diff --git a/src/librustdoc/core.rs b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
index d79c47bbe3de..c92b1884f695 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/core.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ crate fn run_global_ctxt(
         };
         if run {
             debug!("running pass {}", p.pass.name);
-            krate = ctxt.tcx.sess.time(p.pass.name, || (p.pass.run)(krate, &ctxt));
+            krate = ctxt.tcx.sess.time(p.pass.name, || (p.pass.run)(krate, &mut ctxt));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
index cdbff62d0645..542cf6d2c275 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ crate const CALCULATE_DOC_COVERAGE: Pass = Pass {
     description: "counts the number of items with and without documentation",
 };
 
-fn calculate_doc_coverage(krate: clean::Crate, ctx: &DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
-    let mut calc = CoverageCalculator::new(ctx);
+fn calculate_doc_coverage(krate: clean::Crate, ctx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
+    let mut calc = CoverageCalculator { items: Default::default(), ctx };
     let krate = calc.fold_crate(krate);
 
     calc.print_results();
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl ops::AddAssign for ItemCount {
 
 struct CoverageCalculator<'a, 'b> {
     items: BTreeMap<FileName, ItemCount>,
-    ctx: &'a DocContext<'b>,
+    ctx: &'a mut DocContext<'b>,
 }
 
 fn limit_filename_len(filename: String) -> String {
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ fn limit_filename_len(filename: String) -> String {
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'b> CoverageCalculator<'a, 'b> {
-    fn new(ctx: &'a DocContext<'b>) -> CoverageCalculator<'a, 'b> {
-        CoverageCalculator { items: Default::default(), ctx }
-    }
-
     fn to_json(&self) -> String {
         serde_json::to_string(
             &self
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs
index 9516130034b5..c85490864ec7 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/check_code_block_syntax.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ crate const CHECK_CODE_BLOCK_SYNTAX: Pass = Pass {
     description: "validates syntax inside Rust code blocks",
 };
 
-crate fn check_code_block_syntax(krate: clean::Crate, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
+crate fn check_code_block_syntax(krate: clean::Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
     SyntaxChecker { cx }.fold_crate(krate)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
index a54b4adc1329..398b9cfc3644 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_intra_doc_links.rs
@@ -47,8 +47,13 @@ crate const COLLECT_INTRA_DOC_LINKS: Pass = Pass {
     description: "resolves intra-doc links",
 };
 
-crate fn collect_intra_doc_links(krate: Crate, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
-    LinkCollector::new(cx).fold_crate(krate)
+crate fn collect_intra_doc_links(krate: Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
+    LinkCollector {
+        cx,
+        mod_ids: Vec::new(),
+        kind_side_channel: Cell::new(None),
+        visited_links: FxHashMap::default(),
+    }.fold_crate(krate)
 }
 
 /// Top-level errors emitted by this pass.
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ struct CachedLink {
 }
 
 struct LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
-    cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>,
+    cx: &'a mut DocContext<'tcx>,
     /// A stack of modules used to decide what scope to resolve in.
     ///
     /// The last module will be used if the parent scope of the current item is
@@ -273,15 +278,6 @@ struct LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
-    fn new(cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>) -> Self {
-        LinkCollector {
-            cx,
-            mod_ids: Vec::new(),
-            kind_side_channel: Cell::new(None),
-            visited_links: FxHashMap::default(),
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Given a full link, parse it as an [enum struct variant].
     ///
     /// In particular, this will return an error whenever there aren't three
@@ -293,7 +289,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
         path_str: &'path str,
         module_id: DefId,
     ) -> Result<(Res, Option<String>), ErrorKind<'path>> {
-        let cx = self.cx;
+        let tcx = self.cx.tcx;
         let no_res = || ResolutionFailure::NotResolved {
             module_id,
             partial_res: None,
@@ -317,7 +313,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
             // If there's no third component, we saw `[a::b]` before and it failed to resolve.
             // So there's no partial res.
             .ok_or_else(no_res)?;
-        let ty_res = cx
+        let ty_res = self.cx
             .enter_resolver(|resolver| {
                 resolver.resolve_str_path_error(DUMMY_SP, &path, TypeNS, module_id)
             })
@@ -326,18 +322,17 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
 
