diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
index 516be99ed6a..18a84cd0eeb 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/auto_trait.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> AutoTraitFinder<'a, 'tcx> {
                 source: Span::empty(),
                 name: None,
                 attrs: Default::default(),
-                visibility: None,
+                visibility: Inherited,
                 def_id: self.cx.next_def_id(param_env_def_id.krate),
                 stability: None,
                 deprecation: None,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
index 490d4107c51..4cd1cc1a1cf 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/blanket_impl.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> BlanketImplFinder<'a, 'tcx> {
                     source: self.cx.tcx.def_span(impl_def_id).clean(self.cx),
                     name: None,
                     attrs: Default::default(),
-                    visibility: None,
+                    visibility: Inherited,
                     def_id: self.cx.next_def_id(impl_def_id.krate),
                     stability: None,
                     deprecation: None,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index cb42ff1c805..031e77ff1db 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub fn try_inline(
         name: Some(name.clean(cx)),
         attrs,
         inner,
-        visibility: Some(clean::Public),
+        visibility: clean::Public,
         stability: cx.tcx.lookup_stability(did).clean(cx),
         deprecation: cx.tcx.lookup_deprecation(did).clean(cx),
         def_id: did,
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ pub fn build_impl(cx: &DocContext<'_>, did: DefId, attrs: Option<Attrs<'_>>,
         source: tcx.def_span(did).clean(cx),
         name: None,
         attrs,
-        visibility: Some(clean::Inherited),
+        visibility: clean::Inherited,
         stability: tcx.lookup_stability(did).clean(cx),
         deprecation: tcx.lookup_deprecation(did).clean(cx),
         def_id: did,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 10c4231b82e..197c09ba759 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ pub fn krate(mut cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
                 source: Span::empty(),
                 name: Some(prim.to_url_str().to_string()),
                 attrs: attrs.clone(),
-                visibility: Some(Public),
+                visibility: Public,
                 stability: get_stability(cx, def_id),
                 deprecation: get_deprecation(cx, def_id),
                 def_id,
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub fn krate(mut cx: &mut DocContext<'_>) -> Crate {
                 source: Span::empty(),
                 name: Some(kw.clone()),
                 attrs: attrs,
-                visibility: Some(Public),
+                visibility: Public,
                 stability: get_stability(cx, def_id),
                 deprecation: get_deprecation(cx, def_id),
                 def_id,
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ pub struct Item {
     pub name: Option<String>,
     pub attrs: Attributes,
     pub inner: ItemEnum,
-    pub visibility: Option<Visibility>,
+    pub visibility: Visibility,
     pub def_id: DefId,
     pub stability: Option<Stability>,
     pub deprecation: Option<Deprecation>,
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for hir::TraitItem {
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
             source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: local_did,
-            visibility: None,
+            visibility: Visibility::Inherited,
             stability: get_stability(cx, local_did),
             deprecation: get_deprecation(cx, local_did),
             inner,
@@ -2496,7 +2496,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for ty::AssocItem {
 
         let visibility = match self.container {
             ty::ImplContainer(_) => self.vis.clean(cx),
-            ty::TraitContainer(_) => None,
+            ty::TraitContainer(_) => Inherited,
         };
 
         Item {
@@ -3293,9 +3293,9 @@ pub enum Visibility {
     Restricted(DefId, Path),
 }
 
-impl Clean<Option<Visibility>> for hir::Visibility {
-    fn clean(&self, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Option<Visibility> {
-        Some(match self.node {
+impl Clean<Visibility> for hir::Visibility {
+    fn clean(&self, cx: &DocContext<'_>) -> Visibility {
+        match self.node {
             hir::VisibilityKind::Public => Visibility::Public,
             hir::VisibilityKind::Inherited => Visibility::Inherited,
             hir::VisibilityKind::Crate(_) => Visibility::Crate,
@@ -3304,13 +3304,13 @@ impl Clean<Option<Visibility>> for hir::Visibility {
                 let did = register_res(cx, path.res);
                 Visibility::Restricted(did, path)
             }
-        })
+        }
     }
 }
 
