diff --git a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs
index 02d1cf9aec79f..3c05efd6a5eb6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_metadata/src/rmeta/decoder/cstore_impl.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ provide! { <'tcx> tcx, def_id, other, cdata,
     is_ctfe_mir_available => { cdata.is_ctfe_mir_available(def_id.index) }
 
     dylib_dependency_formats => { cdata.get_dylib_dependency_formats(tcx) }
+    is_private_dep => { cdata.private_dep }
     is_panic_runtime => { cdata.root.panic_runtime }
     is_compiler_builtins => { cdata.root.compiler_builtins }
     has_global_allocator => { cdata.root.has_global_allocator }
@@ -250,6 +251,10 @@ pub fn provide(providers: &mut Providers) {
         is_statically_included_foreign_item: |tcx, id| {
             matches!(tcx.native_library_kind(id), Some(NativeLibKind::Static { .. }))
         },
+        is_private_dep: |_tcx, cnum| {
+            assert_eq!(cnum, LOCAL_CRATE);
+            false
+        },
         native_library_kind: |tcx, id| {
             tcx.native_libraries(id.krate)
                 .iter()
@@ -477,10 +482,6 @@ impl CrateStore for CStore {
         self.get_crate_data(cnum).root.name
     }
 
-    fn crate_is_private_dep_untracked(&self, cnum: CrateNum) -> bool {
-        self.get_crate_data(cnum).private_dep
-    }
-
     fn stable_crate_id_untracked(&self, cnum: CrateNum) -> StableCrateId {
         self.get_crate_data(cnum).root.stable_crate_id
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
index aa54d1ae7b9d1..8476929eaeced 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/dep_graph/dep_node.rs
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ pub type DepNode = rustc_query_system::dep_graph::DepNode<DepKind>;
 // required that their size stay the same, but we don't want to change
 // it inadvertently. This assert just ensures we're aware of any change.
 #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
-static_assert_size!(DepNode, 17);
+static_assert_size!(DepNode, 18);
 
 #[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64")))]
 static_assert_size!(DepNode, 24);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/cstore.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/cstore.rs
index e88b96bde8877..dd3b0a40d6946 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/cstore.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/middle/cstore.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ pub trait CrateStore {
 
     // "queries" used in resolve that aren't tracked for incremental compilation
     fn crate_name_untracked(&self, cnum: CrateNum) -> Symbol;
-    fn crate_is_private_dep_untracked(&self, cnum: CrateNum) -> bool;
     fn stable_crate_id_untracked(&self, cnum: CrateNum) -> StableCrateId;
     fn crate_hash_untracked(&self, cnum: CrateNum) -> Svh;
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs
index 3cc8fc3fe3189..bd030f7f7bfd4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/query/mod.rs
@@ -1414,6 +1414,12 @@ rustc_queries! {
         eval_always
         desc { "generating a postorder list of CrateNums" }
     }
+    /// Returns whether or not the crate with CrateNum 'cnum'
+    /// is marked as a private dependency
+    query is_private_dep(c: CrateNum) -> bool {
+        eval_always
+        desc { "check whether crate {} is a private dependency", c }
+    }
 
     query upvars_mentioned(def_id: DefId) -> Option<&'tcx FxIndexMap<hir::HirId, hir::Upvar>> {
         desc { |tcx| "collecting upvars mentioned in `{}`", tcx.def_path_str(def_id) }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
index ef93f4f64d8bc..268acfcf819c4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/context.rs
@@ -1264,12 +1264,6 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns whether or not the crate with CrateNum 'cnum'
-    /// is marked as a private dependency
-    pub fn is_private_dep(self, cnum: CrateNum) -> bool {
-        if cnum == LOCAL_CRATE { false } else { self.cstore.crate_is_private_dep_untracked(cnum) }
-    }
-
     #[inline]
     pub fn def_path_hash(self, def_id: DefId) -> rustc_hir::definitions::DefPathHash {
         if let Some(def_id) = def_id.as_local() {