         match ty_res {
             Res::Def(DefKind::Enum, did) => {
-                if cx
-                    .tcx
+                if tcx
                     .inherent_impls(did)
                     .iter()
-                    .flat_map(|imp| cx.tcx.associated_items(*imp).in_definition_order())
+                    .flat_map(|imp| tcx.associated_items(*imp).in_definition_order())
                     .any(|item| item.ident.name == variant_name)
                 {
                     // This is just to let `fold_item` know that this shouldn't be considered;
                     // it's a bug for the error to make it to the user
                     return Err(ResolutionFailure::Dummy.into());
                 }
-                match cx.tcx.type_of(did).kind() {
+                match tcx.type_of(did).kind() {
                     ty::Adt(def, _) if def.is_enum() => {
                         if def.all_fields().any(|item| item.ident.name == variant_field_name) {
                             Ok((
@@ -380,16 +375,16 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
         item_name: Symbol,
         item_str: &'path str,
     ) -> Result<(Res, Option<String>), ErrorKind<'path>> {
-        let cx = self.cx;
+        let tcx = self.cx.tcx;
 
         prim_ty
-            .impls(cx.tcx)
+            .impls(tcx)
             .into_iter()
             .find_map(|&impl_| {
-                cx.tcx
+                tcx
                     .associated_items(impl_)
                     .find_by_name_and_namespace(
-                        cx.tcx,
+                        tcx,
                         Ident::with_dummy_span(item_name),
                         ns,
                         impl_,
@@ -434,9 +429,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
         path_str: &'a str,
         module_id: DefId,
     ) -> Result<Res, ResolutionFailure<'a>> {
-        let cx = self.cx;
         let path = ast::Path::from_ident(Ident::from_str(path_str));
-        cx.enter_resolver(|resolver| {
+        self.cx.enter_resolver(|resolver| {
             // FIXME(jynelson): does this really need 3 separate lookups?
             if let Ok((Some(ext), res)) = resolver.resolve_macro_path(
                 &path,
@@ -498,7 +492,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> LinkCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
         module_id: DefId,
         extra_fragment: &Option<String>,
     ) -> Result<(Res, Option<String>), ErrorKind<'path>> {
-        let cx = self.cx;
+        let cx = &self.cx;
 
         if let Some(res) = self.resolve_path(path_str, ns, module_id) {
             match res {
@@ -948,12 +942,11 @@ impl LinkCollector<'_, '_> {
             return None;
         }
 
-        let cx = self.cx;
         let link = ori_link.link.replace("`", "");
         let parts = link.split('#').collect::<Vec<_>>();
         let (link, extra_fragment) = if parts.len() > 2 {
             // A valid link can't have multiple #'s
-            anchor_failure(cx, &item, &link, dox, ori_link.range, AnchorFailure::MultipleAnchors);
+            anchor_failure(self.cx, &item, &link, dox, ori_link.range, AnchorFailure::MultipleAnchors);
             return None;
         } else if parts.len() == 2 {
             if parts[0].trim().is_empty() {
@@ -1105,7 +1098,7 @@ impl LinkCollector<'_, '_> {
                 if matches!(disambiguator, Some(Disambiguator::Primitive)) {
                     if fragment.is_some() {
                         anchor_failure(
-                            cx,
+                            self.cx,
                             &item,
                             path_str,
                             dox,
@@ -1119,7 +1112,7 @@ impl LinkCollector<'_, '_> {
                 } else {
                     // `[char]` when a `char` module is in scope
                     let candidates = vec![res, prim];
-                    ambiguity_error(cx, &item, path_str, dox, ori_link.range, candidates);
+                    ambiguity_error(self.cx, &item, path_str, dox, ori_link.range, candidates);
                     return None;
                 }
             }
@@ -1140,7 +1133,7 @@ impl LinkCollector<'_, '_> {
                 suggest_disambiguator(resolved, diag, path_str, dox, sp, &ori_link.range);
             };
             report_diagnostic(
-                cx,
+                self.cx,
                 BROKEN_INTRA_DOC_LINKS,
                 &msg,
                 &item,
@@ -1187,7 +1180,7 @@ impl LinkCollector<'_, '_> {
                 if self.cx.tcx.privacy_access_levels(LOCAL_CRATE).is_exported(hir_src)
                     && !self.cx.tcx.privacy_access_levels(LOCAL_CRATE).is_exported(hir_dst)
                 {
-                    privacy_error(cx, &item, &path_str, dox, &ori_link);
+                    privacy_error(self.cx, &item, &path_str, dox, &ori_link);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1211,7 +1204,7 @@ impl LinkCollector<'_, '_> {
                         && !self.cx.tcx.features().intra_doc_pointers
                     {
                         let span = super::source_span_for_markdown_range(
-                            cx,
+                            self.cx,
                             dox,
                             &ori_link.range,
                             &item.attrs,
@@ -1243,7 +1236,7 @@ impl LinkCollector<'_, '_> {
             }
             Res::Def(kind, id) => {
                 verify(kind, id)?;
-                let id = clean::register_res(cx, rustc_hir::def::Res::Def(kind, id));
+                let id = clean::register_res(self.cx, rustc_hir::def::Res::Def(kind, id));
                 Some(ItemLink { link: ori_link.link, link_text, did: Some(id), fragment })
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_trait_impls.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_trait_impls.rs
index 0951a9c2c979..6ca37453de6b 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_trait_impls.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/collect_trait_impls.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ crate const COLLECT_TRAIT_IMPLS: Pass = Pass {
     description: "retrieves trait impls for items in the crate",
 };
 
