diff --git a/src/librustc_infer/infer/mod.rs b/src/librustc_infer/infer/mod.rs
index 8f8ce03d638c0..76ac61c067280 100644
--- a/src/librustc_infer/infer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_infer/infer/mod.rs
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ impl<'tcx> fmt::Display for FixupError<'tcx> {
 /// Necessary because we can't write the following bound:
 /// `F: for<'b, 'tcx> where 'tcx FnOnce(InferCtxt<'b, 'tcx>)`.
 pub struct InferCtxtBuilder<'tcx> {
-    global_tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
+    tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
     fresh_tables: Option<RefCell<ty::TypeckTables<'tcx>>>,
 }
 
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ pub trait TyCtxtInferExt<'tcx> {
 
 impl TyCtxtInferExt<'tcx> for TyCtxt<'tcx> {
     fn infer_ctxt(self) -> InferCtxtBuilder<'tcx> {
-        InferCtxtBuilder { global_tcx: self, fresh_tables: None }
+        InferCtxtBuilder { tcx: self, fresh_tables: None }
     }
 }
 
@@ -616,24 +616,22 @@ impl<'tcx> InferCtxtBuilder<'tcx> {
     }
 
     pub fn enter<R>(&mut self, f: impl for<'a> FnOnce(InferCtxt<'a, 'tcx>) -> R) -> R {
-        let InferCtxtBuilder { global_tcx, ref fresh_tables } = *self;
+        let InferCtxtBuilder { tcx, ref fresh_tables } = *self;
         let in_progress_tables = fresh_tables.as_ref();
-        global_tcx.enter_local(|tcx| {
-            f(InferCtxt {
-                tcx,
-                in_progress_tables,
-                inner: RefCell::new(InferCtxtInner::new()),
-                lexical_region_resolutions: RefCell::new(None),
-                selection_cache: Default::default(),
-                evaluation_cache: Default::default(),
-                reported_trait_errors: Default::default(),
-                reported_closure_mismatch: Default::default(),
-                tainted_by_errors_flag: Cell::new(false),
-                err_count_on_creation: tcx.sess.err_count(),
-                in_snapshot: Cell::new(false),
-                skip_leak_check: Cell::new(false),
-                universe: Cell::new(ty::UniverseIndex::ROOT),
-            })
+        f(InferCtxt {
+            tcx,
+            in_progress_tables,
+            inner: RefCell::new(InferCtxtInner::new()),
+            lexical_region_resolutions: RefCell::new(None),
+            selection_cache: Default::default(),
+            evaluation_cache: Default::default(),
+            reported_trait_errors: Default::default(),
+            reported_closure_mismatch: Default::default(),
+            tainted_by_errors_flag: Cell::new(false),
+            err_count_on_creation: tcx.sess.err_count(),
+            in_snapshot: Cell::new(false),
+            skip_leak_check: Cell::new(false),
+            universe: Cell::new(ty::UniverseIndex::ROOT),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/librustc_middle/ty/context.rs b/src/librustc_middle/ty/context.rs
index df08e083d2cbb..8095bd3f6c2ca 100644
--- a/src/librustc_middle/ty/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_middle/ty/context.rs
@@ -1553,28 +1553,6 @@ impl<'tcx> TyCtxt<'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> GlobalCtxt<'tcx> {
-    /// Calls the closure with a local `TyCtxt` using the given arena.
-    /// `interners` is a slot passed so we can create a CtxtInterners
-    /// with the same lifetime as `arena`.
-    pub fn enter_local<F, R>(&'tcx self, f: F) -> R
-    where
-        F: FnOnce(TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> R,
-    {
-        let tcx = TyCtxt { gcx: self };
-        ty::tls::with_related_context(tcx, |icx| {
-            let new_icx = ty::tls::ImplicitCtxt {
-                tcx,
-                query: icx.query,
-                diagnostics: icx.diagnostics,
-                layout_depth: icx.layout_depth,
-                task_deps: icx.task_deps,
-            };
-            ty::tls::enter_context(&new_icx, |_| f(tcx))
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 /// A trait implemented for all `X<'a>` types that can be safely and
 /// efficiently converted to `X<'tcx>` as long as they are part of the
 /// provided `TyCtxt<'tcx>`.
@@ -1811,11 +1789,11 @@ pub mod tls {
         with_context_opt(|opt_context| f(opt_context.expect("no ImplicitCtxt stored in tls")))
     }
 
-    /// Allows access to the current `ImplicitCtxt` whose tcx field has the same global
-    /// interner as the tcx argument passed in. This means the closure is given an `ImplicitCtxt`
-    /// with the same `'tcx` lifetime as the `TyCtxt` passed in.
-    /// This will panic if you pass it a `TyCtxt` which has a different global interner from
-    /// the current `ImplicitCtxt`'s `tcx` field.
+    /// Allows access to the current `ImplicitCtxt` whose tcx field is the same as the tcx argument
+    /// passed in. This means the closure is given an `ImplicitCtxt` with the same `'tcx` lifetime
+    /// as the `TyCtxt` passed in.
+    /// This will panic if you pass it a `TyCtxt` which is different from the current
+    /// `ImplicitCtxt`'s `tcx` field.
     #[inline]
     pub fn with_related_context<'tcx, F, R>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, f: F) -> R
     where