diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
index 192c328032712..4e375e00682b3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
         }
 
         hir::Crate {
-            item: hir::CrateItem { module, span: c.span },
+            item: module,
             exported_macros: self.arena.alloc_from_iter(self.exported_macros),
             non_exported_macro_attrs: self.arena.alloc_from_iter(self.non_exported_macro_attrs),
             items: self.items,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
index d91c1813da3ba..03af81ae02a6d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
@@ -625,13 +625,6 @@ pub struct ModuleItems {
     pub foreign_items: BTreeSet<ForeignItemId>,
 }
 
-/// A type representing only the top-level module.
-#[derive(Encodable, Debug, HashStable_Generic)]
-pub struct CrateItem<'hir> {
-    pub module: Mod<'hir>,
-    pub span: Span,
-}
-
 /// The top-level data structure that stores the entire contents of
 /// the crate currently being compiled.
 ///
@@ -640,7 +633,7 @@ pub struct CrateItem<'hir> {
 /// [rustc dev guide]: https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/hir.html
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Crate<'hir> {
-    pub item: CrateItem<'hir>,
+    pub item: Mod<'hir>,
     pub exported_macros: &'hir [MacroDef<'hir>],
     // Attributes from non-exported macros, kept only for collecting the library feature list.
     pub non_exported_macro_attrs: &'hir [Attribute],
@@ -2983,7 +2976,7 @@ pub enum Node<'hir> {
     GenericParam(&'hir GenericParam<'hir>),
     Visibility(&'hir Visibility<'hir>),
 
-    Crate(&'hir CrateItem<'hir>),
+    Crate(&'hir Mod<'hir>),
 }
 
 impl<'hir> Node<'hir> {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/intravisit.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/intravisit.rs
index 9b908b141af14..d766a68e19455 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/intravisit.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/intravisit.rs
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ pub trait Visitor<'v>: Sized {
 
 /// Walks the contents of a crate. See also `Crate::visit_all_items`.
 pub fn walk_crate<'v, V: Visitor<'v>>(visitor: &mut V, krate: &'v Crate<'v>) {
-    visitor.visit_mod(&krate.item.module, krate.item.span, CRATE_HIR_ID);
+    visitor.visit_mod(&krate.item, krate.item.inner, CRATE_HIR_ID);
     walk_list!(visitor, visit_macro_def, krate.exported_macros);
     for (&id, attrs) in krate.attrs.iter() {
         for a in *attrs {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs
index 89d56ed317402..2d499e194e199 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_pretty/src/lib.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ pub fn print_crate<'a>(
     // When printing the AST, we sometimes need to inject `#[no_std]` here.
     // Since you can't compile the HIR, it's not necessary.
 
-    s.print_mod(&krate.item.module, s.attrs(hir::CRATE_HIR_ID));
+    s.print_mod(&krate.item, s.attrs(hir::CRATE_HIR_ID));
     s.print_remaining_comments();
     s.s.eof()
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
index 218248e715b4b..3f16bb9f442ee 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for MissingDoc {
     }
 
     fn check_crate(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, krate: &hir::Crate<'_>) {
-        self.check_missing_docs_attrs(cx, hir::CRATE_HIR_ID, krate.item.span, "the", "crate");
+        self.check_missing_docs_attrs(cx, hir::CRATE_HIR_ID, krate.item.inner, "the", "crate");
 
         for macro_def in krate.exported_macros {
             let attrs = cx.tcx.hir().attrs(macro_def.hir_id());
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs
index d055c275299a6..a5157854e15c0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/encoder.rs
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EncodeContext<'a, 'tcx> {
 
     fn encode_info_for_items(&mut self) {
         let krate = self.tcx.hir().krate();
-        self.encode_info_for_mod(CRATE_DEF_ID, &krate.item.module);
+        self.encode_info_for_mod(CRATE_DEF_ID, &krate.item);
 
