diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
index 764a6d3aa48cf..00bdbe41ee419 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ where
         Some(Item {
             name: None,
             attrs: Default::default(),
-            visibility: Inherited,
             item_id: ItemId::Auto { trait_: trait_def_id, for_: item_def_id },
             kind: Box::new(ImplItem(Box::new(Impl {
                 unsafety: hir::Unsafety::Normal,
@@ -130,6 +129,7 @@ where
                 kind: ImplKind::Auto,
             }))),
             cfg: None,
+            inline_stmt_id: None,
         })
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
index f82fb498131eb..d80637055829d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BlanketImplFinder<'a, 'tcx> {
                 impls.push(Item {
                     name: None,
                     attrs: Default::default(),
-                    visibility: Inherited,
                     item_id: ItemId::Blanket { impl_id: impl_def_id, for_: item_def_id },
                     kind: Box::new(ImplItem(Box::new(Impl {
                         unsafety: hir::Unsafety::Normal,
@@ -128,6 +127,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BlanketImplFinder<'a, 'tcx> {
                         ))),
                     }))),
                     cfg: None,
+                    inline_stmt_id: None,
                 });
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index d93f0bd4e5657..ec93eefb7d1ee 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::clean::{
     self, clean_fn_decl_from_did_and_sig, clean_generics, clean_impl_item, clean_middle_assoc_item,
     clean_middle_field, clean_middle_ty, clean_trait_ref_with_bindings, clean_ty,
     clean_ty_generics, clean_variant_def, clean_visibility, utils, Attributes, AttributesExt,
-    ImplKind, ItemId, Type, Visibility,
+    ImplKind, ItemId, Type,
 };
 use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::formats::item_type::ItemType;
@@ -152,18 +152,10 @@ pub(crate) fn try_inline(
 
     let (attrs, cfg) = merge_attrs(cx, Some(parent_module), load_attrs(cx, did), attrs);
     cx.inlined.insert(did.into());
-    let mut item = clean::Item::from_def_id_and_attrs_and_parts(
-        did,
-        Some(name),
-        kind,
-        Box::new(attrs),
-        cx,
-        cfg,
-    );
-    if let Some(import_def_id) = import_def_id {
-        // The visibility needs to reflect the one from the reexport and not from the "source" DefId.
-        item.visibility = clean_visibility(cx.tcx.visibility(import_def_id));
-    }
+    let mut item =
+        clean::Item::from_def_id_and_attrs_and_parts(did, Some(name), kind, Box::new(attrs), cfg);
+    // The visibility needs to reflect the one from the reexport and not from the "source" DefId.
+    item.inline_stmt_id = import_def_id;
     ret.push(item);
     Some(ret)
 }
@@ -239,13 +231,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_external_trait(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, did: DefId) -> clean
         .tcx
         .associated_items(did)
         .in_definition_order()
-        .map(|item| {
-            // When building an external trait, the cleaned trait will have all items public,
-            // which causes methods to have a `pub` prefix, which is invalid since items in traits
-            // can not have a visibility prefix. Thus we override the visibility here manually.
-            // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/81274
-            clean::Item { visibility: Visibility::Inherited, ..clean_middle_assoc_item(item, cx) }
-        })
+        .map(|item| clean_middle_assoc_item(item, cx))
         .collect();
 
