diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/lto.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/lto.rs
index 2e58a11ac35cf..25bc662c408f6 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/lto.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/lto.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ use rustc::util::common::time_ext;
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use time_graph::Timeline;
 use {ModuleCodegen, ModuleLlvm, ModuleKind};
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 use libc;
 
@@ -762,7 +761,6 @@ impl ThinModule {
                 llmod_raw,
                 llcx,
                 tm,
-                phantom: PhantomData
             },
             name: self.name().to_string(),
             kind: ModuleKind::Regular,
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
index ade3fbdd5ff52..85edd1bfec2a1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ use context::{is_pie_binary, get_reloc_model};
 use common;
 use jobserver::{Client, Acquired};
 use rustc_demangle;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::ffi::{CString, CStr};
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@ struct AssemblerCommand {
 
 /// Additional resources used by optimize_and_codegen (not module specific)
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct CodegenContext<'ll> {
+pub struct CodegenContext {
     // Resources needed when running LTO
     pub time_passes: bool,
     pub lto: Lto,
@@ -384,13 +383,10 @@ pub struct CodegenContext<'ll> {
     // measuring is disabled.
     time_graph: Option<TimeGraph>,
     // The assembler command if no_integrated_as option is enabled, None otherwise
-    assembler_cmd: Option<Arc<AssemblerCommand>>,
-    // This field is used to give a lifetime parameter to the struct so that it can implement
-    // the Backend trait.
-    phantom: PhantomData<&'ll ()>
+    assembler_cmd: Option<Arc<AssemblerCommand>>
 }
 
-impl CodegenContext<'ll> {
+impl CodegenContext {
     pub fn create_diag_handler(&self) -> Handler {
         Handler::with_emitter(true, false, Box::new(self.diag_emitter.clone()))
     }
@@ -419,12 +415,12 @@ impl CodegenContext<'ll> {
 }
 
 pub struct DiagnosticHandlers<'a> {
-    data: *mut (&'a CodegenContext<'a>, &'a Handler),
+    data: *mut (&'a CodegenContext, &'a Handler),
     llcx: &'a llvm::Context,
 }
 
 impl<'a> DiagnosticHandlers<'a> {
-    pub fn new(cgcx: &'a CodegenContext<'a>,
+    pub fn new(cgcx: &'a CodegenContext,
                handler: &'a Handler,
                llcx: &'a llvm::Context) -> Self {
         let data = Box::into_raw(Box::new((cgcx, handler)));
@@ -1625,7 +1621,6 @@ fn start_executing_work(tcx: TyCtxt,
         target_pointer_width: tcx.sess.target.target.target_pointer_width.clone(),
         debuginfo: tcx.sess.opts.debuginfo,
         assembler_cmd,
-        phantom: PhantomData
     };
 
     // This is the "main loop" of parallel work happening for parallel codegen.
@@ -2096,7 +2091,7 @@ pub const CODEGEN_WORK_PACKAGE_KIND: time_graph::WorkPackageKind =
 const LLVM_WORK_PACKAGE_KIND: time_graph::WorkPackageKind =
     time_graph::WorkPackageKind(&["#7DB67A", "#C6EEC4", "#ACDAAA", "#579354", "#3E6F3C"]);
 
-fn spawn_work(cgcx: CodegenContext<'static>, work: WorkItem) {
+fn spawn_work(cgcx: CodegenContext, work: WorkItem) {
     let depth = time_depth();
 
     thread::spawn(move || {
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs
index f97cf4721f994..99e991adfc2e2 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/lib.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ pub use llvm_util::target_features;
 use std::any::Any;
 use std::path::{PathBuf};
 use std::sync::mpsc;
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
 
 use rustc::dep_graph::DepGraph;
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ struct ModuleCodegen {
     /// as the crate name and disambiguator.
     /// We currently generate these names via CodegenUnit::build_cgu_name().
     name: String,
-    module_llvm: ModuleLlvm<'static>,
+    module_llvm: ModuleLlvm,
     kind: ModuleKind,
 }
 
@@ -337,17 +336,16 @@ struct CompiledModule {
     bytecode_compressed: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
-struct ModuleLlvm<'ll> {
+struct ModuleLlvm {
     llcx: &'static mut llvm::Context,
     llmod_raw: *const llvm::Module,
     tm: &'static mut llvm::TargetMachine,
-    phantom: PhantomData<&'ll ()>
 }
 
-unsafe impl Send for ModuleLlvm<'ll> { }
-unsafe impl Sync for ModuleLlvm<'ll> { }
+unsafe impl Send for ModuleLlvm { }
+unsafe impl Sync for ModuleLlvm { }
 
-impl ModuleLlvm<'ll> {
+impl ModuleLlvm {
     fn new(sess: &Session, mod_name: &str) -> Self {
         unsafe {
             let llcx = llvm::LLVMRustContextCreate(sess.fewer_names());
@@ -357,7 +355,6 @@ impl ModuleLlvm<'ll> {
                 llmod_raw,
                 llcx,
                 tm: create_target_machine(sess, false),
-                phantom: PhantomData
             }
         }
     }
@@ -369,7 +366,7 @@ impl ModuleLlvm<'ll> {
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for ModuleLlvm<'ll> {
+impl Drop for ModuleLlvm {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         unsafe {
             llvm::LLVMContextDispose(&mut *(self.llcx as *mut _));