         // Proc-macro crates only export proc-macro items, which are looked
         // up using `proc_macro_data`
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/hir/map/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/hir/map/mod.rs
index 9e763befe2912..d155276051e4a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/hir/map/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/hir/map/mod.rs
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ impl<'hir> Map<'hir> {
         let hir_id = self.local_def_id_to_hir_id(module);
         match self.get_entry(hir_id).node {
             Node::Item(&Item { span, kind: ItemKind::Mod(ref m), .. }) => (m, span, hir_id),
-            Node::Crate(item) => (&item.module, item.span, hir_id),
+            Node::Crate(item) => (&item, item.inner, hir_id),
             node => panic!("not a module: {:?}", node),
         }
     }
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ impl<'hir> Map<'hir> {
             Node::Visibility(v) => bug!("unexpected Visibility {:?}", v),
             Node::Local(local) => local.span,
             Node::MacroDef(macro_def) => macro_def.span,
-            Node::Crate(item) => item.span,
+            Node::Crate(item) => item.inner,
         };
         Some(span)
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/entry.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/entry.rs
index 57848208f945e..e53f821e6daff 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/entry.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/entry.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ fn configure_main(
 }
 
 fn no_main_err(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, visitor: &EntryContext<'_, '_>) {
-    let sp = tcx.hir().krate().item.span;
+    let sp = tcx.hir().krate().item.inner;
     if *tcx.sess.parse_sess.reached_eof.borrow() {
         // There's an unclosed brace that made the parser reach `Eof`, we shouldn't complain about
         // the missing `fn main()` then as it might have been hidden inside an unclosed block.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs
index e54b1796aaa55..9c4f9b1198cf2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_passes/src/stability.rs
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ fn new_index(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> Index<'tcx> {
 
         annotator.annotate(
             hir::CRATE_HIR_ID,
-            krate.item.span,
+            krate.item.inner,
             AnnotationKind::Required,
             InheritDeprecation::Yes,
             InheritConstStability::No,
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ pub fn check_unused_or_stable_features(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) {
     if tcx.stability().staged_api[&LOCAL_CRATE] {
         let krate = tcx.hir().krate();
         let mut missing = MissingStabilityAnnotations { tcx, access_levels };
-        missing.check_missing_stability(hir::CRATE_HIR_ID, krate.item.span);
+        missing.check_missing_stability(hir::CRATE_HIR_ID, krate.item.inner);
         intravisit::walk_crate(&mut missing, krate);
         krate.visit_all_item_likes(&mut missing.as_deep_visitor());
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/dump_visitor.rs b/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/dump_visitor.rs
index 65f16ff45a10c..12c77e0c8a60d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/dump_visitor.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_save_analysis/src/dump_visitor.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ impl<'tcx> DumpVisitor<'tcx> {
             },
             crate_root: crate_root.unwrap_or_else(|| "<no source>".to_owned()),
             external_crates: self.save_ctxt.get_external_crates(),
-            span: self.span_from_span(krate.item.span),
+            span: self.span_from_span(krate.item.inner),
         };
 
         self.dumper.crate_prelude(data);
@@ -1097,16 +1097,11 @@ impl<'tcx> DumpVisitor<'tcx> {
             format!("::{}", self.tcx.def_path_str(self.tcx.hir().local_def_id(id).to_def_id()));
 
         let sm = self.tcx.sess.source_map();
-        let filename = sm.span_to_filename(krate.item.span);
+        let filename = sm.span_to_filename(krate.item.inner);
         let data_id = id_from_hir_id(id, &self.save_ctxt);
-        let children = krate
-            .item
-            .module
-            .item_ids
-            .iter()
-            .map(|i| id_from_def_id(i.def_id.to_def_id()))
-            .collect();
-        let span = self.span_from_span(krate.item.span);
+        let children =
+            krate.item.item_ids.iter().map(|i| id_from_def_id(i.def_id.to_def_id())).collect();
+        let span = self.span_from_span(krate.item.inner);
         let attrs = self.tcx.hir().attrs(id);
 