     let predicates = cx.tcx.predicates_of(did);
@@ -559,7 +545,6 @@ pub(crate) fn build_impl(
             },
         })),
         Box::new(merged_attrs),
-        cx,
         cfg,
     ));
 }
@@ -607,7 +592,6 @@ fn build_module_items(
                     name: None,
                     attrs: Box::new(clean::Attributes::default()),
                     item_id: ItemId::Primitive(prim_ty, did.krate),
-                    visibility: clean::Public,
                     kind: Box::new(clean::ImportItem(clean::Import::new_simple(
                         item.ident.name,
                         clean::ImportSource {
@@ -626,6 +610,7 @@ fn build_module_items(
                         true,
                     ))),
                     cfg: None,
+                    inline_stmt_id: None,
                 });
             } else if let Some(i) = try_inline(cx, did, None, res, item.ident.name, None, visited) {
                 items.extend(i)
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 8a0e6a82126bc..1ce0d1e4ffd02 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -1083,10 +1083,7 @@ fn clean_trait_item<'tcx>(trait_item: &hir::TraitItem<'tcx>, cx: &mut DocContext
                 TyAssocTypeItem(Box::new(generics), bounds)
             }
         };
-        let what_rustc_thinks =
-            Item::from_def_id_and_parts(local_did, Some(trait_item.ident.name), inner, cx);
-        // Trait items always inherit the trait's visibility -- we don't want to show `pub`.
-        Item { visibility: Inherited, ..what_rustc_thinks }
+        Item::from_def_id_and_parts(local_did, Some(trait_item.ident.name), inner, cx)
     })
 }
 
@@ -1117,18 +1114,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_impl_item<'tcx>(
             }
         };
 
-        let mut what_rustc_thinks =
-            Item::from_def_id_and_parts(local_did, Some(impl_.ident.name), inner, cx);
-
-        let impl_ref = cx.tcx.impl_trait_ref(cx.tcx.local_parent(impl_.owner_id.def_id));
-
-        // Trait impl items always inherit the impl's visibility --
-        // we don't want to show `pub`.
-        if impl_ref.is_some() {
-            what_rustc_thinks.visibility = Inherited;
-        }
-
-        what_rustc_thinks
+        Item::from_def_id_and_parts(local_did, Some(impl_.ident.name), inner, cx)
     })
 }
 
@@ -1340,18 +1326,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_middle_assoc_item<'tcx>(
         }
     };
 
-    let mut what_rustc_thinks =
-        Item::from_def_id_and_parts(assoc_item.def_id, Some(assoc_item.name), kind, cx);
-
-    let impl_ref = tcx.impl_trait_ref(tcx.parent(assoc_item.def_id));
-
-    // Trait impl items always inherit the impl's visibility --
-    // we don't want to show `pub`.
-    if impl_ref.is_some() {
-        what_rustc_thinks.visibility = Visibility::Inherited;
-    }
-
-    what_rustc_thinks
+    Item::from_def_id_and_parts(assoc_item.def_id, Some(assoc_item.name), kind, cx)
 }
 
 fn clean_qpath<'tcx>(hir_ty: &hir::Ty<'tcx>, cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>) -> Type {
@@ -1821,23 +1796,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_field_with_def_id(
     ty: Type,
     cx: &mut DocContext<'_>,
 ) -> Item {
-    let what_rustc_thinks =
-        Item::from_def_id_and_parts(def_id, Some(name), StructFieldItem(ty), cx);
-    if is_field_vis_inherited(cx.tcx, def_id) {
-        // Variant fields inherit their enum's visibility.
-        Item { visibility: Visibility::Inherited, ..what_rustc_thinks }
-    } else {
-        what_rustc_thinks
-    }
-}
-
-fn is_field_vis_inherited(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: DefId) -> bool {
-    let parent = tcx.parent(def_id);
-    match tcx.def_kind(parent) {
-        DefKind::Struct | DefKind::Union => false,
-        DefKind::Variant => true,
-        parent_kind => panic!("unexpected parent kind: {:?}", parent_kind),
-    }
+    Item::from_def_id_and_parts(def_id, Some(name), StructFieldItem(ty), cx)
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn clean_visibility(vis: ty::Visibility<DefId>) -> Visibility {
@@ -1861,10 +1820,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_variant_def<'tcx>(variant: &ty::VariantDef, cx: &mut DocCont
             fields: variant.fields.iter().map(|field| clean_middle_field(field, cx)).collect(),
         }),
     };
-    let what_rustc_thinks =
-        Item::from_def_id_and_parts(variant.def_id, Some(variant.name), VariantItem(kind), cx);
-    // don't show `pub` for variants, which always inherit visibility
-    Item { visibility: Inherited, ..what_rustc_thinks }
+    Item::from_def_id_and_parts(variant.def_id, Some(variant.name), VariantItem(kind), cx)
 }
 
