diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
index 11ee59b2401c8..fd034548c17d2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ fn resolve_primitive(path_str: &str, ns: Namespace) -> Option<Res> {
         "array" => Array,
         "tuple" => Tuple,
         "unit" => Unit,
-        "pointer" | "*" | "*const" | "*mut" => RawPointer,
+        "pointer" | "*const" | "*mut" => RawPointer,
         "reference" | "&" | "&mut" => Reference,
         "fn" => Fn,
         "never" | "!" => Never,
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/intra-doc/non-path-primitives.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/intra-doc/non-path-primitives.rs
index ad4f6ddd9de69..a409744e409b0 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc/intra-doc/non-path-primitives.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/intra-doc/non-path-primitives.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
 // @has - '//a[@href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_null"]' 'pointer::is_null'
 // @has - '//a[@href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_null"]' '*const::is_null'
 // @has - '//a[@href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_null"]' '*mut::is_null'
-// @has - '//a[@href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.pointer.html#method.is_null"]' '*::is_null'
 //! [pointer::is_null]
 //! [*const::is_null]
 //! [*mut::is_null]
-//! [*::is_null]
 
 // @has - '//a[@href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.unit.html"]' 'unit'
 //! [unit]