diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir.rs
index 9064ac3f07f7..b55268d07526 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ macro_rules! thir_with_elements {
 
 thir_with_elements! {
     arms: ArmId => Arm<'tcx> => "a{}",
+    blocks: BlockId => Block => "b{}",
     exprs: ExprId => Expr<'tcx> => "e{}",
     stmts: StmtId => Stmt<'tcx> => "s{}",
 }
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ pub enum StmtKind<'tcx> {
         initializer: Option<ExprId>,
 
         /// `let pat: ty = <INIT> else { <ELSE> }
-        else_block: Option<Block>,
+        else_block: Option<BlockId>,
 
         /// The lint level for this `let` statement.
         lint_level: LintLevel,
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ pub enum ExprKind<'tcx> {
     },
     /// A block.
     Block {
-        body: Block,
+        block: BlockId,
     },
     /// An assignment: `lhs = rhs`.
     Assign {
@@ -802,5 +803,5 @@ mod size_asserts {
     static_assert_size!(Block, 56);
     static_assert_size!(Expr<'_>, 88);
     static_assert_size!(Pat<'_>, 24);
-    static_assert_size!(Stmt<'_>, 120);
+    static_assert_size!(Stmt<'_>, 72);
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir/visit.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir/visit.rs
index 97249fdd1756..758a42ea320f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir/visit.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/thir/visit.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn walk_expr<'a, 'tcx: 'a, V: Visitor<'a, 'tcx>>(visitor: &mut V, expr: &Exp
                 visitor.visit_arm(&visitor.thir()[arm]);
             }
         }
-        Block { ref body } => visitor.visit_block(body),
+        Block { block } => visitor.visit_block(&visitor.thir()[block]),
         Assign { lhs, rhs } | AssignOp { lhs, rhs, op: _ } => {
             visitor.visit_expr(&visitor.thir()[lhs]);
             visitor.visit_expr(&visitor.thir()[rhs]);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pub fn walk_stmt<'a, 'tcx: 'a, V: Visitor<'a, 'tcx>>(visitor: &mut V, stmt: &Stm
             }
             visitor.visit_pat(pattern);
             if let Some(block) = else_block {
-                visitor.visit_block(block)
+                visitor.visit_block(&visitor.thir()[*block])
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/block.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/block.rs
index 6875600129a8..09045ef63a12 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/block.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/block.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
         &mut self,
         destination: Place<'tcx>,
         block: BasicBlock,
-        ast_block: &Block,
+        ast_block: BlockId,
         source_info: SourceInfo,
     ) -> BlockAnd<()> {
         let Block {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
             expr,
             targeted_by_break,
             safety_mode,
-        } = *ast_block;
+        } = self.thir[ast_block];
         let expr = expr.map(|expr| &self.thir[expr]);
         self.in_opt_scope(opt_destruction_scope.map(|de| (de, source_info)), move |this| {
             this.in_scope((region_scope, source_info), LintLevel::Inherited, move |this| {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
                                                 block,
                                                 init,
                                                 initializer_span,
-                                                else_block,
+                                                *else_block,
                                                 visibility_scope,
                                                 *remainder_scope,
                                                 remainder_span,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_temp.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_temp.rs
index 724b72f8769b..e5dafb820bf8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_temp.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/as_temp.rs
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
             // Don't bother with StorageLive and Dead for these temporaries,
             // they are never assigned.
             ExprKind::Break { .. } | ExprKind::Continue { .. } | ExprKind::Return { .. } => (),
-            ExprKind::Block { body: Block { expr: None, targeted_by_break: false, .. } }
-                if expr_ty.is_never() => {}
+            ExprKind::Block { block }
+                if let Block { expr: None, targeted_by_break: false, .. } = this.thir[block]
+                    && expr_ty.is_never() => {}
             _ => {
                 this.cfg
                     .push(block, Statement { source_info, kind: StatementKind::StorageLive(temp) });
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/into.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/into.rs
index 7ebcc53693ff..1e35167fce27 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/into.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/into.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
