diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/query.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/query.rs
index ffa6e6f53241e..f9cadb3bb2dbc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/query.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/traits/query.rs
@@ -190,74 +190,6 @@ impl<'tcx> FromIterator<DtorckConstraint<'tcx>> for DtorckConstraint<'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-/// This returns true if the type `ty` is "trivial" for
-/// dropck-outlives -- that is, if it doesn't require any types to
-/// outlive. This is similar but not *quite* the same as the
-/// `needs_drop` test in the compiler already -- that is, for every
-/// type T for which this function return true, needs-drop would
-/// return `false`. But the reverse does not hold: in particular,
-/// `needs_drop` returns false for `PhantomData`, but it is not
-/// trivial for dropck-outlives.
-///
-/// Note also that `needs_drop` requires a "global" type (i.e., one
-/// with erased regions), but this function does not.
-pub fn trivial_dropck_outlives<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
-    match ty.kind() {
-        // None of these types have a destructor and hence they do not
-        // require anything in particular to outlive the dtor's
-        // execution.
-        ty::Infer(ty::FreshIntTy(_))
-        | ty::Infer(ty::FreshFloatTy(_))
-        | ty::Bool
-        | ty::Int(_)
-        | ty::Uint(_)
-        | ty::Float(_)
-        | ty::Never
-        | ty::FnDef(..)
-        | ty::FnPtr(_)
-        | ty::Char
-        | ty::GeneratorWitness(..)
-        | ty::RawPtr(_)
-        | ty::Ref(..)
-        | ty::Str
-        | ty::Foreign(..)
-        | ty::Error(_) => true,
-
-        // [T; N] and [T] have same properties as T.
-        ty::Array(ty, _) | ty::Slice(ty) => trivial_dropck_outlives(tcx, ty),
-
-        // (T1..Tn) and closures have same properties as T1..Tn --
-        // check if *any* of those are trivial.
-        ty::Tuple(ref tys) => tys.iter().all(|t| trivial_dropck_outlives(tcx, t.expect_ty())),
-        ty::Closure(_, ref substs) => {
-            substs.as_closure().upvar_tys().all(|t| trivial_dropck_outlives(tcx, t))
-        }
-
-        ty::Adt(def, _) => {
-            if Some(def.did) == tcx.lang_items().manually_drop() {
-                // `ManuallyDrop` never has a dtor.
-                true
-            } else {
-                // Other types might. Moreover, PhantomData doesn't
-                // have a dtor, but it is considered to own its
-                // content, so it is non-trivial. Unions can have `impl Drop`,
-                // and hence are non-trivial as well.
-                false
-            }
-        }
-
-        // The following *might* require a destructor: needs deeper inspection.
-        ty::Dynamic(..)
-        | ty::Projection(..)
-        | ty::Param(_)
-        | ty::Opaque(..)
-        | ty::Placeholder(..)
-        | ty::Infer(_)
-        | ty::Bound(..)
-        | ty::Generator(..) => false,
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, HashStable)]
 pub struct CandidateStep<'tcx> {
     pub self_ty: Canonical<'tcx, QueryResponse<'tcx, Ty<'tcx>>>,