diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
index 6ce03a9c5649..37809c377cae 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ enum ImplTraitContext<'b, 'a> {
         // FIXME(impl_trait): but `required_region_bounds` will ICE later
         // anyway.
         capturable_lifetimes: &'b mut FxHashSet<hir::LifetimeName>,
-        /// Origin: Either OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias or OpaqueTyOrigin::Misc,
+        /// Origin: OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias
         origin: hir::OpaqueTyOrigin,
     },
     /// `impl Trait` is not accepted in this position.
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ impl<'a, 'hir> LoweringContext<'a, 'hir> {
                             true,
                             ImplTraitContext::TypeAliasesOpaqueTy {
                                 capturable_lifetimes: &mut capturable_lifetimes,
-                                origin: hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::Misc,
+                                origin: hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias,
                             },
                         )
                     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
index 141788e7df47..fd5ee75effe6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
@@ -2272,8 +2272,6 @@ pub enum OpaqueTyOrigin {
     AsyncFn,
     /// type aliases: `type Foo = impl Trait;`
     TyAlias,
-    /// Impl trait consts, statics, bounds.
-    Misc,
 }
 
 /// The various kinds of types recognized by the compiler.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/opaque_types.rs b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/opaque_types.rs
index f380ad54d7f7..39013a317fd9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/opaque_types.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_trait_selection/src/opaque_types.rs
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> InferCtxtExt<'tcx> for InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             }
             // These opaque type inherit all lifetime parameters from their
             // parent, so we have to check them all.
-            hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias | hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::Misc => 0,
+            hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias => 0,
         };
 
         let span = tcx.def_span(def_id);
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Instantiator<'a, 'tcx> {
                                     may_define_opaque_type(tcx, self.parent_def_id, opaque_hir_id),
                                     origin,
                                 ),
-                                _ => (def_scope_default(), hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::Misc),
+                                _ => (def_scope_default(), hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias),
                             };
                         if in_definition_scope {
                             let opaque_type_key =
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/check.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/check.rs
index 98ac604b09f8..8db959578161 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/check.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/check.rs
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ fn check_opaque_meets_bounds<'tcx>(
         // Checked when type checking the function containing them.
         hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::FnReturn | hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::AsyncFn => return,
         // Can have different predicates to their defining use
-        hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::Misc | hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias => {}
+        hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias => {}
     }
 
     let hir_id = tcx.hir().local_def_id_to_hir_id(def_id);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/writeback.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/writeback.rs
index 0aa059b7de80..190ce782cfeb 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/writeback.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/writeback.rs
@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> WritebackCx<'cx, 'tcx> {
             let mut skip_add = false;
 
             if let ty::Opaque(definition_ty_def_id, _substs) = *definition_ty.kind() {
-                if let hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::Misc | hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias = opaque_defn.origin
-                {
+                if let hir::OpaqueTyOrigin::TyAlias = opaque_defn.origin {
                     if opaque_type_key.def_id == definition_ty_def_id {
                         debug!(
                             "skipping adding concrete definition for opaque type {:?} {:?}",