diff --git a/src/main_shim.rs b/src/main_shim.rs
index bc1b1ec7cd5..70cf28267d7 100644
--- a/src/main_shim.rs
+++ b/src/main_shim.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub(crate) fn maybe_create_entry_wrapper(
         is_main_fn: bool,
         sigpipe: u8,
     ) {
-        let main_ret_ty = tcx.fn_sig(rust_main_def_id).subst_identity().output();
+        let main_ret_ty = tcx.fn_sig(rust_main_def_id).no_bound_vars().unwrap().output();
         // Given that `main()` has no arguments,
         // then its return type cannot have
         // late-bound regions, since late-bound