diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs
index edd09b9c3c5fd..00e01e47fee3a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use rustc_abi::Primitive::{Int, Pointer};
 use rustc_abi::{Align, BackendRepr, FieldsShape, Size, TagEncoding, VariantIdx, Variants};
 use rustc_middle::mir::PlaceTy;
 use rustc_middle::mir::interpret::Scalar;
-use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{HasTyCtxt, LayoutOf, TyAndLayout};
+use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{HasTyCtxt, HasTypingEnv, LayoutOf, TyAndLayout};
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty};
 use rustc_middle::{bug, mir};
 use tracing::{debug, instrument};
@@ -168,7 +168,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, V: CodegenObject> PlaceRef<'tcx, V> {
             };
             let val = PlaceValue {
                 llval,
-                llextra: if bx.cx().type_has_metadata(field.ty) { self.val.llextra } else { None },
+                llextra: if bx.cx().tcx().type_has_metadata(field.ty, bx.cx().typing_env()) {
+                    self.val.llextra
+                } else {
+                    None
+                },
                 align: effective_field_align,
             };
             val.with_type(field)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs
index 1eebe04225bef..d24e48b37a46f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/rvalue.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::assert_matches::assert_matches;
 use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
 use rustc_abi::{self as abi, FIRST_VARIANT, FieldIdx};
 use rustc_middle::ty::adjustment::PointerCoercion;
-use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{HasTyCtxt, LayoutOf, TyAndLayout};
+use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{HasTyCtxt, HasTypingEnv, LayoutOf, TyAndLayout};
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Instance, Ty, TyCtxt};
 use rustc_middle::{bug, mir, span_bug};
 use rustc_session::config::OptLevel;
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>> FunctionCx<'a, 'tcx, Bx> {
 
         let ty = cg_place.layout.ty;
         assert!(
-            if bx.cx().type_has_metadata(ty) {
+            if bx.cx().tcx().type_has_metadata(ty, bx.cx().typing_env()) {
                 matches!(val, OperandValue::Pair(..))
             } else {
                 matches!(val, OperandValue::Immediate(..))
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/type_.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/type_.rs
index c178ebc596e1e..fbd927d0d663e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/type_.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/traits/type_.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use rustc_abi::{AddressSpace, Float, Integer, Reg};
 use rustc_middle::bug;
+use rustc_middle::ty::Ty;
 use rustc_middle::ty::layout::{HasTyCtxt, HasTypingEnv, TyAndLayout};
-use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty};
 use rustc_target::callconv::{ArgAbi, CastTarget, FnAbi};
 
 use super::BackendTypes;
@@ -84,19 +84,6 @@ pub trait DerivedTypeCodegenMethods<'tcx>:
     fn type_is_freeze(&self, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
         ty.is_freeze(self.tcx(), self.typing_env())
     }
-
-    fn type_has_metadata(&self, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> bool {
-        if ty.is_sized(self.tcx(), self.typing_env()) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        let tail = self.tcx().struct_tail_for_codegen(ty, self.typing_env());
-        match tail.kind() {
-            ty::Foreign(..) => false,
-            ty::Str | ty::Slice(..) | ty::Dynamic(..) => true,
-            _ => bug!("unexpected unsized tail: {:?}", tail),
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 impl<'tcx, T> DerivedTypeCodegenMethods<'tcx> for T where
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/util.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/util.rs
index c153f6bb7d77c..4d917963cd6ce 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/util.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/util.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,20 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
         tcx.struct_tail_raw(ty, |ty| tcx.normalize_erasing_regions(typing_env, ty), || {})
     }
 
+    /// Returns true if a type has metadata.
+    pub fn type_has_metadata(self, ty: Ty<'tcx>, typing_env: ty::TypingEnv<'tcx>) -> bool {
+        if ty.is_sized(self, typing_env) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        let tail = self.struct_tail_for_codegen(ty, typing_env);
+        match tail.kind() {
+            ty::Foreign(..) => false,
+            ty::Str | ty::Slice(..) | ty::Dynamic(..) => true,
+            _ => bug!("unexpected unsized tail: {:?}", tail),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the deeply last field of nested structures, or the same type if
     /// not a structure at all. Corresponds to the only possible unsized field,
     /// and its type can be used to determine unsizing strategy.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs b/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs
index d7cb8f18f8268..f8af6837fc254 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs
@@ -1043,18 +1043,7 @@ fn find_vtable_types_for_unsizing<'tcx>(
 ) -> (Ty<'tcx>, Ty<'tcx>) {
     let ptr_vtable = |inner_source: Ty<'tcx>, inner_target: Ty<'tcx>| {
         let typing_env = ty::TypingEnv::fully_monomorphized();
-        let type_has_metadata = |ty: Ty<'tcx>| -> bool {
-            if ty.is_sized(tcx.tcx, typing_env) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            let tail = tcx.struct_tail_for_codegen(ty, typing_env);
-            match tail.kind() {
-                ty::Foreign(..) => false,
-                ty::Str | ty::Slice(..) | ty::Dynamic(..) => true,
-                _ => bug!("unexpected unsized tail: {:?}", tail),
-            }
-        };
-        if type_has_metadata(inner_source) {
+        if tcx.type_has_metadata(inner_source, typing_env) {
             (inner_source, inner_target)
         } else {
             tcx.struct_lockstep_tails_for_codegen(inner_source, inner_target, typing_env)