diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9e4b2915feff..bfea1a36eb34 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3638,8 +3638,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc_span",
  "rustc_symbol_mangling",
  "rustc_target",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "smallvec",
  "tracing",
 ]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/Cargo.toml
index b40962b759d8..9741436aacb7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ rustc_session = { path = "../rustc_session" }
 rustc_span = { path = "../rustc_span" }
 rustc_symbol_mangling = { path = "../rustc_symbol_mangling" }
 rustc_target = { path = "../rustc_target" }
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1"
 smallvec = { version = "1.8.1", features = ["union", "may_dangle"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 # tidy-alphabetical-end
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
index d87de8b38467..e9306e050803 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ pub(crate) fn codegen(
             EmitObj::None => {}
         }
 
-        record_llvm_cgu_instructions_stats(&cgcx.prof, llmod);
+        record_llvm_cgu_instructions_stats(&cgcx.prof, &module.name, llmod);
     }
 
     // `.dwo` files are only emitted if:
@@ -1343,22 +1343,11 @@ fn record_artifact_size(
     }
 }
 
-fn record_llvm_cgu_instructions_stats(prof: &SelfProfilerRef, llmod: &llvm::Module) {
+fn record_llvm_cgu_instructions_stats(prof: &SelfProfilerRef, name: &str, llmod: &llvm::Module) {
     if !prof.enabled() {
         return;
     }
 
-    let raw_stats =
-        llvm::build_string(|s| unsafe { llvm::LLVMRustModuleInstructionStats(llmod, s) })
-            .expect("cannot get module instruction stats");
-
-    #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
-    struct InstructionsStats {
-        module: String,
-        total: u64,
-    }
-
-    let InstructionsStats { module, total } =
-        serde_json::from_str(&raw_stats).expect("cannot parse llvm cgu instructions stats");
-    prof.artifact_size("cgu_instructions", module, total);
+    let total = unsafe { llvm::LLVMRustModuleInstructionStats(llmod) };
+    prof.artifact_size("cgu_instructions", name, total);
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
index 75b3e5955b78..ff91b2b691e3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ unsafe extern "C" {
     pub(crate) fn LLVMRustModuleBufferLen(p: &ModuleBuffer) -> usize;
     pub(crate) fn LLVMRustModuleBufferFree(p: &'static mut ModuleBuffer);
     pub(crate) fn LLVMRustModuleCost(M: &Module) -> u64;
-    pub(crate) fn LLVMRustModuleInstructionStats(M: &Module, Str: &RustString);
+    pub(crate) fn LLVMRustModuleInstructionStats(M: &Module) -> u64;
 
     pub(crate) fn LLVMRustThinLTOBufferCreate(
         M: &Module,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/RustWrapper.cpp b/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/RustWrapper.cpp
index 02e6abf24627..3cc2610c5077 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/RustWrapper.cpp
+++ b/compiler/rustc_llvm/llvm-wrapper/RustWrapper.cpp
@@ -1572,16 +1572,8 @@ extern "C" uint64_t LLVMRustModuleCost(LLVMModuleRef M) {
   return std::distance(std::begin(f), std::end(f));
 }
 
-extern "C" void LLVMRustModuleInstructionStats(LLVMModuleRef M,
-                                               RustStringRef Str) {
-  auto OS = RawRustStringOstream(Str);
-  auto JOS = llvm::json::OStream(OS);
-  auto Module = unwrap(M);
-
-  JOS.object([&] {
-    JOS.attribute("module", Module->getName());
-    JOS.attribute("total", Module->getInstructionCount());
-  });
+extern "C" uint64_t LLVMRustModuleInstructionStats(LLVMModuleRef M) {
+  return unwrap(M)->getInstructionCount();
 }
 
 // Transfers ownership of DiagnosticHandler unique_ptr to the caller.