diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6994c385fc83..f79ba2dcfc7e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ impl WriteBackendMethods for GccCodegenBackend {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 
-    unsafe fn optimize(
+    fn optimize(
         _cgcx: &CodegenContext<Self>,
         _dcx: DiagCtxtHandle<'_>,
         module: &mut ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>,
@@ -409,14 +409,14 @@ impl WriteBackendMethods for GccCodegenBackend {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    unsafe fn optimize_thin(
+    fn optimize_thin(
         cgcx: &CodegenContext<Self>,
         thin: ThinModule<Self>,
     ) -> Result<ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>, FatalError> {
         back::lto::optimize_thin_module(thin, cgcx)
     }
 
-    unsafe fn codegen(
+    fn codegen(
         cgcx: &CodegenContext<Self>,
         dcx: DiagCtxtHandle<'_>,
         module: ModuleCodegen<Self::Module>,