diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
index 6ea083b314fef..cc813d0bf831e 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
@@ -606,12 +606,11 @@ pub struct TypeParameterDef<'tcx> {
     pub pure_wrt_drop: bool,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
-pub struct RegionParameterDef<'tcx> {
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable)]
+pub struct RegionParameterDef {
     pub name: Name,
     pub def_id: DefId,
     pub index: u32,
-    pub bounds: Vec<&'tcx ty::Region>,
 
     /// `pure_wrt_drop`, set by the (unsafe) `#[may_dangle]` attribute
     /// on generic parameter `'a`, asserts data of lifetime `'a`
@@ -619,7 +618,7 @@ pub struct RegionParameterDef<'tcx> {
     pub pure_wrt_drop: bool,
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> RegionParameterDef<'tcx> {
+impl RegionParameterDef {
     pub fn to_early_bound_region_data(&self) -> ty::EarlyBoundRegion {
         ty::EarlyBoundRegion {
             index: self.index,
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ pub struct Generics<'tcx> {
     pub parent: Option<DefId>,
     pub parent_regions: u32,
     pub parent_types: u32,
-    pub regions: Vec<RegionParameterDef<'tcx>>,
+    pub regions: Vec<RegionParameterDef>,
     pub types: Vec<TypeParameterDef<'tcx>>,
     pub has_self: bool,
 }
@@ -658,7 +657,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Generics<'tcx> {
         self.parent_count() + self.own_count()
     }
 
-    pub fn region_param(&self, param: &EarlyBoundRegion) -> &RegionParameterDef<'tcx> {
+    pub fn region_param(&self, param: &EarlyBoundRegion) -> &RegionParameterDef {
         &self.regions[param.index as usize - self.has_self as usize]
     }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs b/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs
index 56f5dbc735de4..06ba1b2a1fafc 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ macro_rules! CopyImpls {
     }
 }
 
-CopyImpls! { (), hir::Unsafety, abi::Abi }
+CopyImpls! { (), hir::Unsafety, abi::Abi, ty::RegionParameterDef }
 
 impl<'tcx, T:TypeFoldable<'tcx>, U:TypeFoldable<'tcx>> TypeFoldable<'tcx> for (T, U) {
     fn super_fold_with<'gcx: 'tcx, F: TypeFolder<'gcx, 'tcx>>(&self, folder: &mut F) -> (T, U) {
@@ -735,22 +735,6 @@ impl<'tcx> TypeFoldable<'tcx> for ty::TypeParameterDef<'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> TypeFoldable<'tcx> for ty::RegionParameterDef<'tcx> {
-    fn super_fold_with<'gcx: 'tcx, F: TypeFolder<'gcx, 'tcx>>(&self, folder: &mut F) -> Self {
-        ty::RegionParameterDef {
-            name: self.name,
-            def_id: self.def_id,
-            index: self.index,
-            bounds: self.bounds.fold_with(folder),
-            pure_wrt_drop: self.pure_wrt_drop,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn super_visit_with<V: TypeVisitor<'tcx>>(&self, visitor: &mut V) -> bool {
-        self.bounds.visit_with(visitor)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<'tcx> TypeFoldable<'tcx> for ty::Generics<'tcx> {
     fn super_fold_with<'gcx: 'tcx, F: TypeFolder<'gcx, 'tcx>>(&self, folder: &mut F) -> Self {
         ty::Generics {
diff --git a/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs b/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs
index 0522ea90522c1..74e27f84fddc2 100644
--- a/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/util/ppaux.rs
@@ -336,13 +336,12 @@ impl<'tcx> fmt::Debug for ty::TypeParameterDef<'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> fmt::Debug for ty::RegionParameterDef<'tcx> {
+impl fmt::Debug for ty::RegionParameterDef {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "RegionParameterDef({}, {:?}, {}, {:?})",
+        write!(f, "RegionParameterDef({}, {:?}, {})",
                self.name,
                self.def_id,
-               self.index,
-               self.bounds)
+               self.index)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs
index 91375d42823fb..d9c639f2bc573 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/schema.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ pub struct Generics<'tcx> {
     pub parent: Option<DefId>,
     pub parent_regions: u32,
     pub parent_types: u32,
-    pub regions: LazySeq<ty::RegionParameterDef<'tcx>>,
+    pub regions: LazySeq<ty::RegionParameterDef>,
     pub types: LazySeq<ty::TypeParameterDef<'tcx>>,
     pub has_self: bool,
     pub object_lifetime_defaults: LazySeq<ObjectLifetimeDefault>,
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs
index 6f0825a25f947..bbd0c8058151f 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs
@@ -1446,9 +1446,6 @@ fn generics_of_def_id<'a, 'tcx>(ccx: &CrateCtxt<'a, 'tcx>,
                 name: l.lifetime.name,
                 index: own_start + i as u32,
                 def_id: tcx.hir.local_def_id(l.lifetime.id),
-                bounds: l.bounds.iter().map(|l| {
-                    AstConv::ast_region_to_region(&ccx.icx(&()), l, None)
-                }).collect(),
                 pure_wrt_drop: l.pure_wrt_drop,
             }
         }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index f1ced233dde7b..7591475c5d3fa 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ impl Clean<Lifetime> for hir::LifetimeDef {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> Clean<Lifetime> for ty::RegionParameterDef<'tcx> {
+impl Clean<Lifetime> for ty::RegionParameterDef {
     fn clean(&self, _: &DocContext) -> Lifetime {
         Lifetime(self.name.to_string())
     }
@@ -970,11 +970,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Clean<Generics> for (&'a ty::Generics<'tcx>,
                 Some(tp.clean(cx))
             }
         }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        let stripped_lifetimes = gens.regions.iter().map(|rp| {
-            let mut srp = rp.clone();
-            srp.bounds = Vec::new();
-            srp.clean(cx)
-        }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         let mut where_predicates = preds.predicates.to_vec().clean(cx);
 
@@ -1017,7 +1012,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Clean<Generics> for (&'a ty::Generics<'tcx>,
 
         Generics {
             type_params: simplify::ty_params(stripped_typarams),
-            lifetimes: stripped_lifetimes,
+            lifetimes: gens.regions.clean(cx),
             where_predicates: simplify::where_clauses(cx, where_predicates),
         }
     }