diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index 4b91f7ba096cb..731d8766686c8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ use rustc_span::symbol::{kw, sym, Symbol};
 
 use crate::clean::{
     self, clean_fn_decl_from_did_and_sig, clean_middle_field, clean_middle_ty, clean_ty,
-    clean_ty_generics, utils, Attributes, AttributesExt, Clean, ImplKind, ItemId, Type, Visibility,
+    clean_ty_generics, clean_visibility, utils, Attributes, AttributesExt, Clean, ImplKind, ItemId,
+    Type, Visibility,
 };
 use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::formats::item_type::ItemType;
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ pub(crate) fn try_inline(
     );
     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 = cx.tcx.visibility(import_def_id).clean(cx);
+        item.visibility = clean_visibility(cx.tcx.visibility(import_def_id));
     }
     ret.push(item);
     Some(ret)
@@ -599,7 +600,7 @@ fn build_macro(
     match CStore::from_tcx(cx.tcx).load_macro_untracked(def_id, cx.sess()) {
         LoadedMacro::MacroDef(item_def, _) => {
             if let ast::ItemKind::MacroDef(ref def) = item_def.kind {
-                let vis = cx.tcx.visibility(import_def_id.unwrap_or(def_id)).clean(cx);
+                let vis = clean_visibility(cx.tcx.visibility(import_def_id.unwrap_or(def_id)));
                 clean::MacroItem(clean::Macro {
                     source: utils::display_macro_source(cx, name, def, def_id, vis),
                 })
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 2f3ca41723d85..051f176294723 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -1817,32 +1817,25 @@ fn is_field_vis_inherited(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, def_id: DefId) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> Clean<'tcx, Visibility> for ty::Visibility {
-    fn clean(&self, _cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Visibility {
-        match *self {
-            ty::Visibility::Public => Visibility::Public,
-            // NOTE: this is not quite right: `ty` uses `Invisible` to mean 'private',
-            // while rustdoc really does mean inherited. That means that for enum variants, such as
-            // `pub enum E { V }`, `V` will be marked as `Public` by `ty`, but as `Inherited` by rustdoc.
-            // Various parts of clean override `tcx.visibility` explicitly to make sure this distinction is captured.
-            ty::Visibility::Invisible => Visibility::Inherited,
-            ty::Visibility::Restricted(module) => Visibility::Restricted(module),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'tcx> Clean<'tcx, VariantStruct> for rustc_hir::VariantData<'tcx> {
-    fn clean(&self, cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>) -> VariantStruct {
-        VariantStruct {
-            struct_type: CtorKind::from_hir(self),
-            fields: self.fields().iter().map(|x| clean_field(x, cx)).collect(),
-        }
+pub(crate) fn clean_visibility(vis: ty::Visibility) -> Visibility {
+    match vis {
+        ty::Visibility::Public => Visibility::Public,
+        // NOTE: this is not quite right: `ty` uses `Invisible` to mean 'private',
+        // while rustdoc really does mean inherited. That means that for enum variants, such as
+        // `pub enum E { V }`, `V` will be marked as `Public` by `ty`, but as `Inherited` by rustdoc.
+        // Various parts of clean override `tcx.visibility` explicitly to make sure this distinction is captured.
+        ty::Visibility::Invisible => Visibility::Inherited,
+        ty::Visibility::Restricted(module) => Visibility::Restricted(module),
     }
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> Clean<'tcx, Vec<Item>> for hir::VariantData<'tcx> {
-    fn clean(&self, cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>) -> Vec<Item> {
-        self.fields().iter().map(|x| clean_field(x, cx)).collect()
+fn clean_variant_data<'tcx>(
+    variant: &hir::VariantData<'tcx>,
+    cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>,
+) -> VariantStruct {
+    VariantStruct {
+        struct_type: CtorKind::from_hir(variant),
+        fields: variant.fields().iter().map(|x| clean_field(x, cx)).collect(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -1868,8 +1861,10 @@ impl<'tcx> Clean<'tcx, Item> for ty::VariantDef {
 impl<'tcx> Clean<'tcx, Variant> for hir::VariantData<'tcx> {
     fn clean(&self, cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>) -> Variant {
         match self {
-            hir::VariantData::Struct(..) => Variant::Struct(self.clean(cx)),
-            hir::VariantData::Tuple(..) => Variant::Tuple(self.clean(cx)),
+            hir::VariantData::Struct(..) => Variant::Struct(clean_variant_data(self, cx)),
+            hir::VariantData::Tuple(..) => {
+                Variant::Tuple(self.fields().iter().map(|x| clean_field(x, cx)).collect())
+            }
             hir::VariantData::Unit(..) => Variant::CLike,
         }
     }
@@ -1988,7 +1983,7 @@ fn clean_maybe_renamed_item<'tcx>(
                 clean_fn_or_proc_macro(item, sig, generics, body_id, &mut name, cx)
             }
             ItemKind::Macro(ref macro_def, _) => {
-                let ty_vis = cx.tcx.visibility(def_id).clean(cx);
+                let ty_vis = clean_visibility(cx.tcx.visibility(def_id));
                 MacroItem(Macro {
                     source: display_macro_source(cx, name, macro_def, def_id, ty_vis),
                 })
@@ -2117,7 +2112,7 @@ fn clean_extern_crate<'tcx>(
         name: Some(name),
         attrs: Box::new(attrs.clean(cx)),
         item_id: crate_def_id.into(),
-        visibility: ty_vis.clean(cx),
+        visibility: clean_visibility(ty_vis),
         kind: box ExternCrateItem { src: orig_name },
         cfg: attrs.cfg(cx.tcx, &cx.cache.hidden_cfg),
     }]
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index 83d8ed3fc87fb..a5d27a940341a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ use crate::clean::cfg::Cfg;
 use crate::clean::external_path;
 use crate::clean::inline::{self, print_inlined_const};
 use crate::clean::utils::{is_literal_expr, print_const_expr, print_evaluated_const};
-use crate::clean::Clean;
+use crate::clean::{clean_visibility, Clean};
 use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::formats::cache::Cache;
 use crate::formats::item_type::ItemType;
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ impl Item {
         let visibility = if matches!(&kind, ItemKind::KeywordItem | ItemKind::PrimitiveItem(..)) {
             Visibility::Public
         } else {
-            cx.tcx.visibility(def_id).clean(cx)
+            clean_visibility(cx.tcx.visibility(def_id))
         };
 
         Item { item_id: def_id.into(), kind: box kind, name, attrs, visibility, cfg }