.  If UNSIGNED_P is non-zero, set
-   the type's TYPE_UNSIGNED flag.  NAME is the type name.  */
-
-struct type *
-arch_boolean_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
-		   int bit, int unsigned_p, const char *name)
-{
-  struct type *t;
-
-  t = type_allocator (gdbarch).new_type (TYPE_CODE_BOOL, bit, name);
-  if (unsigned_p)
-    t->set_is_unsigned (true);
-
-  return t;
-}
-
 /* Allocate a TYPE_CODE_FLT type structure associated with GDBARCH.
    BIT is the type size in bits; if BIT equals -1, the size is
    determined by the floatformat.  NAME is the type name.  Set the
@@ -6103,7 +6084,7 @@ create_gdbtypes_data (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
   builtin_type->builtin_string
     = alloc.new_type (TYPE_CODE_STRING, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, "string");
   builtin_type->builtin_bool
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, 1, "bool");
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, 1, "bool");
 
   /* The following three are about decimal floating point types, which
      are 32-bits, 64-bits and 128-bits respectively.  */
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.h b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
index 178a8b9a663..a42054ba585 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.h
@@ -2307,8 +2307,14 @@ extern struct type *init_integer_type (type_allocator &, int, int,
 
 extern struct type *init_character_type (type_allocator &, int, int,
 					 const char *);
-extern struct type *init_boolean_type (struct objfile *, int, int,
+
+/* Allocate a TYPE_CODE_BOOL type structure using ALLOC.  BIT is the
+   type size in bits.  If UNSIGNED_P is non-zero, set the type's
+   TYPE_UNSIGNED flag.  NAME is the type name.  */
+
+extern struct type *init_boolean_type (type_allocator &, int, int,
 				       const char *);
+
 extern struct type *init_float_type (struct objfile *, int, const char *,
 				     const struct floatformat **,
 				     enum bfd_endian = BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN);
@@ -2321,8 +2327,6 @@ extern struct type *init_fixed_point_type (struct objfile *, int, int,
 					   const char *);
 
 /* Helper functions to construct architecture-owned types.  */
-extern struct type *arch_boolean_type (struct gdbarch *, int, int,
-				       const char *);
 extern struct type *arch_float_type (struct gdbarch *, int, const char *,
 				     const struct floatformat **);
 extern struct type *arch_decfloat_type (struct gdbarch *, int, const char *);
diff --git a/gdb/go-lang.c b/gdb/go-lang.c
index 6d0d43530f8..4b6027da77d 100644
--- a/gdb/go-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/go-lang.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ build_go_types (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
   builtin_go_type->builtin_char
     = init_character_type (alloc, 8, 1, "char");
   builtin_go_type->builtin_bool
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, 8, 0, "bool");
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, 8, 0, "bool");
   builtin_go_type->builtin_int
     = init_integer_type (alloc, gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch), 0, "int");
   builtin_go_type->builtin_uint
diff --git a/gdb/m2-lang.c b/gdb/m2-lang.c
index d2fa1a46364..03c57530878 100644
--- a/gdb/m2-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/m2-lang.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ build_m2_types (struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
   builtin_m2_type->builtin_char
     = init_character_type (alloc, TARGET_CHAR_BIT, 1, "CHAR");
   builtin_m2_type->builtin_bool
-    = arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch), 1, "BOOLEAN");
+    = init_boolean_type (alloc, gdbarch_int_bit (gdbarch), 1, "BOOLEAN");
 
   return builtin_m2_type;
 }
diff --git a/gdb/opencl-lang.c b/gdb/opencl-lang.c
index 94f865e5ad5..9a3c6d790fc 100644
--- a/gdb/opencl-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/opencl-lang.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ class opencl_language : public language_defn
     el_type = add (arch_float_type (gdbarch, 64, "double", floatformats_ieee_double));
     BUILD_OCL_VTYPES (double, el_type);
 
-    add (arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, 8, 1, "bool"));
+    add (init_boolean_type (alloc, 8, 1, "bool"));
     add (init_integer_type (alloc, 8, 1, "unsigned char"));
     add (init_integer_type (alloc, 16, 1, "unsigned short"));
     add (init_integer_type (alloc, 32, 1, "unsigned int"));
diff --git a/gdb/rust-lang.c b/gdb/rust-lang.c
index be0a7100f56..20292329af2 100644
--- a/gdb/rust-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/rust-lang.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ rust_language::language_arch_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
 
   type_allocator alloc (gdbarch);
   struct type *bool_type
-    = add (arch_boolean_type (gdbarch, 8, 1, "bool"));
+    = add (init_boolean_type (alloc, 8, 1, "bool"));
   add (init_character_type (alloc, 32, 1, "char"));
   add (init_integer_type (alloc, 8, 0, "i8"));
   struct type *u8_type
diff --git a/gdb/stabsread.c b/gdb/stabsread.c
index 4c7b88f30cd..fc02c98962c 100644
--- a/gdb/stabsread.c
+++ b/gdb/stabsread.c
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ rs6000_builtin_type (int typenum, struct objfile *objfile)
       rettype = init_integer_type (alloc, 32, 0, "integer");
       break;
     case 16:
-      rettype = init_boolean_type (objfile, 32, 1, "boolean");
+      rettype = init_boolean_type (alloc, 32, 1, "boolean");
       break;
     case 17:
       rettype = init_float_type (objfile, 32, "short real",
@@ -2161,16 +2161,16 @@ rs6000_builtin_type (int typenum, struct objfile *objfile)
       rettype = init_character_type (alloc, 8, 1, "character");
       break;
     case 21:
-      rettype = init_boolean_type (objfile, 8, 1, "logical*1");
+      rettype = init_boolean_type (alloc, 8, 1, "logical*1");
       break;
     case 22:
-      rettype = init_boolean_type (objfile, 16, 1, "logical*2");
+      rettype = init_boolean_type (alloc, 16, 1, "logical*2");
       break;
     case 23:
-      rettype = init_boolean_type (objfile, 32, 1, "logical*4");
+      rettype = init_boolean_type (alloc, 32, 1, "logical*4");
       break;
     case 24:
-      rettype = init_boolean_type (objfile, 32, 1, "logical");
+      rettype = init_boolean_type (alloc, 32, 1, "logical");
       break;
     case 25:
       /* Complex type consisting of two IEEE single precision values.  */
@@ -3759,7 +3759,7 @@ read_sun_builtin_type (const char **pp, int typenums[2], struct objfile *objfile
     }
 
   if (boolean_type)
-    return init_boolean_type (objfile, type_bits, unsigned_type, NULL);
+    return init_boolean_type (alloc, type_bits, unsigned_type, NULL);
   else
     return init_integer_type (alloc, type_bits, unsigned_type, NULL);
 }
