diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/infer.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/infer.rs
index 8fb4eb641c26a..70816b5722b2d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/infer.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/infer.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 use crate::traits::query::evaluate_obligation::InferCtxtExt as _;
-use crate::traits::query::outlives_bounds::InferCtxtExt as _;
 use crate::traits::{self, TraitEngine, TraitEngineExt};
 
-use rustc_data_structures::stable_set::FxHashSet;
-use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_hir::lang_items::LangItem;
-use rustc_infer::infer::outlives::env::OutlivesEnvironment;
 use rustc_infer::traits::ObligationCause;
 use rustc_middle::arena::ArenaAllocatable;
 use rustc_middle::infer::canonical::{Canonical, CanonicalizedQueryResponse, QueryResponse};
@@ -180,48 +176,3 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxtBuilderExt<'tcx> for InferCtxtBuilder<'tcx> {
         )
     }
 }
-
-pub trait OutlivesEnvironmentExt<'tcx> {
-    fn add_implied_bounds(
-        &mut self,
-        infcx: &InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
-        fn_sig_tys: FxHashSet<Ty<'tcx>>,
-        body_id: hir::HirId,
-        span: Span,
-    );
-}
-
-impl<'tcx> OutlivesEnvironmentExt<'tcx> for OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx> {
-    /// This method adds "implied bounds" into the outlives environment.
-    /// Implied bounds are outlives relationships that we can deduce
-    /// on the basis that certain types must be well-formed -- these are
-    /// either the types that appear in the function signature or else
-    /// the input types to an impl. For example, if you have a function
-    /// like
-    ///
-    /// ```
-    /// fn foo<'a, 'b, T>(x: &'a &'b [T]) { }
-    /// ```
-    ///
-    /// we can assume in the caller's body that `'b: 'a` and that `T:
-    /// 'b` (and hence, transitively, that `T: 'a`). This method would
-    /// add those assumptions into the outlives-environment.
-    ///
-    /// Tests: `src/test/ui/regions/regions-free-region-ordering-*.rs`
-    fn add_implied_bounds(
-        &mut self,
-        infcx: &InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
-        fn_sig_tys: FxHashSet<Ty<'tcx>>,
-        body_id: hir::HirId,
-        span: Span,
-    ) {
-        debug!("add_implied_bounds()");
-
-        for ty in fn_sig_tys {
-            let ty = infcx.resolve_vars_if_possible(ty);
-            debug!("add_implied_bounds: ty = {}", ty);
-            let implied_bounds = infcx.implied_outlives_bounds(self.param_env, body_id, ty, span);
-            self.add_outlives_bounds(Some(infcx), implied_bounds)
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/mod.rs
index f6f42814d3f07..ef3493678131f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ pub mod dropck_outlives;
 pub mod evaluate_obligation;
 pub mod method_autoderef;
 pub mod normalize;
-pub mod outlives_bounds;
 pub mod type_op;
 
 pub use rustc_middle::traits::query::*;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/type_op/implied_outlives_bounds.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/type_op/implied_outlives_bounds.rs
index 03087e3353a6e..04c382d439d4c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/type_op/implied_outlives_bounds.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/type_op/implied_outlives_bounds.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::infer::canonical::{Canonicalized, CanonicalizedQueryResponse};
-use crate::traits::query::outlives_bounds::OutlivesBound;
 use crate::traits::query::Fallible;
+use rustc_infer::traits::query::OutlivesBound;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{ParamEnvAnd, Ty, TyCtxt};
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, HashStable, TypeFoldable, Lift)]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_traits/src/implied_outlives_bounds.rs b/compiler/rustc_traits/src/implied_outlives_bounds.rs
index f2fc4e59d4649..37e007337374f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_traits/src/implied_outlives_bounds.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_traits/src/implied_outlives_bounds.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_infer::infer::canonical::{self, Canonical};
 use rustc_infer::infer::outlives::components::{push_outlives_components, Component};
 use rustc_infer::infer::{InferCtxt, TyCtxtInferExt};
+use rustc_infer::traits::query::OutlivesBound;
 use rustc_infer::traits::TraitEngineExt as _;
 use rustc_middle::ty::query::Providers;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeFoldable};
 use rustc_span::source_map::DUMMY_SP;
 use rustc_trait_selection::infer::InferCtxtBuilderExt;
-use rustc_trait_selection::traits::query::outlives_bounds::OutlivesBound;
 use rustc_trait_selection::traits::query::{CanonicalTyGoal, Fallible, NoSolution};
 use rustc_trait_selection::traits::wf;
 use rustc_trait_selection::traits::FulfillmentContext;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/regionck.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/regionck.rs
index 79443010fbb3d..7c8b75271871a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/regionck.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/regionck.rs
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ use crate::check::dropck;
 use crate::check::FnCtxt;
 use crate::mem_categorization as mc;
 use crate::middle::region;
+use crate::outlives::outlives_bounds::InferCtxtExt as _;
 use rustc_data_structures::stable_set::FxHashSet;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::def_id::LocalDefId;
 use rustc_hir::intravisit::{self, NestedVisitorMap, Visitor};
 use rustc_hir::PatKind;
 use rustc_infer::infer::outlives::env::OutlivesEnvironment;
-use rustc_infer::infer::{self, RegionObligation, RegionckMode};
+use rustc_infer::infer::{self, InferCtxt, RegionObligation, RegionckMode};
 use rustc_middle::hir::place::{PlaceBase, PlaceWithHirId};
 use rustc_middle::ty::adjustment;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty};
 use rustc_span::Span;
-use rustc_trait_selection::infer::OutlivesEnvironmentExt;
-use rustc_trait_selection::opaque_types::InferCtxtExt;
+use rustc_trait_selection::opaque_types::InferCtxtExt as _;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 
 // a variation on try that just returns unit
@@ -104,6 +104,51 @@ macro_rules! ignore_err {
     };
 }
 