-crate fn collect_trait_impls(krate: Crate, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
-    let mut synth = SyntheticImplCollector::new(cx);
+crate fn collect_trait_impls(krate: Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
+    let mut synth = SyntheticImplCollector { cx, impls: Vec::new() };
     let mut krate = cx.sess().time("collect_synthetic_impls", || synth.fold_crate(krate));
 
     let prims: FxHashSet<PrimitiveType> = krate.primitives.iter().map(|p| p.1).collect();
@@ -164,12 +164,6 @@ struct SyntheticImplCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
     impls: Vec<Item>,
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'tcx> SyntheticImplCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
-    fn new(cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>) -> Self {
-        SyntheticImplCollector { cx, impls: Vec::new() }
-    }
-}
-
 impl<'a, 'tcx> DocFolder for SyntheticImplCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
         if i.is_struct() || i.is_enum() || i.is_union() {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs
index 11f572560d60..042a895d2fa2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs
@@ -19,27 +19,20 @@ crate const CHECK_PRIVATE_ITEMS_DOC_TESTS: Pass = Pass {
 };
 
 struct PrivateItemDocTestLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
-    cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>,
+    cx: &'a mut DocContext<'tcx>,
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'tcx> PrivateItemDocTestLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
-    fn new(cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>) -> Self {
-        PrivateItemDocTestLinter { cx }
-    }
-}
-
-crate fn check_private_items_doc_tests(krate: Crate, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
-    let mut coll = PrivateItemDocTestLinter::new(cx);
+crate fn check_private_items_doc_tests(krate: Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
+    let mut coll = PrivateItemDocTestLinter { cx };
 
     coll.fold_crate(krate)
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> DocFolder for PrivateItemDocTestLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, item: Item) -> Option<Item> {
-        let cx = self.cx;
         let dox = item.attrs.collapsed_doc_value().unwrap_or_else(String::new);
 
-        look_for_tests(&cx, &dox, &item);
+        look_for_tests(self.cx, &dox, &item);
 
         Some(self.fold_item_recur(item))
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
index 38ec2bef0ade..a6fe7e228d7e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/html_tags.rs
@@ -16,20 +16,14 @@ crate const CHECK_INVALID_HTML_TAGS: Pass = Pass {
 };
 
 struct InvalidHtmlTagsLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
-    cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>,
+    cx: &'a mut DocContext<'tcx>,
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'tcx> InvalidHtmlTagsLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
-    fn new(cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>) -> Self {
-        InvalidHtmlTagsLinter { cx }
-    }
-}
-
-crate fn check_invalid_html_tags(krate: Crate, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
+crate fn check_invalid_html_tags(krate: Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
     if !cx.tcx.sess.is_nightly_build() {
         krate
     } else {
-        let mut coll = InvalidHtmlTagsLinter::new(cx);
+        let mut coll = InvalidHtmlTagsLinter { cx };
 
