diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index de53ce8d95c12..6982e16da8758 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -218,11 +218,6 @@ impl Clean<ExternalCrate> for CrateNum {
 
 impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Module<'_> {
     fn clean(&self, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Item {
-        // maintain a stack of mod ids, for doc comment path resolution
-        // but we also need to resolve the module's own docs based on whether its docs were written
-        // inside or outside the module, so check for that
-        let attrs = self.attrs.clean(cx);
-
         let mut items: Vec<Item> = vec![];
         items.extend(self.imports.iter().flat_map(|x| x.clean(cx)));
         items.extend(self.foreigns.iter().map(|x| x.clean(cx)));
@@ -251,7 +246,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Module<'_> {
             ModuleItem(Module { is_crate: self.is_crate, items }),
             cx,
         );
-        Item { attrs, source: span.clean(cx), ..what_rustc_thinks }
+        Item { source: span.clean(cx), ..what_rustc_thinks }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs b/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs
index ee9a698185799..bc9f1cf8806ab 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use rustc_hir as hir;
 
 crate struct Module<'hir> {
     crate name: Option<Symbol>,
-    crate attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     crate where_outer: Span,
     crate where_inner: Span,
     crate imports: Vec<Import<'hir>>,
@@ -23,13 +22,12 @@ crate struct Module<'hir> {
 }
 
 impl Module<'hir> {
-    crate fn new(name: Option<Symbol>, attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute]) -> Module<'hir> {
+    crate fn new(name: Option<Symbol>) -> Module<'hir> {
         Module {
             name,
             id: hir::CRATE_HIR_ID,
             where_outer: rustc_span::DUMMY_SP,
             where_inner: rustc_span::DUMMY_SP,
-            attrs,
             imports: Vec::new(),
             mods: Vec::new(),
             items: Vec::new(),
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
index f9cb1d586b102..3c0aeaad43e5d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! The Rust AST Visitor. Extracts useful information and massages it into a form
 //! usable for `clean`.
 
-use rustc_ast as ast;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::{FxHashMap, FxHashSet};
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::def::{DefKind, Res};
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     crate fn visit(mut self, krate: &'tcx hir::Crate<'_>) -> Module<'tcx> {
         let mut module = self.visit_mod_contents(
             krate.item.span,
-            krate.item.attrs,
             &Spanned { span: rustc_span::DUMMY_SP, node: hir::VisibilityKind::Public },
             hir::CRATE_HIR_ID,
             &krate.item.module,
@@ -82,13 +80,12 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn visit_mod_contents(
         &mut self,
         span: Span,
-        attrs: &'tcx [ast::Attribute],
         vis: &'tcx hir::Visibility<'_>,
         id: hir::HirId,
         m: &'tcx hir::Mod<'tcx>,
         name: Option<Symbol>,
     ) -> Module<'tcx> {
-        let mut om = Module::new(name, attrs);
+        let mut om = Module::new(name);
         om.where_outer = span;
         om.where_inner = m.inner;
         om.id = id;
@@ -292,7 +289,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
             hir::ItemKind::Mod(ref m) => {
                 om.mods.push(self.visit_mod_contents(
                     item.span,
-                    &item.attrs,
                     &item.vis,
                     item.hir_id,
                     m,