diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 7aa34333e175d..a67f91c8a808d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -2129,12 +2129,12 @@ fn clean_extern_crate(
     }
     // FIXME: using `from_def_id_and_kind` breaks `rustdoc/masked` for some reason
     vec![Item {
-        name: None,
+        name: Some(name),
         attrs: box krate.attrs.clean(cx),
         source: krate.span.clean(cx),
         def_id: crate_def_id,
         visibility: krate.vis.clean(cx),
-        kind: box ExternCrateItem(name, orig_name),
+        kind: box ExternCrateItem { src: orig_name },
     }]
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index 7fc48cd5f0b38..1efde8d81889c 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,10 @@ impl Item {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 crate enum ItemKind {
-    ExternCrateItem(Symbol, Option<Symbol>),
+    ExternCrateItem {
+        /// The crate's name, *not* the name it's imported as.
+        src: Option<Symbol>,
+    },
     ImportItem(Import),
     StructItem(Struct),
     UnionItem(Union),
@@ -377,7 +380,7 @@ impl ItemKind {
             TraitItem(t) => t.items.iter(),
             ImplItem(i) => i.items.iter(),
             ModuleItem(m) => m.items.iter(),
-            ExternCrateItem(_, _)
+            ExternCrateItem { .. }
             | ImportItem(_)
             | FunctionItem(_)
             | TypedefItem(_, _)
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/formats/item_type.rs b/src/librustdoc/formats/item_type.rs
index 7922a1ffa062e..460d4b907c09a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/formats/item_type.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/formats/item_type.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a clean::Item> for ItemType {
 
         match *kind {
             clean::ModuleItem(..) => ItemType::Module,
-            clean::ExternCrateItem(..) => ItemType::ExternCrate,
+            clean::ExternCrateItem { .. } => ItemType::ExternCrate,
             clean::ImportItem(..) => ItemType::Import,
             clean::StructItem(..) => ItemType::Struct,
             clean::UnionItem(..) => ItemType::Union,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/formats/renderer.rs b/src/librustdoc/formats/renderer.rs
index 6437ba45511a1..c6d2befc9b7cf 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/formats/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/formats/renderer.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ crate fn run_format<'tcx, T: FormatRenderer<'tcx>>(
             }
 
             cx.mod_item_out(&name)?;
-        } else if item.name.is_some() {
+        // FIXME: checking `item.name.is_some()` is very implicit and leads to lots of special
+        // cases. Use an explicit match instead.
+        } else if item.name.is_some() && !item.is_extern_crate() {
             prof.generic_activity_with_arg("render_item", &*item.name.unwrap_or(unknown).as_str())
                 .run(|| cx.item(item))?;
         }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
index 6665f160dec8a..ced2f3e596d9f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/mod.rs
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ fn item_module(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, item: &clean::Item, items: &[cl
         }
 
         match *myitem.kind {
-            clean::ExternCrateItem(ref name, ref src) => {
+            clean::ExternCrateItem { ref src } => {
                 use crate::html::format::anchor;
 
                 match *src {
@@ -2159,13 +2159,13 @@ fn item_module(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &Context<'_>, item: &clean::Item, items: &[cl
                         "<tr><td><code>{}extern crate {} as {};",
                         myitem.visibility.print_with_space(cx.tcx(), myitem.def_id, cx.cache()),
                         anchor(myitem.def_id, &*src.as_str(), cx.cache()),
-                        name
+                        myitem.name.as_ref().unwrap(),
                     ),
                     None => write!(
                         w,
                         "<tr><td><code>{}extern crate {};",
                         myitem.visibility.print_with_space(cx.tcx(), myitem.def_id, cx.cache()),
-                        anchor(myitem.def_id, &*name.as_str(), cx.cache())
+                        anchor(myitem.def_id, &*myitem.name.as_ref().unwrap().as_str(), cx.cache()),
                     ),
                 }
                 w.write_str("</code></td></tr>");
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
index da09d49a0066a..864d133408f81 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
@@ -25,32 +25,37 @@ impl JsonRenderer<'_> {
         let item_type = ItemType::from(&item);
         let deprecation = item.deprecation(self.tcx);
         let clean::Item { source, name, attrs, kind, visibility, def_id } = item;
-        match *kind {
-            clean::StrippedItem(_) => None,
-            kind => Some(Item {
-                id: from_def_id(def_id),
-                crate_id: def_id.krate.as_u32(),
-                name: name.map(|sym| sym.to_string()),
-                source: self.convert_span(source),
-                visibility: self.convert_visibility(visibility),
-                docs: attrs.collapsed_doc_value(),
-                links: attrs
-                    .links
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .filter_map(|clean::ItemLink { link, did, .. }| {
-                        did.map(|did| (link, from_def_id(did)))
-                    })
-                    .collect(),
-                attrs: attrs
-                    .other_attrs
-                    .iter()
-                    .map(rustc_ast_pretty::pprust::attribute_to_string)
-                    .collect(),
-                deprecation: deprecation.map(from_deprecation),
-                kind: item_type.into(),
-                inner: from_clean_item_kind(kind, self.tcx),
-            }),
-        }
+        let inner = match *kind {
+            clean::ItemKind::ExternCrateItem { ref src } => ItemEnum::ExternCrateItem {
+                name: name.as_ref().unwrap().to_string(),
+                rename: src.map(|x| x.to_string()),
+            },
+            clean::StrippedItem(_) => return None,
+            x => from_clean_item_kind(x, self.tcx),
+        };
+        Some(Item {
+            id: from_def_id(def_id),
+            crate_id: def_id.krate.as_u32(),
+            name: name.map(|sym| sym.to_string()),
+            source: self.convert_span(source),
+            visibility: self.convert_visibility(visibility),
+            docs: attrs.collapsed_doc_value(),
+            links: attrs
+                .links
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter_map(|clean::ItemLink { link, did, .. }| {
+                    did.map(|did| (link, from_def_id(did)))
+                })
+                .collect(),
+            attrs: attrs
+                .other_attrs
+                .iter()
+                .map(rustc_ast_pretty::pprust::attribute_to_string)
+                .collect(),
+            deprecation: deprecation.map(from_deprecation),
+            kind: item_type.into(),
+            inner,
+        })
     }
 
