diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index fb08ced205d8..2db751a6e409 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ impl From<DefId> for ItemId {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 crate struct Crate {
     crate module: Item,
-    crate externs: Vec<ExternalCrate>,
     crate primitives: ThinVec<(DefId, PrimitiveType)>,
     /// Only here so that they can be filtered through the rustdoc passes.
     crate external_traits: Rc<RefCell<FxHashMap<DefId, TraitWithExtraInfo>>>,
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ crate struct Crate {
 
 // `Crate` is frequently moved by-value. Make sure it doesn't unintentionally get bigger.
 #[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", target_pointer_width = "64"))]
-rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size!(Crate, 104);
+rustc_data_structures::static_assert_size!(Crate, 80);
 
 impl Crate {
     crate fn name(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Symbol {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
index 2fa7efcc6509..69f908b58517 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/utils.rs
@@ -24,17 +24,8 @@ use std::mem;
 mod tests;
 
 crate fn krate(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
-    use crate::visit_lib::LibEmbargoVisitor;
-
     let module = crate::visit_ast::RustdocVisitor::new(cx).visit();
 
-    let mut externs = Vec::new();
-    for &cnum in cx.tcx.crates(()) {
-        externs.push(ExternalCrate { crate_num: cnum });
-        // Analyze doc-reachability for extern items
-        LibEmbargoVisitor::new(cx).visit_lib(cnum);
-    }
-
     // Clean the crate, translating the entire librustc_ast AST to one that is
     // understood by rustdoc.
     let mut module = module.clean(cx);
@@ -76,13 +67,7 @@ crate fn krate(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
         }));
     }
 
-    Crate {
-        module,
-        externs,
-        primitives,
-        external_traits: cx.external_traits.clone(),
-        collapsed: false,
-    }
+    Crate { module, primitives, external_traits: cx.external_traits.clone(), collapsed: false }
 }
 
 fn external_generic_args(
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs b/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
index b6808732ad04..00ad75964d3a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/formats/cache.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use rustc_middle::middle::privacy::AccessLevels;
 use rustc_middle::ty::TyCtxt;
 use rustc_span::symbol::sym;
 
-use crate::clean::{self, ItemId, PrimitiveType};
+use crate::clean::{self, ExternalCrate, ItemId, PrimitiveType};
 use crate::config::RenderOptions;
 use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::fold::DocFolder;
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::formats::Impl;
 use crate::html::markdown::short_markdown_summary;
 use crate::html::render::cache::{get_index_search_type, ExternalLocation};
 use crate::html::render::IndexItem;
+use crate::visit_lib::LibEmbargoVisitor;
 
 /// This cache is used to store information about the [`clean::Crate`] being
 /// rendered in order to provide more useful documentation. This contains
@@ -139,19 +140,27 @@ impl Cache {
     /// in `krate` due to the data being moved into the `Cache`.
     crate fn populate(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, mut krate: clean::Crate) -> clean::Crate {
         let tcx = cx.tcx;
-        let render_options = &cx.render_options;
 
         // Crawl the crate to build various caches used for the output
         debug!(?cx.cache.crate_version);
         cx.cache.traits = krate.external_traits.take();
-        let RenderOptions { extern_html_root_takes_precedence, output: dst, .. } = render_options;
+
+        let mut externs = Vec::new();
+        for &cnum in cx.tcx.crates(()) {
+            externs.push(ExternalCrate { crate_num: cnum });
+            // Analyze doc-reachability for extern items
+            LibEmbargoVisitor::new(cx).visit_lib(cnum);
+        }
+
+        let RenderOptions { extern_html_root_takes_precedence, output: dst, .. } =
+            &cx.render_options;
 
         // Cache where all our extern crates are located
         // FIXME: this part is specific to HTML so it'd be nice to remove it from the common code
-        for &e in &krate.externs {
+        for e in externs {
             let name = e.name(tcx);
             let extern_url =
-                render_options.extern_html_root_urls.get(&*name.as_str()).map(|u| &**u);
+                cx.render_options.extern_html_root_urls.get(&*name.as_str()).map(|u| &**u);
             let location = e.location(extern_url, *extern_html_root_takes_precedence, dst, tcx);
             cx.cache.extern_locations.insert(e.crate_num, location);
             cx.cache.external_paths.insert(e.def_id(), (vec![name.to_string()], ItemType::Module));