 fn clean_variant_data<'tcx>(
@@ -2038,10 +1994,7 @@ fn clean_maybe_renamed_item<'tcx>(
 
 fn clean_variant<'tcx>(variant: &hir::Variant<'tcx>, cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>) -> Item {
     let kind = VariantItem(clean_variant_data(&variant.data, &variant.disr_expr, cx));
-    let what_rustc_thinks =
-        Item::from_hir_id_and_parts(variant.id, Some(variant.ident.name), kind, cx);
-    // don't show `pub` for variants, which are always public
-    Item { visibility: Inherited, ..what_rustc_thinks }
+    Item::from_hir_id_and_parts(variant.id, Some(variant.ident.name), kind, cx)
 }
 
 fn clean_impl<'tcx>(
@@ -2114,6 +2067,7 @@ fn clean_extern_crate<'tcx>(
                 }
         });
 
+    let krate_owner_def_id = krate.owner_id.to_def_id();
     if please_inline {
         let mut visited = FxHashSet::default();
 
@@ -2122,7 +2076,7 @@ fn clean_extern_crate<'tcx>(
         if let Some(items) = inline::try_inline(
             cx,
             cx.tcx.parent_module(krate.hir_id()).to_def_id(),
-            Some(krate.owner_id.to_def_id()),
+            Some(krate_owner_def_id),
             res,
             name,
             Some(attrs),
@@ -2137,9 +2091,9 @@ fn clean_extern_crate<'tcx>(
         name: Some(name),
         attrs: Box::new(Attributes::from_ast(attrs)),
         item_id: crate_def_id.into(),
-        visibility: clean_visibility(ty_vis),
         kind: Box::new(ExternCrateItem { src: orig_name }),
         cfg: attrs.cfg(cx.tcx, &cx.cache.hidden_cfg),
+        inline_stmt_id: Some(krate_owner_def_id),
     }]
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index cd1f972dce844..439311f064029 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use rustc_hir::{BodyId, Mutability};
 use rustc_hir_analysis::check::intrinsic::intrinsic_operation_unsafety;
 use rustc_index::vec::IndexVec;
 use rustc_middle::ty::fast_reject::SimplifiedType;
-use rustc_middle::ty::{self, TyCtxt};
+use rustc_middle::ty::{self, DefIdTree, TyCtxt};
 use rustc_session::Session;
 use rustc_span::hygiene::MacroKind;
 use rustc_span::source_map::DUMMY_SP;
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ pub(crate) struct Item {
     /// Optional because not every item has a name, e.g. impls.
     pub(crate) name: Option<Symbol>,
     pub(crate) attrs: Box<Attributes>,
-    pub(crate) visibility: Visibility,
     /// Information about this item that is specific to what kind of item it is.
     /// E.g., struct vs enum vs function.
     pub(crate) kind: Box<ItemKind>,
     pub(crate) item_id: ItemId,
-
+    /// This is the `DefId` of the `use` statement if the item was inlined.
+    pub(crate) inline_stmt_id: Option<DefId>,
     pub(crate) cfg: Option<Arc<Cfg>>,
 }
 
@@ -364,9 +364,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Item {
         let alternate = f.alternate();
         // hand-picked fields that don't bloat the logs too much
         let mut fmt = f.debug_struct("Item");
-        fmt.field("name", &self.name)
-            .field("visibility", &self.visibility)
-            .field("item_id", &self.item_id);
+        fmt.field("name", &self.name).field("item_id", &self.item_id);
         // allow printing the full item if someone really wants to
         if alternate {
             fmt.field("attrs", &self.attrs).field("kind", &self.kind).field("cfg", &self.cfg);
@@ -388,6 +386,15 @@ pub(crate) fn rustc_span(def_id: DefId, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Span {
     ))
 }
 