+trait OutlivesEnvironmentExt<'tcx> {
+    fn add_implied_bounds(
+        &mut self,
+        infcx: &InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
+        fn_sig_tys: FxHashSet<Ty<'tcx>>,
+        body_id: hir::HirId,
+        span: Span,
+    );
+}
+
+impl<'tcx> OutlivesEnvironmentExt<'tcx> for OutlivesEnvironment<'tcx> {
+    /// This method adds "implied bounds" into the outlives environment.
+    /// Implied bounds are outlives relationships that we can deduce
+    /// on the basis that certain types must be well-formed -- these are
+    /// either the types that appear in the function signature or else
+    /// the input types to an impl. For example, if you have a function
+    /// like
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// fn foo<'a, 'b, T>(x: &'a &'b [T]) { }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// we can assume in the caller's body that `'b: 'a` and that `T:
+    /// 'b` (and hence, transitively, that `T: 'a`). This method would
+    /// add those assumptions into the outlives-environment.
+    ///
+    /// Tests: `src/test/ui/regions/regions-free-region-ordering-*.rs`
+    fn add_implied_bounds(
+        &mut self,
+        infcx: &InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
+        fn_sig_tys: FxHashSet<Ty<'tcx>>,
+        body_id: hir::HirId,
+        span: Span,
+    ) {
+        debug!("add_implied_bounds()");
+
+        for ty in fn_sig_tys {
+            let ty = infcx.resolve_vars_if_possible(ty);
+            debug!("add_implied_bounds: ty = {}", ty);
+            let implied_bounds = infcx.implied_outlives_bounds(self.param_env, body_id, ty, span);
+            self.add_outlives_bounds(Some(infcx), implied_bounds)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // PUBLIC ENTRY POINTS
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/outlives/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/outlives/mod.rs
index 957ff2525190d..eb3853b6b3dee 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/outlives/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/outlives/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use rustc_span::Span;
 
 mod explicit;
 mod implicit_infer;
+crate mod outlives_bounds;
 /// Code to write unit test for outlives.
 pub mod test;
 mod utils;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/outlives_bounds.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/outlives/outlives_bounds.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/outlives_bounds.rs
rename to compiler/rustc_typeck/src/outlives/outlives_bounds.rs
index f5fa52c915d90..4ab5fe26abe56 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/traits/query/outlives_bounds.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/outlives/outlives_bounds.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-use crate::infer::canonical::OriginalQueryValues;
-use crate::infer::InferCtxt;
-use crate::traits::query::NoSolution;
-use crate::traits::{FulfillmentContext, ObligationCause, TraitEngine};
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_infer::traits::TraitEngineExt as _;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty};
 use rustc_span::source_map::Span;
+use rustc_trait_selection::infer::canonical::OriginalQueryValues;
+use rustc_trait_selection::infer::InferCtxt;
+use rustc_trait_selection::traits::query::NoSolution;
+use rustc_trait_selection::traits::{FulfillmentContext, ObligationCause, TraitEngine};
 
 pub use rustc_middle::traits::query::OutlivesBound;