                     })
                 })
             }
-            ExprKind::Block { body: ref ast_block } => {
+            ExprKind::Block { block: ast_block } => {
                 this.ast_block(destination, block, ast_block, source_info)
             }
             ExprKind::Match { scrutinee, ref arms } => {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/stmt.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/stmt.rs
index a7e1331aabca..00dbcaeb0c96 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/stmt.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/expr/stmt.rs
@@ -116,14 +116,22 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
                 // it is usually better to focus on `the_value` rather
                 // than the entirety of block(s) surrounding it.
                 let adjusted_span = (|| {
-                    if let ExprKind::Block { body } = &expr.kind && let Some(tail_ex) = body.expr {
+                    if let ExprKind::Block { block } = expr.kind
+                        && let Some(tail_ex) = this.thir[block].expr
+                    {
                         let mut expr = &this.thir[tail_ex];
-                        while let ExprKind::Block {
-                            body: Block { expr: Some(nested_expr), .. },
-                        }
-                        | ExprKind::Scope { value: nested_expr, .. } = expr.kind
-                        {
-                            expr = &this.thir[nested_expr];
+                        loop {
+                            match expr.kind {
+                                ExprKind::Block { block }
+                                    if let Some(nested_expr) = this.thir[block].expr =>
+                                {
+                                    expr = &this.thir[nested_expr];
+                                }
+                                ExprKind::Scope { value: nested_expr, .. } => {
+                                    expr = &this.thir[nested_expr];
+                                }
+                                _ => break,
+                            }
                         }
                         this.block_context.push(BlockFrame::TailExpr {
                             tail_result_is_ignored: true,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/mod.rs
index ce38283724da..080dab030316 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/build/matches/mod.rs
@@ -2280,15 +2280,16 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
         mut block: BasicBlock,
         init: &Expr<'tcx>,
         initializer_span: Span,
-        else_block: &Block,
+        else_block: BlockId,
         visibility_scope: Option<SourceScope>,
         remainder_scope: region::Scope,
         remainder_span: Span,
         pattern: &Pat<'tcx>,
     ) -> BlockAnd<()> {
+        let else_block_span = self.thir[else_block].span;
         let (matching, failure) = self.in_if_then_scope(remainder_scope, |this| {
             let scrutinee = unpack!(block = this.lower_scrutinee(block, init, initializer_span));
-            let pat = Pat { ty: init.ty, span: else_block.span, kind: Box::new(PatKind::Wild) };
+            let pat = Pat { ty: init.ty, span: else_block_span, kind: Box::new(PatKind::Wild) };
             let mut wildcard = Candidate::new(scrutinee.clone(), &pat, false);
             this.declare_bindings(
                 visibility_scope,
@@ -2318,7 +2319,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
             );
             // This block is for the failure case
             let failure = this.bind_pattern(
-                this.source_info(else_block.span),
+                this.source_info(else_block_span),
                 wildcard,
                 None,
                 &fake_borrow_temps,
@@ -2334,19 +2335,19 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'tcx> {
         // This place is not really used because this destination place
         // should never be used to take values at the end of the failure
         // block.
-        let dummy_place = self.temp(self.tcx.types.never, else_block.span);
+        let dummy_place = self.temp(self.tcx.types.never, else_block_span);
         let failure_block;
         unpack!(
             failure_block = self.ast_block(
                 dummy_place,
                 failure,
                 else_block,
-                self.source_info(else_block.span),
+                self.source_info(else_block_span),
             )
         );
         self.cfg.terminate(
             failure_block,
-            self.source_info(else_block.span),
+            self.source_info(else_block_span),
             TerminatorKind::Unreachable,
         );
         matching.unit()
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/block.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/block.rs
index dccaa61ed89d..54c4b9eda70d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/block.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/block.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ use rustc_index::vec::Idx;
 use rustc_middle::ty::CanonicalUserTypeAnnotation;
 