+fn is_field_vis_inherited(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: DefId) -> bool {
+    let parent = tcx.parent(def_id);
+    match tcx.def_kind(parent) {
+        DefKind::Struct | DefKind::Union => false,
+        DefKind::Variant => true,
+        parent_kind => panic!("unexpected parent kind: {:?}", parent_kind),
+    }
+}
+
 impl Item {
     pub(crate) fn stability<'tcx>(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> Option<Stability> {
         self.item_id.as_def_id().and_then(|did| tcx.lookup_stability(did))
@@ -462,7 +469,6 @@ impl Item {
             name,
             kind,
             Box::new(Attributes::from_ast(ast_attrs)),
-            cx,
             ast_attrs.cfg(cx.tcx, &cx.cache.hidden_cfg),
         )
     }
@@ -472,21 +478,18 @@ impl Item {
         name: Option<Symbol>,
         kind: ItemKind,
         attrs: Box<Attributes>,
-        cx: &mut DocContext<'_>,
         cfg: Option<Arc<Cfg>>,
     ) -> Item {
         trace!("name={:?}, def_id={:?} cfg={:?}", name, def_id, cfg);
 
-        // Primitives and Keywords are written in the source code as private modules.
-        // The modules need to be private so that nobody actually uses them, but the
-        // keywords and primitives that they are documenting are public.
-        let visibility = if matches!(&kind, ItemKind::KeywordItem | ItemKind::PrimitiveItem(..)) {
-            Visibility::Public
-        } else {
-            clean_visibility(cx.tcx.visibility(def_id))
-        };
-
-        Item { item_id: def_id.into(), kind: Box::new(kind), name, attrs, visibility, cfg }
+        Item {
+            item_id: def_id.into(),
+            kind: Box::new(kind),
+            name,
+            attrs,
+            cfg,
+            inline_stmt_id: None,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Finds all `doc` attributes as NameValues and returns their corresponding values, joined
@@ -702,6 +705,51 @@ impl Item {
         };
         Some(header)
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn visibility(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Visibility {
+        let def_id = match self.item_id {
+            // Anything but DefId *shouldn't* matter, but return a reasonable value anyway.
+            ItemId::Auto { .. } | ItemId::Blanket { .. } => return Visibility::Inherited,
+            // Primitives and Keywords are written in the source code as private modules.
+            // The modules need to be private so that nobody actually uses them, but the
+            // keywords and primitives that they are documenting are public.
+            ItemId::Primitive(..) => return Visibility::Public,
+            ItemId::DefId(def_id) => def_id,
+        };
+
+        match *self.kind {
+            // Explication on `ItemId::Primitive` just above.
+            ItemKind::KeywordItem | ItemKind::PrimitiveItem(_) => return Visibility::Public,
+            // Variant fields inherit their enum's visibility.
+            StructFieldItem(..) if is_field_vis_inherited(tcx, def_id) => {
+                return Visibility::Inherited;
+            }
+            // Variants always inherit visibility
+            VariantItem(..) => return Visibility::Inherited,
+            // Trait items inherit the trait's visibility
+            AssocConstItem(..) | TyAssocConstItem(..) | AssocTypeItem(..) | TyAssocTypeItem(..)
+            | TyMethodItem(..) | MethodItem(..) => {
+                let assoc_item = tcx.associated_item(def_id);
+                let is_trait_item = match assoc_item.container {
+                    ty::TraitContainer => true,
+                    ty::ImplContainer => {
+                        // Trait impl items always inherit the impl's visibility --
+                        // we don't want to show `pub`.
+                        tcx.impl_trait_ref(tcx.parent(assoc_item.def_id)).is_some()
+                    }
+                };
+                if is_trait_item {
+                    return Visibility::Inherited;
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+        let def_id = match self.inline_stmt_id {
+            Some(inlined) => inlined,
+            None => def_id,
+        };
+        clean_visibility(tcx.visibility(def_id))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 27dea8ec0b312..adf501a024031 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -747,11 +747,12 @@ fn assoc_const(
     extra: &str,
     cx: &Context<'_>,
 ) {
+    let tcx = cx.tcx();
     write!(
         w,
         "{extra}{vis}const <a{href} class=\"constant\">{name}</a>: {ty}",
         extra = extra,
-        vis = it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
+        vis = it.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
         href = assoc_href_attr(it, link, cx),
         name = it.name.as_ref().unwrap(),
         ty = ty.print(cx),
@@ -764,7 +765,7 @@ fn assoc_const(
         //        This hurts readability in this context especially when more complex expressions
         //        are involved and it doesn't add much of value.
         //        Find a way to print constants here without all that jazz.
-        write!(w, "{}", Escape(&default.value(cx.tcx()).unwrap_or_else(|| default.expr(cx.tcx()))));
+        write!(w, "{}", Escape(&default.value(tcx).unwrap_or_else(|| default.expr(tcx))));
     }
 }
 
