diff --git a/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/eval_ctxt/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/eval_ctxt/mod.rs
index a0abc918107df..2850444a570b9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/eval_ctxt/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_next_trait_solver/src/solve/eval_ctxt/mod.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use rustc_type_ir::solve::{
 };
 use rustc_type_ir::{
     self as ty, CanonicalVarValues, ClauseKind, InferCtxtLike, Interner, MayBeErased,
-    OpaqueTypeKey, PredicateKind, Region, TypeFoldable, TypeSuperVisitable, TypeVisitable,
-    TypeVisitableExt, TypeVisitor, TypingMode, eager_resolve_vars,
+    OpaqueTypeKey, PredicateKind, Region, RegionVid, TypeFoldable, TypeSuperVisitable,
+    TypeVisitable, TypeVisitableExt, TypeVisitor, TypingMode, eager_resolve_vars, max_universe,
 };
 use thin_vec::ThinVec;
 use tracing::{Level, debug, instrument, trace, warn};
@@ -1608,6 +1608,75 @@ where
             r.retain(|(outlives, _)| !outlives.is_trivial() && unique.insert(*outlives));
         }
 
+        #[derive(Default)]
+        struct NonTrivialVars {
+            vars: HashSet<RegionVid>,
+        }
+        impl<I> TypeVisitor<I> for NonTrivialVars
+        where
+            I: Interner,
+        {
+            type Result = ();
+            fn visit_ty(&mut self, t: I::Ty) {
+                // If a nested type doesn't have any `ReVar`s, then we won't insert
+                // anything into `vars` anyway, so skip for better perf.
+                if !t.has_infer_regions() {
+                    return;
+                }
+                t.super_visit_with(self);
+            }
+            fn visit_const(&mut self, c: I::Const) {
+                // The same goes for consts.
+                if !c.has_infer_regions() {
+                    return;
+                }
+                c.super_visit_with(self);
+            }
+            fn visit_region(&mut self, r: Region<I>) {
+                if let ty::ReVar(vid) = r.kind() {
+                    self.vars.insert(vid);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If we have a constraint like `'re: '?1`, where '?1 can name 're and '?1 appears
+        // only on the RHS of region constraints, then this kind of constraint is also trivial,
+        // since we're able to pick '?1 := 'empty, and 're: 'empty is always true for any 're.
+        if let ExternalRegionConstraints::Old(r) = &mut external_constraints.region_constraints
+            && !r.is_empty()
+        {
+            let mut vis = NonTrivialVars::default();
+            var_values.visit_with(&mut vis);
+            // We have to visit each component of `external_constraints` individually here
+            // because we skip the RHS of outlives constraints, and `TypeVisitor` doesn't
+            // have a method we can easily override in order to do this.
+            external_constraints.opaque_types.visit_with(&mut vis);
+            external_constraints.normalization_nested_goals.visit_with(&mut vis);
+            for (constraint, _) in r.iter() {
+                match constraint {
+                    ty::RegionConstraint::Outlives(ty::OutlivesClause(sup, _)) => {
+                        sup.visit_with(&mut vis)
+                    }
+                    ty::RegionConstraint::Eq(eq) => eq.visit_with(&mut vis),
+                }
+            }
+
+            r.retain(|(outlives, _)| {
+                if let ty::RegionConstraint::Outlives(ty::OutlivesClause(sup, re)) = *outlives
+                    && let Some(sup_re) = sup.as_region()
+                    && let ty::RegionKind::ReVar(vid) = re.kind()
+                    // This is only safe if we call `eager_resolve_vars` beforehand,
+                    // which we do.
+                    && self.delegate.universe_of_lt(vid).unwrap()
+                        .can_name(max_universe(&**self.delegate, sup_re))
+                {
+                    vis.vars.contains(&vid)
+                } else {
+                    true
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
         let canonical = canonicalize_response(
             self.delegate,
             self.max_input_universe,
diff --git a/tests/ui/traits/next-solver/no-dedup-universes.rs b/tests/ui/traits/next-solver/no-dedup-universes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cf54abfcb166c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/traits/next-solver/no-dedup-universes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//@ compile-flags: -Znext-solver -Zno-leak-check
+
+//! Make sure we don't drop trivial-looking region constraints that would otherwise fail
+//! leak check.
+
+trait Trait {}
+trait Other<'a, 'b> {}
+
+struct Foo;
+// We need this indirection because something direct like `for<'a> &'a (): 'b` gives us a
+// TypeOutlives constraint, whereas we want to be testing how we handle RegionOutlives, and
+// only `impl Other for Bar`'s where-clause can give us that.
+impl<'b> Trait for Foo where for<'a> Bar: Other<'a, 'b> {}
+
+struct Bar;
+impl<'a, 'b> Other<'a, 'b> for Bar where 'a: 'b {}
+
+fn f<T: Trait>(_: T) {}
+
+fn main() { f(Foo); }
+//~^ ERROR higher-ranked lifetime error
diff --git a/tests/ui/traits/next-solver/no-dedup-universes.stderr b/tests/ui/traits/next-solver/no-dedup-universes.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f9b98fe29213b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/traits/next-solver/no-dedup-universes.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+error: higher-ranked lifetime error
+  --> $DIR/no-dedup-universes.rs:20:13
+   |
+LL | fn main() { f(Foo); }
+   |             ^^^^^^
+   |
+   = note: could not prove `Foo: Trait`
+
+error: aborting due to 1 previous error
+