diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
index 7cca12308e65f..0aacc5feec374 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
@@ -809,13 +809,6 @@ pub struct UpvarBorrow<'tcx> {
 pub type UpvarListMap = FxHashMap<DefId, FxIndexMap<hir::HirId, UpvarId>>;
 pub type UpvarCaptureMap<'tcx> = FxHashMap<UpvarId, UpvarCapture<'tcx>>;
 
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, TypeFoldable)]
-pub struct ClosureUpvar<'tcx> {
-    pub res: Res,
-    pub span: Span,
-    pub ty: Ty<'tcx>,
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum IntVarValue {
     IntType(ast::IntTy),
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs b/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs
index d87296c03dd2f..5e24c843025bf 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/structural_impls.rs
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ty::AdtDef {
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Debug for ty::ClosureUpvar<'tcx> {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "ClosureUpvar({:?},{:?})", self.res, self.ty)
-    }
-}
-
 impl fmt::Debug for ty::UpvarId {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let name = ty::tls::with(|tcx| tcx.hir().name(self.var_path.hir_id));
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/upvar.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/upvar.rs
index be912b6bcafc0..a1922166fe265 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/upvar.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/upvar.rs
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    // Returns a list of `ClosureUpvar`s for each upvar.
+    // Returns a list of `Ty`s for each upvar.
     fn final_upvar_tys(&self, closure_id: hir::HirId) -> Vec<Ty<'tcx>> {
         // Presently an unboxed closure type cannot "escape" out of a
         // function, so we will only encounter ones that originated in the