@@ -805,14 +806,15 @@ fn assoc_method(
     cx: &Context<'_>,
     render_mode: RenderMode,
 ) {
-    let header = meth.fn_header(cx.tcx()).expect("Trying to get header from a non-function item");
+    let tcx = cx.tcx();
+    let header = meth.fn_header(tcx).expect("Trying to get header from a non-function item");
     let name = meth.name.as_ref().unwrap();
-    let vis = meth.visibility.print_with_space(meth.item_id, cx).to_string();
+    let vis = meth.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(meth.item_id, cx).to_string();
     // FIXME: Once https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/67792 is implemented, we can remove
     // this condition.
     let constness = match render_mode {
         RenderMode::Normal => {
-            print_constness_with_space(&header.constness, meth.const_stability(cx.tcx()))
+            print_constness_with_space(&header.constness, meth.const_stability(tcx))
         }
         RenderMode::ForDeref { .. } => "",
     };
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
index 6327817364a55..13df08280b5a8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ fn item_module(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, item: &clean::Item, items:
             );
         }
 
+        let tcx = cx.tcx();
         match *myitem.kind {
             clean::ExternCrateItem { ref src } => {
                 use crate::html::format::anchor;
@@ -327,14 +328,14 @@ fn item_module(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, item: &clean::Item, items:
                     Some(src) => write!(
                         w,
                         "<div class=\"item-left\"><code>{}extern crate {} as {};",
-                        myitem.visibility.print_with_space(myitem.item_id, cx),
+                        myitem.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(myitem.item_id, cx),
                         anchor(myitem.item_id.expect_def_id(), src, cx),
                         myitem.name.unwrap(),
                     ),
                     None => write!(
                         w,
                         "<div class=\"item-left\"><code>{}extern crate {};",
-                        myitem.visibility.print_with_space(myitem.item_id, cx),
+                        myitem.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(myitem.item_id, cx),
                         anchor(myitem.item_id.expect_def_id(), myitem.name.unwrap(), cx),
                     ),
                 }
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ fn item_module(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, item: &clean::Item, items:
                      </div>\
                      {stab_tags_before}{stab_tags}{stab_tags_after}",
                     stab = stab.unwrap_or_default(),
-                    vis = myitem.visibility.print_with_space(myitem.item_id, cx),
+                    vis = myitem.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(myitem.item_id, cx),
                     imp = import.print(cx),
                 );
                 w.write_str(ITEM_TABLE_ROW_CLOSE);
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ fn item_module(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, item: &clean::Item, items:
                 let stab = myitem.stability_class(cx.tcx());
                 let add = if stab.is_some() { " " } else { "" };
 
