diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index d2a6dcf19bc..884cdef3c77 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -163,10 +163,7 @@ pub fn load_attrs<'hir>(cx: &DocContext<'hir>, did: DefId) -> Attrs<'hir> {
 /// These names are used later on by HTML rendering to generate things like
 /// source links back to the original item.
 pub fn record_extern_fqn(cx: &DocContext<'_>, did: DefId, kind: clean::TypeKind) {
-    let mut crate_name = cx.tcx.crate_name(did.krate).to_string();
-    if did.is_local() {
-        crate_name = cx.crate_name.clone().unwrap_or(crate_name);
-    }
+    let crate_name = cx.tcx.crate_name(did.krate).to_string();
 
     let relative = cx.tcx.def_path(did).data.into_iter().filter_map(|elem| {
         // extern blocks have an empty name
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/core.rs b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
index 5138e4a23a4..869bec6cb88 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/core.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/core.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ pub struct DocContext<'tcx> {
 
     pub tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
     pub resolver: Rc<RefCell<interface::BoxedResolver>>,
-    /// The stack of module NodeIds up till this point
-    pub crate_name: Option<String>,
     pub cstore: Lrc<CStore>,
     /// Later on moved into `html::render::CACHE_KEY`
     pub renderinfo: RefCell<RenderInfo>,
@@ -332,7 +330,7 @@ pub fn run_core(options: RustdocOptions) -> (clean::Crate, RenderInfo, RenderOpt
         file_loader: None,
         diagnostic_output: DiagnosticOutput::Default,
         stderr: None,
-        crate_name: crate_name.clone(),
+        crate_name,
         lint_caps,
     };
 
@@ -372,7 +370,6 @@ pub fn run_core(options: RustdocOptions) -> (clean::Crate, RenderInfo, RenderOpt
             let ctxt = DocContext {
                 tcx,
                 resolver,
-                crate_name,
                 cstore: compiler.cstore().clone(),
                 external_traits: Default::default(),
                 active_extern_traits: Default::default(),
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
index 878f1a476be..5fad9038104 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use rustc::hir::def::{Res, DefKind};
 use rustc::hir::def_id::{DefId, LOCAL_CRATE};
 use rustc::middle::privacy::AccessLevel;
 use rustc::util::nodemap::{FxHashSet, FxHashMap};
+use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::ext::base::MacroKind;
 use syntax::source_map::Spanned;
@@ -18,13 +19,13 @@ use crate::core;
 use crate::clean::{self, AttributesExt, NestedAttributesExt};
 use crate::doctree::*;
 
+// FIXME: Should this be replaced with tcx.def_path_str?
 fn def_id_to_path(
-    cx: &core::DocContext<'_>,
+    tcx: TyCtxt<'_>,
     did: DefId,
-    name: Option<String>
 ) -> Vec<String> {
-    let crate_name = name.unwrap_or_else(|| cx.tcx.crate_name(did.krate).to_string());
-    let relative = cx.tcx.def_path(did).data.into_iter().filter_map(|elem| {
+    let crate_name = tcx.crate_name(did.krate).to_string();
+    let relative = tcx.def_path(did).data.into_iter().filter_map(|elem| {
         // extern blocks have an empty name
         let s = elem.data.to_string();
         if !s.is_empty() {
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
         // We can't use the entry API, as that keeps the mutable borrow of `self` active
         // when we try to use `cx`.
         if self.exact_paths.get(&did).is_none() {
-            let path = def_id_to_path(self.cx, did, self.cx.crate_name.clone());
+            let path = def_id_to_path(self.cx.tcx, did);
             self.exact_paths.insert(did, path);
         }
     }