-impl Clean<Option<Visibility>> for ty::Visibility {
-    fn clean(&self, _: &DocContext<'_>) -> Option<Visibility> {
-        Some(if *self == ty::Visibility::Public { Public } else { Inherited })
+impl Clean<Visibility> for ty::Visibility {
+    fn clean(&self, _: &DocContext<'_>) -> Visibility {
+        if *self == ty::Visibility::Public { Public } else { Inherited }
     }
 }
 
@@ -3427,7 +3427,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Variant<'_> {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
             source: self.whence.clean(cx),
-            visibility: None,
+            visibility: Inherited,
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.id).clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id),
@@ -3470,7 +3470,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for ty::VariantDef {
             name: Some(self.ident.clean(cx)),
             attrs: inline::load_attrs(cx, self.def_id).clean(cx),
             source: cx.tcx.def_span(self.def_id).clean(cx),
-            visibility: Some(Inherited),
+            visibility: Inherited,
             def_id: self.def_id,
             inner: VariantItem(Variant { kind }),
             stability: get_stability(cx, self.def_id),
@@ -4333,7 +4333,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Macro<'_> {
             name: Some(name.clone()),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
             source: self.whence.clean(cx),
-            visibility: Some(Public),
+            visibility: Public,
             stability: cx.stability(self.hid).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.hid).clean(cx),
             def_id: self.def_id,
@@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::ProcMacro<'_> {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
             source: self.whence.clean(cx),
-            visibility: Some(Public),
+            visibility: Public,
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.id).clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id),
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index 9baa69d981b..3c62977bd77 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ impl Buffer {
 /// Helper to render an optional visibility with a space after it (if the
 /// visibility is preset)
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct VisSpace<'a>(pub &'a Option<clean::Visibility>);
+pub struct VisSpace<'a>(pub &'a clean::Visibility);
 /// Similarly to VisSpace, this structure is used to render a function style with a
 /// space after it.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
@@ -1034,11 +1034,7 @@ impl Function<'_> {
 
 impl<'a> fmt::Display for VisSpace<'a> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        if let Some(v) = self.0 {
-            fmt::Display::fmt(&v.print_with_space(), f)
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
+        fmt::Display::fmt(&self.0.print_with_space(), f)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 7aaf04f34d3..32fa2daa026 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ impl DocFolder for Cache {
                 self.paths.insert(item.def_id, (stack, ItemType::Enum));
             }
 
-            clean::PrimitiveItem(..) if item.visibility.is_some() => {
+            clean::PrimitiveItem(..) => {
                 self.add_aliases(&item);
                 self.paths.insert(item.def_id, (self.stack.clone(),
                                                 item.type_()));
@@ -4306,8 +4306,7 @@ fn get_methods(
 ) -> Vec<String> {
     i.items.iter().filter_map(|item| {
         match item.name {
-            // Maybe check with clean::Visibility::Public as well?
-            Some(ref name) if !name.is_empty() && item.visibility.is_some() && item.is_method() => {
+            Some(ref name) if !name.is_empty() && item.is_method() => {
                 if !for_deref || should_render_item(item, deref_mut) {
                     Some(format!("<a href=\"#{}\">{}</a>",
                                  get_next_url(used_links, format!("method.{}", name)),
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
index d0f2cdad8f3..f6560218a78 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/mod.rs
@@ -185,13 +185,13 @@ impl<'a> DocFolder for Stripper<'a> {
             }
 
             clean::StructFieldItem(..) => {
-                if i.visibility != Some(clean::Public) {
+                if i.visibility != clean::Public {
                     return StripItem(i).strip();
                 }
             }
 
             clean::ModuleItem(..) => {
-                if i.def_id.is_local() && i.visibility != Some(clean::Public) {
+                if i.def_id.is_local() && i.visibility != clean::Public {
                     debug!("Stripper: stripping module {:?}", i.name);
                     let old = mem::replace(&mut self.update_retained, false);
                     let ret = StripItem(self.fold_item_recur(i).unwrap()).strip();
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ impl DocFolder for ImportStripper {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
         match i.inner {
             clean::ExternCrateItem(..) | clean::ImportItem(..)
-                if i.visibility != Some(clean::Public) =>
+                if i.visibility != clean::Public =>
             {
                 None
             }