     fn convert_span(&self, span: clean::Span) -> Option<Span> {
@@ -153,9 +158,6 @@ fn from_clean_item_kind(item: clean::ItemKind, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> ItemEnum {
     use clean::ItemKind::*;
     match item {
         ModuleItem(m) => ItemEnum::ModuleItem(m.into()),
-        ExternCrateItem(c, a) => {
-            ItemEnum::ExternCrateItem { name: c.to_string(), rename: a.map(|x| x.to_string()) }
-        }
         ImportItem(i) => ItemEnum::ImportItem(i.into()),
         StructItem(s) => ItemEnum::StructItem(s.into()),
         UnionItem(u) => ItemEnum::UnionItem(u.into()),
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ fn from_clean_item_kind(item: clean::ItemKind, tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> ItemEnum {
         PrimitiveItem(_) | KeywordItem(_) => {
             panic!("{:?} is not supported for JSON output", item)
         }
+        ExternCrateItem { .. } => unreachable!(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs
index a3b214677941b..a6b96ab4c021a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/mod.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ impl<'tcx> FormatRenderer<'tcx> for JsonRenderer<'tcx> {
                 match &*item.kind {
                     // These don't have names so they don't get added to the output by default
                     ImportItem(_) => self.item(item.clone()).unwrap(),
-                    ExternCrateItem(_, _) => self.item(item.clone()).unwrap(),
+                    ExternCrateItem { .. } => self.item(item.clone()).unwrap(),
                     ImplItem(i) => i.items.iter().for_each(|i| self.item(i.clone()).unwrap()),
                     _ => {}
                 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
index c3365b844ecb8..3739805ef0a5f 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/calculate_doc_coverage.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> fold::DocFolder for CoverageCalculator<'a, 'b> {
                 // don't count items in stripped modules
                 return Some(i);
             }
-            clean::ImportItem(..) | clean::ExternCrateItem(..) => {
+            clean::ImportItem(..) | clean::ExternCrateItem { .. } => {
                 // docs on `use` and `extern crate` statements are not displayed, so they're not
                 // worth counting
                 return Some(i);
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs
index e8e1bead84fb6..a8e5ad28e279e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/doc_test_lints.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ crate fn should_have_doc_example(cx: &DocContext<'_>, item: &clean::Item) -> boo
             | clean::TypedefItem(_, _)
             | clean::StaticItem(_)
             | clean::ConstantItem(_)
-            | clean::ExternCrateItem(_, _)
+            | clean::ExternCrateItem { .. }
             | clean::ImportItem(_)
             | clean::PrimitiveItem(_)
             | clean::KeywordItem(_)
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
index 162b70973b418..44d54563f27a2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl<'a> DocFolder for Stripper<'a> {
             }
 
             // handled in the `strip-priv-imports` pass
-            clean::ExternCrateItem(..) | clean::ImportItem(..) => {}
+            clean::ExternCrateItem { .. } | clean::ImportItem(..) => {}
 
             clean::ImplItem(..) => {}
 
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ crate struct ImportStripper;
 impl DocFolder for ImportStripper {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
         match *i.kind {
-            clean::ExternCrateItem(..) | clean::ImportItem(..) if !i.visibility.is_public() => None,
+            clean::ExternCrateItem { .. } | clean::ImportItem(..) if !i.visibility.is_public() => {
+                None
+            }
             _ => Some(self.fold_item_recur(i)),
         }
     }