diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 29c11e1f3359d..851002d5e7965 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_doc_module<'tcx>(doc: &DocModule<'tcx>, cx: &mut DocContext<
     let mut inserted = FxHashSet::default();
     items.extend(doc.foreigns.iter().map(|(item, renamed)| {
         let item = clean_maybe_renamed_foreign_item(cx, item, *renamed);
-        if let Some(name) = item.name && !item.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden) {
+        if let Some(name) = item.name && !item.is_doc_hidden() {
             inserted.insert((item.type_(), name));
         }
         item
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_doc_module<'tcx>(doc: &DocModule<'tcx>, cx: &mut DocContext<
             return None;
         }
         let item = clean_doc_module(x, cx);
-        if item.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden) {
+        if item.is_doc_hidden() {
             // Hidden modules are stripped at a later stage.
             // If a hidden module has the same name as a visible one, we want
             // to keep both of them around.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub(crate) fn clean_doc_module<'tcx>(doc: &DocModule<'tcx>, cx: &mut DocContext<
         }
         let v = clean_maybe_renamed_item(cx, item, *renamed, *import_id);
         for item in &v {
-            if let Some(name) = item.name && !item.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden) {
+            if let Some(name) = item.name && !item.is_doc_hidden() {
                 inserted.insert((item.type_(), name));
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
index 1999a6b671d3a..fc5f03568a942 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/types.rs
@@ -783,6 +783,10 @@ impl Item {
         }
         attrs
     }
+
+    pub fn is_doc_hidden(&self) -> bool {
+        self.attrs.is_doc_hidden()
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -1129,6 +1133,10 @@ impl Attributes {
         false
     }
 
+    fn is_doc_hidden(&self) -> bool {
+        self.has_doc_flag(sym::hidden)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn from_ast(attrs: &[ast::Attribute]) -> Attributes {
         Attributes::from_ast_iter(attrs.iter().map(|attr| (attr, None)), false)
     }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
index 972b0c5ec190e..e2e38d3e79f73 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/strip_hidden.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use rustc_span::symbol::sym;
 use std::mem;
 
 use crate::clean;
-use crate::clean::{Item, ItemIdSet, NestedAttributesExt};
+use crate::clean::{Item, ItemIdSet};
 use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::fold::{strip_item, DocFolder};
 use crate::passes::{ImplStripper, Pass};
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Stripper<'a, 'tcx> {
 
 impl<'a, 'tcx> DocFolder for Stripper<'a, 'tcx> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
-        let has_doc_hidden = i.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden);
+        let has_doc_hidden = i.is_doc_hidden();
         let is_impl_or_exported_macro = match *i.kind {
             clean::ImplItem(..) => true,
             // If the macro has the `#[macro_export]` attribute, it means it's accessible at the
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
index 73fc26a6b043a..90c361d9d2812 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/passes/stripper.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 //! A collection of utility functions for the `strip_*` passes.
 use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{TyCtxt, Visibility};
-use rustc_span::symbol::sym;
 use std::mem;
 
-use crate::clean::{self, Item, ItemId, ItemIdSet, NestedAttributesExt};
+use crate::clean::{self, Item, ItemId, ItemIdSet};
 use crate::fold::{strip_item, DocFolder};
 use crate::formats::cache::Cache;
 use crate::visit_lib::RustdocEffectiveVisibilities;
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ impl<'a> ImplStripper<'a, '_> {
             // If the "for" item is exported and the impl block isn't `#[doc(hidden)]`, then we
             // need to keep it.
             self.cache.effective_visibilities.is_exported(self.tcx, for_def_id)
-                && !item.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden)
+                && !item.is_doc_hidden()
         } else {
             false
         }
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ impl<'tcx> ImportStripper<'tcx> {
             // FIXME: This should be handled the same way as for HTML output.
             imp.imported_item_is_doc_hidden(self.tcx)
         } else {
-            i.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden)
+            i.is_doc_hidden()
         }
     }
 }
@@ -249,7 +248,7 @@ impl<'tcx> DocFolder for ImportStripper<'tcx> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, i: Item) -> Option<Item> {
         match *i.kind {
             clean::ImportItem(imp) if self.import_should_be_hidden(&i, &imp) => None,
-            clean::ImportItem(_) if i.attrs.lists(sym::doc).has_word(sym::hidden) => None,
+            clean::ImportItem(_) if i.is_doc_hidden() => None,
             clean::ExternCrateItem { .. } | clean::ImportItem(..)
                 if i.visibility(self.tcx) != Some(Visibility::Public) =>
             {