diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/types/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/types/mod.rs
index 483ff10bb198..9588de8459cf 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ mod type_complexity;
 mod utils;
 mod vec_box;
 
-use clippy_utils::is_item_exported;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::intravisit::FnKind;
 use rustc_hir::{
@@ -310,7 +309,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Types {
             false
         };
 
-        let is_exported = is_item_exported(cx, id.owner);
+        let is_exported = cx.access_levels.is_exported(cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(id));
 
         self.check_fn_decl(
             cx,
@@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Types {
     }
 
     fn check_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, item: &'tcx Item<'_>) {
-        let is_exported = is_item_exported(cx, item.def_id);
+        let is_exported = cx.access_levels.is_exported(item.def_id);
 
         match item.kind {
             ItemKind::Static(ty, _, _) | ItemKind::Const(ty, _) => self.check_ty(
@@ -356,7 +355,7 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Types {
     }
 
     fn check_field_def(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, field: &hir::FieldDef<'_>) {
-        let is_exported = is_item_exported(cx, field.hir_id.owner) && field.vis.node.is_pub();
+        let is_exported = cx.access_levels.is_exported(cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(field.hir_id));
 
         self.check_ty(
             cx,
@@ -368,8 +367,8 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for Types {
         );
     }
 
-    fn check_trait_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, item: &TraitItem<'_>) {
-        let is_exported = is_item_exported(cx, item.def_id);
+    fn check_trait_item(&mut self, cx: &LateContext<'tcx>, item: &TraitItem<'_>) {
+        let is_exported = cx.access_levels.is_exported(item.def_id);
 
         let context = CheckTyContext {
             is_exported,
@@ -441,7 +440,7 @@ impl Types {
                 let hir_id = hir_ty.hir_id;
                 let res = cx.qpath_res(qpath, hir_id);
                 if let Some(def_id) = res.opt_def_id() {
-                    if self.does_api_allow_change(context) {
+                    if self.is_type_change_allowed(context) {
                         // All lints that are being checked in this block are guarded by
                         // the `avoid_breaking_exported_api` configuration. When adding a
                         // new lint, please also add the name to the configuration documentation
@@ -528,7 +527,7 @@ impl Types {
 
     /// This function checks if the type is allowed to change in the current context
     /// based on the `avoid_breaking_exported_api` configuration
-    fn does_api_allow_change(&self, context: CheckTyContext) -> bool {
+    fn is_type_change_allowed(&self, context: CheckTyContext) -> bool {
         !(context.is_exported && self.avoid_breaking_exported_api)
     }
 }
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
index 746460a3a277..1d59d6bfea1b 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ use rustc_ast::ast::{self, Attribute, BorrowKind, LitKind};
 use rustc_data_structures::unhash::UnhashMap;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::def::{DefKind, Res};
-use rustc_hir::def_id::{DefId, LocalDefId};
+use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_hir::intravisit::{self, walk_expr, ErasedMap, FnKind, NestedVisitorMap, Visitor};
 use rustc_hir::LangItem::{ResultErr, ResultOk};
 use rustc_hir::{
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ macro_rules! extract_msrv_attr {
     };
 }
 
-// Returns true if the given item behind the `def_id` is accessible to other crates.
-pub fn is_item_exported(cx: &LateContext<'_>, def_id: LocalDefId) -> bool {
-    cx.access_levels.is_exported(def_id)
-}
-
 /// Returns `true` if the two spans come from differing expansions (i.e., one is
 /// from a macro and one isn't).
 #[must_use]