-                let visibility_emoji = match myitem.visibility {
+                let visibility_emoji = match myitem.visibility(tcx) {
                     clean::Visibility::Restricted(_) => {
                         "<span title=\"Restricted Visibility\">&nbsp;🔒</span> "
                     }
@@ -496,12 +497,13 @@ fn extra_info_tags(item: &clean::Item, parent: &clean::Item, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) ->
 }
 
 fn item_function(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, f: &clean::Function) {
-    let header = it.fn_header(cx.tcx()).expect("printing a function which isn't a function");
-    let constness = print_constness_with_space(&header.constness, it.const_stability(cx.tcx()));
+    let tcx = cx.tcx();
+    let header = it.fn_header(tcx).expect("printing a function which isn't a function");
+    let constness = print_constness_with_space(&header.constness, it.const_stability(tcx));
     let unsafety = header.unsafety.print_with_space();
     let abi = print_abi_with_space(header.abi).to_string();
     let asyncness = header.asyncness.print_with_space();
-    let visibility = it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx).to_string();
+    let visibility = it.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx).to_string();
     let name = it.name.unwrap();
 
     let generics_len = format!("{:#}", f.generics.print(cx)).len();
@@ -539,6 +541,7 @@ fn item_function(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, f: &cle
 }
 
 fn item_trait(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, t: &clean::Trait) {
+    let tcx = cx.tcx();
     let bounds = bounds(&t.bounds, false, cx);
     let required_types = t.items.iter().filter(|m| m.is_ty_associated_type()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
     let provided_types = t.items.iter().filter(|m| m.is_associated_type()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -549,8 +552,7 @@ fn item_trait(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, t: &clean:
     let count_types = required_types.len() + provided_types.len();
     let count_consts = required_consts.len() + provided_consts.len();
     let count_methods = required_methods.len() + provided_methods.len();
-    let must_implement_one_of_functions =
-        cx.tcx().trait_def(t.def_id).must_implement_one_of.clone();
+    let must_implement_one_of_functions = tcx.trait_def(t.def_id).must_implement_one_of.clone();
 
     // Output the trait definition
     wrap_into_item_decl(w, |w| {
@@ -559,9 +561,9 @@ fn item_trait(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, t: &clean:
             write!(
                 w,
                 "{}{}{}trait {}{}{}",
-                it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
-                t.unsafety(cx.tcx()).print_with_space(),
-                if t.is_auto(cx.tcx()) { "auto " } else { "" },
+                it.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
+                t.unsafety(tcx).print_with_space(),
+                if t.is_auto(tcx) { "auto " } else { "" },
                 it.name.unwrap(),
                 t.generics.print(cx),
                 bounds
@@ -1020,7 +1022,7 @@ fn item_trait(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, t: &clean:
     }
     let extern_crates = extern_crates
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|cnum| cx.shared.tcx.crate_name(cnum).to_string())
+        .map(|cnum| tcx.crate_name(cnum).to_string())
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .join(",");
     let (extern_before, extern_after) =
@@ -1084,7 +1086,7 @@ fn item_typedef(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, t: &clea
     fn write_content(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, t: &clean::Typedef) {
         wrap_item(w, "typedef", |w| {
             render_attributes_in_pre(w, it, "");
-            write!(w, "{}", it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx));
+            write!(w, "{}", it.visibility(cx.tcx()).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx));
             write!(
                 w,
                 "type {}{}{where_clause} = {type_};",
@@ -1173,6 +1175,7 @@ fn print_tuple_struct_fields(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, s: &[clean::Item]
 }
 
 fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::Enum) {
+    let tcx = cx.tcx();
     let count_variants = e.variants().count();
     wrap_into_item_decl(w, |w| {
         wrap_item(w, "enum", |w| {
@@ -1180,7 +1183,7 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::
             write!(
                 w,
                 "{}enum {}{}",
-                it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
+                it.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
                 it.name.unwrap(),
                 e.generics.print(cx),
             );
@@ -1268,10 +1271,10 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::
             w.write_str("</code>");
             render_stability_since_raw(
                 w,
-                variant.stable_since(cx.tcx()),
-                variant.const_stability(cx.tcx()),
-                it.stable_since(cx.tcx()),
-                it.const_stable_since(cx.tcx()),
+                variant.stable_since(tcx),
+                variant.const_stability(tcx),
+                it.stable_since(tcx),
+                it.const_stable_since(tcx),
             );
             w.write_str("</h3>");
 
