diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
index 7b66ff7d41136..09692d27e8fbe 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> AutoTraitFinder<'a, 'tcx> {
                         .and_then(|trait_| {
                             ty_to_traits
                                 .get(&ty)
-                                .map(|bounds| bounds.contains(&strip_path_generics(trait_.clone())))
+                                .map(|bounds| bounds.contains(&strip_path_generics(trait_)))
                         })
                         .unwrap_or(false)
                     {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
index 19b309d6a30c8..7f7be246367aa 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
@@ -141,17 +141,12 @@ pub(super) fn external_path(
 }
 
 /// Remove the generic arguments from a path.
-crate fn strip_path_generics(path: Path) -> Path {
-    let segments = path
-        .segments
-        .iter()
-        .map(|s| PathSegment {
-            name: s.name,
-            args: GenericArgs::AngleBracketed { args: vec![], bindings: vec![] },
-        })
-        .collect();
+crate fn strip_path_generics(mut path: Path) -> Path {
+    for ps in path.segments.iter_mut() {
+        ps.args = GenericArgs::AngleBracketed { args: vec![], bindings: vec![] }
+    }
 
-    Path { res: path.res, segments }
+    path
 }
 
 crate fn qpath_to_string(p: &hir::QPath<'_>) -> String {