diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 54cf82a19b4..98684b27973 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -4435,14 +4435,6 @@ where
 
 // Start of code copied from rust-clippy
 
-pub fn get_trait_def_id(tcx: &TyCtxt, path: &[&str], use_local: bool) -> Option<DefId> {
-    if use_local {
-        path_to_def_local(tcx, path)
-    } else {
-        path_to_def(tcx, path)
-    }
-}
-
 pub fn path_to_def_local(tcx: &TyCtxt, path: &[&str]) -> Option<DefId> {
     let krate = tcx.hir.krate();
     let mut items = krate.module.item_ids.clone();
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/core.rs b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
index 5872c8da1a4..6e1b4589547 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/core.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
@@ -362,9 +362,9 @@ pub fn run_core(search_paths: SearchPaths,
             };
 
             let send_trait = if crate_name == Some("core".to_string()) {
-                clean::get_trait_def_id(&tcx, &["marker", "Send"], true)
+                clean::path_to_def_local(&tcx, &["marker", "Send"])
             } else {
-                clean::get_trait_def_id(&tcx, &["core", "marker", "Send"], false)
+                clean::path_to_def(&tcx, &["core", "marker", "Send"])
             };
 
             let ctxt = DocContext {
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ pub fn run_core(search_paths: SearchPaths,
             debug!("crate: {:?}", tcx.hir.krate());
 
             let krate = {
-                let mut v = RustdocVisitor::new(&*cstore, &ctxt);
+                let mut v = RustdocVisitor::new(&ctxt);
                 v.visit(tcx.hir.krate());
                 v.clean(&ctxt)
             };
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
index 267b7000948..09d304b71a2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use syntax_pos::{self, Span};
 use rustc::hir::map as hir_map;
 use rustc::hir::def::Def;
 use rustc::hir::def_id::{DefId, LOCAL_CRATE};
-use rustc::middle::cstore::CrateStore;
 use rustc::middle::privacy::AccessLevel;
 use rustc::util::nodemap::{FxHashSet, FxHashMap};
 
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ use doctree::*;
 // framework from syntax?
 
 pub struct RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx: 'a, 'rcx: 'a> {
-    pub cstore: &'a CrateStore,
     pub module: Module,
     pub attrs: hir::HirVec<ast::Attribute>,
     pub cx: &'a core::DocContext<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx>,
@@ -52,8 +50,7 @@ pub struct RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx: 'a, 'rcx: 'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> {
-    pub fn new(cstore: &'a CrateStore,
-               cx: &'a core::DocContext<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx>) -> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> {
+    pub fn new(cx: &'a core::DocContext<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx>) -> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> {
         // If the root is re-exported, terminate all recursion.
         let mut stack = FxHashSet();
         stack.insert(ast::CRATE_NODE_ID);
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> {
             inlining: false,
             inside_public_path: true,
             exact_paths: Some(FxHashMap()),
-            cstore,
         }
     }