         self.dumper.dump_def(
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 80054469f9d6e..4d33a1e69612f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ impl Clean<ExternalCrate> for CrateNum {
             tcx.hir()
                 .krate()
                 .item
-                .module
                 .item_ids
                 .iter()
                 .filter_map(|&id| {
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ impl Clean<ExternalCrate> for CrateNum {
             tcx.hir()
                 .krate()
                 .item
-                .module
                 .item_ids
                 .iter()
                 .filter_map(|&id| {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
index d9e97e02a14ef..3d0ef02890224 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/doctest.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ crate fn run(options: Options) -> Result<(), ErrorReported> {
                 hir_collector.visit_testable(
                     "".to_string(),
                     CRATE_HIR_ID,
-                    krate.item.span,
+                    krate.item.inner,
                     |this| {
                         intravisit::walk_crate(this, krate);
                     },
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
index 17a66d1788e6d..ca30d8f0d4623 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
 
     crate fn visit(mut self, krate: &'tcx hir::Crate<'_>) -> Module<'tcx> {
         let mut top_level_module = self.visit_mod_contents(
-            krate.item.span,
+            krate.item.inner,
             &Spanned { span: rustc_span::DUMMY_SP, node: hir::VisibilityKind::Public },
             hir::CRATE_HIR_ID,
-            &krate.item.module,
+            &krate.item,
             self.cx.tcx.crate_name,
         );
         top_level_module.is_crate = true;
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs
index 5741aad261bb7..21b4983a1af02 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/missing_doc.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for MissingDoc {
 
     fn check_crate(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, krate: &'tcx hir::Crate<'_>) {
         let attrs = cx.tcx.hir().attrs(hir::CRATE_HIR_ID);
-        self.check_missing_docs_attrs(cx, attrs, krate.item.span, "the", "crate");
+        self.check_missing_docs_attrs(cx, attrs, krate.item.inner, "the", "crate");
     }
 
     fn check_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, it: &'tcx hir::Item<'_>) {
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
index b2655f8d797b1..6b235875c2031 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ use rustc_hir::def::{CtorKind, CtorOf, DefKind, Res};
 use rustc_hir::def_id::{DefId, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc_hir::intravisit::{self, NestedVisitorMap, Visitor};
 use rustc_hir::{
-    def, Arm, BindingAnnotation, Block, Body, Constness, CrateItem, Expr, ExprKind, FieldDef, FnDecl, ForeignItem,
-    GenericArgs, GenericParam, HirId, Impl, ImplItem, ImplItemKind, Item, ItemKind, LangItem, Lifetime, Local,
-    MacroDef, MatchSource, Node, Param, Pat, PatKind, Path, PathSegment, QPath, Stmt, TraitItem, TraitItemKind,
-    TraitRef, TyKind, Variant, Visibility,
+    def, Arm, BindingAnnotation, Block, Body, Constness, Expr, ExprKind, FieldDef, FnDecl, ForeignItem, GenericArgs,
+    GenericParam, HirId, Impl, ImplItem, ImplItemKind, Item, ItemKind, LangItem, Lifetime, Local, MacroDef,
+    MatchSource, Mod, Node, Param, Pat, PatKind, Path, PathSegment, QPath, Stmt, TraitItem, TraitItemKind, TraitRef,
+    TyKind, Variant, Visibility,
 };
 use rustc_lint::{LateContext, Level, Lint, LintContext};
 use rustc_middle::hir::exports::Export;
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ pub fn get_node_span(node: Node<'_>) -> Option<Span> {
         | Node::Lifetime(Lifetime { span, .. })
         | Node::GenericParam(GenericParam { span, .. })
         | Node::Visibility(Visibility { span, .. })
-        | Node::Crate(CrateItem { span, .. }) => Some(*span),
+        | Node::Crate(Mod { inner: span, .. }) => Some(*span),
         Node::Ctor(_) | Node::AnonConst(_) => None,
     }
 }