@@ -1389,12 +1392,13 @@ fn item_primitive(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item) {
 fn item_constant(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, c: &clean::Constant) {
     wrap_into_item_decl(w, |w| {
         wrap_item(w, "const", |w| {
+            let tcx = cx.tcx();
             render_attributes_in_code(w, it);
 
             write!(
                 w,
                 "{vis}const {name}: {typ}",
-                vis = it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
+                vis = it.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
                 name = it.name.unwrap(),
                 typ = c.type_.print(cx),
             );
@@ -1408,9 +1412,9 @@ fn item_constant(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, c: &cle
             //            ` = 100i32;`
             //        instead?
 
-            let value = c.value(cx.tcx());
-            let is_literal = c.is_literal(cx.tcx());
-            let expr = c.expr(cx.tcx());
+            let value = c.value(tcx);
+            let is_literal = c.is_literal(tcx);
+            let expr = c.expr(tcx);
             if value.is_some() || is_literal {
                 write!(w, " = {expr};", expr = Escape(&expr));
             } else {
@@ -1495,7 +1499,7 @@ fn item_static(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, s: &clean
             write!(
                 w,
                 "{vis}static {mutability}{name}: {typ}",
-                vis = it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
+                vis = it.visibility(cx.tcx()).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
                 mutability = s.mutability.print_with_space(),
                 name = it.name.unwrap(),
                 typ = s.type_.print(cx)
@@ -1513,7 +1517,7 @@ fn item_foreign_type(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item) {
             write!(
                 w,
                 "    {}type {};\n}}",
-                it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
+                it.visibility(cx.tcx()).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
                 it.name.unwrap(),
             );
         });
@@ -1666,7 +1670,8 @@ fn render_union(
     tab: &str,
     cx: &Context<'_>,
 ) {
-    write!(w, "{}union {}", it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx), it.name.unwrap(),);
+    let tcx = cx.tcx();
+    write!(w, "{}union {}", it.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx), it.name.unwrap(),);
 
     let where_displayed = g
         .map(|g| {
@@ -1693,7 +1698,7 @@ fn render_union(
             write!(
                 w,
                 "    {}{}: {},\n{}",
-                field.visibility.print_with_space(field.item_id, cx),
+                field.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(field.item_id, cx),
                 field.name.unwrap(),
                 ty.print(cx),
                 tab
@@ -1720,10 +1725,11 @@ fn render_struct(
     structhead: bool,
     cx: &Context<'_>,
 ) {
+    let tcx = cx.tcx();
     write!(
         w,
         "{}{}{}",
-        it.visibility.print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
+        it.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(it.item_id, cx),
         if structhead { "struct " } else { "" },
         it.name.unwrap()
     );
@@ -1753,7 +1759,7 @@ fn render_struct(
                         w,
                         "\n{}    {}{}: {},",
                         tab,
-                        field.visibility.print_with_space(field.item_id, cx),
+                        field.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(field.item_id, cx),
                         field.name.unwrap(),
                         ty.print(cx),
                     );
@@ -1785,7 +1791,7 @@ fn render_struct(
                         write!(
                             w,
                             "{}{}",
-                            field.visibility.print_with_space(field.item_id, cx),
+                            field.visibility(tcx).print_with_space(field.item_id, cx),
                             ty.print(cx),
                         )
                     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
index cdf59cdd32845..4962eb8f8e176 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ impl JsonRenderer<'_> {
             .map(rustc_ast_pretty::pprust::attribute_to_string)
             .collect();
         let span = item.span(self.tcx);
-        let clean::Item { name, attrs: _, kind: _, visibility, item_id, cfg: _ } = item;
+        let visibility = item.visibility(self.tcx);
+        let clean::Item { name, attrs: _, kind: _, item_id, cfg: _, .. } = item;
         let inner = match *item.kind {
             clean::KeywordItem => return None,
             clean::StrippedItem(ref inner) => {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs
index 85be8fa109a7e..3bac5a8e5d749 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ pub(crate) const STRIP_PRIV_IMPORTS: Pass = Pass {
     description: "strips all private import statements (`use`, `extern crate`) from a crate",
 };
 