 impl<'tcx> Cx<'tcx> {
-    pub(crate) fn mirror_block(&mut self, block: &'tcx hir::Block<'tcx>) -> Block {
+    pub(crate) fn mirror_block(&mut self, block: &'tcx hir::Block<'tcx>) -> BlockId {
         // We have to eagerly lower the "spine" of the statements
         // in order to get the lexical scoping correctly.
         let stmts = self.mirror_stmts(block.hir_id.local_id, block.stmts);
         let opt_destruction_scope =
             self.region_scope_tree.opt_destruction_scope(block.hir_id.local_id);
-        Block {
+        let block = Block {
             targeted_by_break: block.targeted_by_break,
             region_scope: region::Scope {
                 id: block.hir_id.local_id,
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ impl<'tcx> Cx<'tcx> {
                     BlockSafety::ExplicitUnsafe(block.hir_id)
                 }
             },
-        }
+        };
+
+        self.thir.blocks.push(block)
     }
 
     fn mirror_stmts(
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/expr.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/expr.rs
index 0db8748cb25d..5e1f1c8e84e8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/thir/cx/expr.rs
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ impl<'tcx> Cx<'tcx> {
         //   // ^ error message points at this expression.
         // }
         let mut adjust_span = |expr: &mut Expr<'tcx>| {
-            if let ExprKind::Block { body } = &expr.kind {
-                if let Some(last_expr) = body.expr {
+            if let ExprKind::Block { block } = expr.kind {
+                if let Some(last_expr) = self.thir[block].expr {
                     span = self.thir[last_expr].span;
                     expr.span = span;
                 }
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Cx<'tcx> {
                 ExprKind::AddressOf { mutability, arg: self.mirror_expr(arg) }
             }
 
-            hir::ExprKind::Block(ref blk, _) => ExprKind::Block { body: self.mirror_block(blk) },
+            hir::ExprKind::Block(ref blk, _) => ExprKind::Block { block: self.mirror_block(blk) },
 
             hir::ExprKind::Assign(ref lhs, ref rhs, _) => {
                 ExprKind::Assign { lhs: self.mirror_expr(lhs), rhs: self.mirror_expr(rhs) }
@@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ impl<'tcx> Cx<'tcx> {
                 let body = self.thir.exprs.push(Expr {
                     ty: block_ty,
                     temp_lifetime,
-                    span: block.span,
-                    kind: ExprKind::Block { body: block },
+                    span: self.thir[block].span,
+                    kind: ExprKind::Block { block },
                 });
                 ExprKind::Loop { body }
             }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/consts.rs b/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/consts.rs
index 7c2f4db94ff7..e8ce8e6f23ec 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/consts.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ty_utils/src/consts.rs
@@ -311,8 +311,15 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> AbstractConstBuilder<'a, 'tcx> {
             //     bar::<{ N + 1 }>();
             // }
             // ```
-            ExprKind::Block { body: thir::Block { stmts: box [], expr: Some(e), .. } } => {
-                self.recurse_build(*e)?
+            ExprKind::Block { block } => {
+                if let thir::Block { stmts: box [], expr: Some(e), .. } = &self.body.blocks[*block] {
+                    self.recurse_build(*e)?
+                } else {
+                    self.maybe_supported_error(
+                        node.span,
+                        "blocks are not supported in generic constant",
+                    )?
+                }
             }
             // `ExprKind::Use` happens when a `hir::ExprKind::Cast` is a
             // "coercion cast" i.e. using a coercion or is a no-op.
@@ -349,10 +356,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> AbstractConstBuilder<'a, 'tcx> {
                 node.span,
                 "array construction is not supported in generic constants",
             )?,
-            ExprKind::Block { .. } => self.maybe_supported_error(
-                node.span,
-                "blocks are not supported in generic constant",
-            )?,
             ExprKind::NeverToAny { .. } => self.maybe_supported_error(
                 node.span,
                 "converting nevers to any is not supported in generic constant",
diff --git a/src/test/ui/thir-tree.stdout b/src/test/ui/thir-tree.stdout
index 3c84be8e8f8d..960b7f7f4dde 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/thir-tree.stdout
+++ b/src/test/ui/thir-tree.stdout
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 DefId(0:3 ~ thir_tree[8f1d]::main):
 Thir {
     arms: [],
+    blocks: [
+        Block {
+            targeted_by_break: false,
+            region_scope: Node(1),
+            opt_destruction_scope: None,
+            span: $DIR/thir-tree.rs:4:15: 4:17 (#0),
+            stmts: [],
+            expr: None,
+            safety_mode: Safe,
+        },
+    ],
     exprs: [
         Expr {
             ty: (),
@@ -9,15 +20,7 @@ Thir {
             ),
             span: $DIR/thir-tree.rs:4:15: 4:17 (#0),
             kind: Block {
-                body: Block {
-                    targeted_by_break: false,
-                    region_scope: Node(1),
-                    opt_destruction_scope: None,
-                    span: $DIR/thir-tree.rs:4:15: 4:17 (#0),
-                    stmts: [],
-                    expr: None,
-                    safety_mode: Safe,
-                },
+                block: b0,
             },
         },
         Expr {