         coll.fold_crate(krate)
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
index 7ac42c759924..5813732facb6 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ crate use self::html_tags::CHECK_INVALID_HTML_TAGS;
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 crate struct Pass {
     crate name: &'static str,
-    crate run: fn(clean::Crate, &DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate,
+    crate run: fn(clean::Crate, &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate,
     crate description: &'static str,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/non_autolinks.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/non_autolinks.rs
index efb5df08cafd..1bce5060d770 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/non_autolinks.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/non_autolinks.rs
@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@ const URL_REGEX: &str = concat!(
 );
 
 struct NonAutolinksLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
-    cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>,
+    cx: &'a mut DocContext<'tcx>,
     regex: Regex,
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> NonAutolinksLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
-    fn new(cx: &'a DocContext<'tcx>) -> Self {
-        Self { cx, regex: Regex::new(URL_REGEX).expect("failed to build regex") }
-    }
-
     fn find_raw_urls(
         &self,
         text: &str,
@@ -52,11 +48,11 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> NonAutolinksLinter<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-crate fn check_non_autolinks(krate: Crate, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
+crate fn check_non_autolinks(krate: Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
     if !cx.tcx.sess.is_nightly_build() {
         krate
     } else {
-        let mut coll = NonAutolinksLinter::new(cx);
+        let mut coll = NonAutolinksLinter { cx, regex: Regex::new(URL_REGEX).expect("failed to build regex") };
 
         coll.fold_crate(krate)
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/propagate_doc_cfg.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/propagate_doc_cfg.rs
index 6722d7c2fc9f..2369ff78b1ce 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/propagate_doc_cfg.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/propagate_doc_cfg.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ crate const PROPAGATE_DOC_CFG: Pass = Pass {
     description: "propagates `#[doc(cfg(...))]` to child items",
 };
 
-crate fn propagate_doc_cfg(cr: Crate, _: &DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
+crate fn propagate_doc_cfg(cr: Crate, _: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
     CfgPropagator { parent_cfg: None }.fold_crate(cr)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
index 79f8562c4726..c742d32cb62e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ crate const STRIP_HIDDEN: Pass = Pass {
 };
 
 /// Strip items marked `#[doc(hidden)]`
-crate fn strip_hidden(krate: clean::Crate, _: &DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
+crate fn strip_hidden(krate: clean::Crate, _: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
     let mut retained = DefIdSet::default();
 
     // strip all #[doc(hidden)] items
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs
index 6eeaabacbc13..63869324cb8d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_priv_imports.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ crate const STRIP_PRIV_IMPORTS: Pass = Pass {
     description: "strips all private import statements (`use`, `extern crate`) from a crate",
 };
 
-crate fn strip_priv_imports(krate: clean::Crate, _: &DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
+crate fn strip_priv_imports(krate: clean::Crate, _: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
     ImportStripper.fold_crate(krate)
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs
index e812bcd87fe3..c0bb05af3edb 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_private.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ crate const STRIP_PRIVATE: Pass = Pass {
 
 /// Strip private items from the point of view of a crate or externally from a
 /// crate, specified by the `xcrate` flag.
-crate fn strip_private(mut krate: clean::Crate, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
+crate fn strip_private(mut krate: clean::Crate, cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
     // This stripper collects all *retained* nodes.
     let mut retained = DefIdSet::default();
     let access_levels = cx.renderinfo.borrow().access_levels.clone();
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/unindent_comments.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/unindent_comments.rs
index 1cad480d4e84..da2eda736412 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/unindent_comments.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/unindent_comments.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ crate const UNINDENT_COMMENTS: Pass = Pass {
     description: "removes excess indentation on comments in order for markdown to like it",
 };
 
-crate fn unindent_comments(krate: clean::Crate, _: &DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
+crate fn unindent_comments(krate: clean::Crate, _: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> clean::Crate {
     CommentCleaner.fold_crate(krate)
 }