-pub(crate) fn strip_priv_imports(krate: clean::Crate, _: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
-    ImportStripper.fold_crate(krate)
+pub(crate) fn strip_priv_imports(krate: clean::Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
+    ImportStripper { tcx: cx.tcx }.fold_crate(krate)
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs
index e3b958b2036e3..8fc42462de969 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ pub(crate) fn strip_private(mut krate: clean::Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) ->
     // strip all private items
     {
         let mut stripper = Stripper {
-            tcx: cx.tcx,
             retained: &mut retained,
             effective_visibilities: &cx.cache.effective_visibilities,
             update_retained: true,
             is_json_output,
+            tcx: cx.tcx,
         };
-        krate = ImportStripper.fold_crate(stripper.fold_crate(krate));
+        krate = ImportStripper { tcx: cx.tcx }.fold_crate(stripper.fold_crate(krate));
     }
 
     // strip all impls referencing private items
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
index 4fa5c04ddf61d..b2047360ccd9a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_middle::ty::TyCtxt;
 use rustc_span::symbol::sym;
-
 use std::mem;
 
 use crate::clean::{self, Item, ItemId, ItemIdSet, NestedAttributesExt};
@@ -11,11 +10,11 @@ use crate::formats::cache::Cache;
 use crate::visit_lib::RustdocEffectiveVisibilities;
 
 pub(crate) struct Stripper<'a, 'tcx> {
-    pub(crate) tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
     pub(crate) retained: &'a mut ItemIdSet,
     pub(crate) effective_visibilities: &'a RustdocEffectiveVisibilities,
     pub(crate) update_retained: bool,
     pub(crate) is_json_output: bool,
+    pub(crate) tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
 }
 
 // We need to handle this differently for the JSON output because some non exported items could
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ fn is_item_reachable(
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> DocFolder for Stripper<'a, '_> {
+impl<'a, 'tcx> DocFolder for Stripper<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
         match *i.kind {
             clean::StrippedItem(..) => {
@@ -82,13 +81,13 @@ impl<'a> DocFolder for Stripper<'a, '_> {
             }
 
             clean::StructFieldItem(..) => {
-                if !i.visibility.is_public() {
+                if !i.visibility(self.tcx).is_public() {
                     return Some(strip_item(i));
                 }
             }
 
             clean::ModuleItem(..) => {
-                if i.item_id.is_local() && !i.visibility.is_public() {
+                if i.item_id.is_local() && !i.visibility(self.tcx).is_public() {
                     debug!("Stripper: stripping module {:?}", i.name);
                     let old = mem::replace(&mut self.update_retained, false);
                     let ret = strip_item(self.fold_item_recur(i));
@@ -239,12 +238,16 @@ impl<'a> DocFolder for ImplStripper<'a, '_> {
 }
 
 /// This stripper discards all private import statements (`use`, `extern crate`)
-pub(crate) struct ImportStripper;
+pub(crate) struct ImportStripper<'tcx> {
+    pub(crate) tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+}
 
-impl DocFolder for ImportStripper {
+impl<'tcx> DocFolder for ImportStripper<'tcx> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
         match *i.kind {
-            clean::ExternCrateItem { .. } | clean::ImportItem(..) if !i.visibility.is_public() => {
+            clean::ExternCrateItem { .. } | clean::ImportItem(..)
+                if !i.visibility(self.tcx).is_public() =>
+            {
                 None
             }
             _ => Some(self.fold_item_recur(i)),