diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
index b636e6f811d55..738c7d770353b 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/lowering.rs
@@ -2338,13 +2338,12 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
             let future_path =
                 this.std_path(span, &["future", "Future"], Some(future_params), false);
 
-            let LoweredNodeId { node_id, hir_id } = this.next_id();
+            let LoweredNodeId { node_id: _, hir_id } = this.next_id();
             let mut bounds = vec![
                 hir::GenericBound::Trait(
                     hir::PolyTraitRef {
                         trait_ref: hir::TraitRef {
                             path: future_path,
-                            ref_id: node_id,
                             hir_ref_id: hir_id,
                         },
                         bound_generic_params: hir_vec![],
@@ -2714,10 +2713,9 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
             hir::QPath::Resolved(None, path) => path.and_then(|path| path),
             qpath => bug!("lower_trait_ref: unexpected QPath `{:?}`", qpath),
         };
-        let LoweredNodeId { node_id, hir_id } = self.lower_node_id(p.ref_id);
+        let LoweredNodeId { node_id: _, hir_id } = self.lower_node_id(p.ref_id);
         hir::TraitRef {
             path,
-            ref_id: node_id,
             hir_ref_id: hir_id,
         }
     }
@@ -5056,7 +5054,6 @@ impl<'a> LoweringContext<'a> {
                             bound_generic_params: hir::HirVec::new(),
                             trait_ref: hir::TraitRef {
                                 path: path.and_then(|path| path),
-                                ref_id: id.node_id,
                                 hir_ref_id: id.hir_id,
                             },
                             span,
diff --git a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
index 4eadfdd18e67b..3a2a1f3f3dd04 100644
--- a/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/hir/mod.rs
@@ -2062,7 +2062,6 @@ pub enum UseKind {
 #[derive(Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Debug)]
 pub struct TraitRef {
     pub path: Path,
-    pub ref_id: NodeId,
     pub hir_ref_id: HirId,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs b/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs
index 112127c8db176..1bfb036495b57 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ich/impls_hir.rs
@@ -385,8 +385,7 @@ impl_stable_hash_for!(enum hir::ImplicitSelfKind {
 });
 
 impl_stable_hash_for!(struct hir::TraitRef {
-    // Don't hash the ref_id. It is tracked via the thing it is used to access
-    ref_id -> _,
+    // Don't hash the hir_ref_id. It is tracked via the thing it is used to access
     hir_ref_id -> _,
     path,
 });
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs
index 37dcaa014596b..5dbcf908020b0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
             // specify type to assert that error was already reported in Err case:
             let predicate: Result<_, ErrorReported> =
                 self.ast_type_binding_to_poly_projection_predicate(
-                    trait_ref.ref_id, poly_trait_ref, binding, speculative, &mut dup_bindings);
+                    trait_ref.hir_ref_id, poly_trait_ref, binding, speculative, &mut dup_bindings);
             // okay to ignore Err because of ErrorReported (see above)
             Some((predicate.ok()?, binding.span))
         }));
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
 
     fn ast_type_binding_to_poly_projection_predicate(
         &self,
-        ref_id: ast::NodeId,
+        hir_ref_id: hir::HirId,
         trait_ref: ty::PolyTraitRef<'tcx>,
         binding: &ConvertedBinding<'tcx>,
         speculative: bool,
@@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ impl<'o, 'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx> + 'o {
                                           binding.item_name, binding.span)
         }?;
 
-        let hir_ref_id = self.tcx().hir().node_to_hir_id(ref_id);
         let (assoc_ident, def_scope) =
             tcx.adjust_ident(binding.item_name, candidate.def_id(), hir_ref_id);
         let assoc_ty = tcx.associated_items(candidate.def_id()).find(|i| {
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs
index 00c2ab792869d..a918113b1fc0b 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ pub fn hir_trait_to_predicates<'a, 'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>, hir_trait:
     // In case there are any projections etc, find the "environment"
     // def-id that will be used to determine the traits/predicates in
     // scope.  This is derived from the enclosing item-like thing.
-    let env_node_id = tcx.hir().get_parent(hir_trait.ref_id);
-    let env_def_id = tcx.hir().local_def_id(env_node_id);
+    let env_hir_id = tcx.hir().get_parent_item(hir_trait.hir_ref_id);
+    let env_def_id = tcx.hir().local_def_id_from_hir_id(env_hir_id);
     let item_cx = self::collect::ItemCtxt::new(tcx, env_def_id);
     let mut projections = Vec::new();
     let (principal, _) = astconv::AstConv::instantiate_poly_trait_ref_inner(
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
index 952541bb85f9b..d07a4579ad5c3 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> AutoTraitFinder<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> {
         if result.is_auto() {
             let trait_ = hir::TraitRef {
                 path: get_path_for_type(self.cx.tcx, trait_def_id, hir::def::Def::Trait),
-                ref_id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                 hir_ref_id: hir::DUMMY_HIR_ID,
             };
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
index 55abcb4a93bd3..5a13490eeccf2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> BlanketImplFinder <'a, 'tcx, 'rcx> {
                             path: get_path_for_type(infcx.tcx,
                                                     trait_def_id,
                                                     hir::def::Def::Trait),
-                            ref_id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                             hir_ref_id: hir::DUMMY_HIR_ID,
                         };
                         let provided_trait_methods =