diff --git a/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/extract_struct_from_enum_variant.rs b/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/extract_struct_from_enum_variant.rs
index dfb56521264..3738718b3c6 100644
--- a/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/extract_struct_from_enum_variant.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-assists/src/handlers/extract_struct_from_enum_variant.rs
@@ -101,21 +101,21 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_struct_from_enum_variant(
                 });
             }
 
-            let indent = enum_ast.indent_level();
             let generic_params = enum_ast
                 .generic_param_list()
                 .and_then(|known_generics| extract_generic_params(&known_generics, &field_list));
             let generics = generic_params.as_ref().map(|generics| generics.clone_for_update());
-            let def =
-                create_struct_def(variant_name.clone(), &variant, &field_list, generics, &enum_ast);
+            let def = create_struct_def(variant_name.clone(), &field_list, generics, &enum_ast);
+
+            let enum_ast = variant.parent_enum();
+            let indent = enum_ast.indent_level();
             def.reindent_to(indent);
 
-            let start_offset = &variant.parent_enum().syntax().clone();
-            ted::insert_all_raw(
-                ted::Position::before(start_offset),
+            ted::insert_all(
+                ted::Position::before(enum_ast.syntax()),
                 vec![
                     def.syntax().clone().into(),
-                    make::tokens::whitespace(&format!("\n\n{}", indent)).into(),
+                    make::tokens::whitespace(&format!("\n\n{indent}")).into(),
                 ],
             );
 
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ fn tag_generics_in_variant(ty: &ast::Type, generics: &mut [(ast::GenericParam, b
 }
 
 fn create_struct_def(
-    variant_name: ast::Name,
-    variant: &ast::Variant,
+    name: ast::Name,
     field_list: &Either<ast::RecordFieldList, ast::TupleFieldList>,
     generics: Option<ast::GenericParamList>,
     enum_: &ast::Enum,
@@ -269,37 +268,9 @@ fn create_struct_def(
             field_list.into()
         }
     };
-
     field_list.reindent_to(IndentLevel::single());
 
-    let strukt = make::struct_(enum_vis, variant_name, generics, field_list).clone_for_update();
-
-    // FIXME: Consider making this an actual function somewhere (like in `AttrsOwnerEdit`) after some deliberation
-    let attrs_and_docs = |node: &SyntaxNode| {
-        let mut select_next_ws = false;
-        node.children_with_tokens().filter(move |child| {
-            let accept = match child.kind() {
-                ATTR | COMMENT => {
-                    select_next_ws = true;
-                    return true;
-                }
-                WHITESPACE if select_next_ws => true,
-                _ => false,
-            };
-            select_next_ws = false;
-
-            accept
-        })
-    };
-
-    // copy attributes & comments from variant
-    let variant_attrs = attrs_and_docs(variant.syntax())
-        .map(|tok| match tok.kind() {
-            WHITESPACE => make::tokens::single_newline().into(),
-            _ => tok,
-        })
-        .collect();
-    ted::insert_all(ted::Position::first_child_of(strukt.syntax()), variant_attrs);
+    let strukt = make::struct_(enum_vis, name, generics, field_list).clone_for_update();
 
     // copy attributes from enum
     ted::insert_all(
@@ -346,13 +317,20 @@ fn update_variant(variant: &ast::Variant, generics: Option<ast::GenericParamList
         })
         .unwrap_or_else(|| make::ty(&name.text()));
 
+    // change from a record to a tuple field list
     let tuple_field = make::tuple_field(None, ty);
-    let replacement = make::variant(
-        name,
-        Some(ast::FieldList::TupleFieldList(make::tuple_field_list(iter::once(tuple_field)))),
-    )
-    .clone_for_update();
-    ted::replace(variant.syntax(), replacement.syntax());
+    let field_list = make::tuple_field_list(iter::once(tuple_field)).clone_for_update();
+    ted::replace(variant.field_list()?.syntax(), field_list.syntax());
+
+    // remove any ws after the name
+    if let Some(ws) = name
+        .syntax()
+        .siblings_with_tokens(syntax::Direction::Next)
+        .find_map(|tok| tok.into_token().filter(|tok| tok.kind() == WHITESPACE))
+    {
+        ted::remove(SyntaxElement::Token(ws));
+    }
+
     Some(())
 }
 
@@ -628,15 +606,15 @@ enum A {
     }
 }"#,
             r#"
-/* comment */
-// other
-/// comment
-#[attr]
 struct One{
     a: u32
 }
 
 enum A {
+    /* comment */
+    // other
+    /// comment
+    #[attr]
     One(One)
 }"#,
         );
@@ -655,13 +633,13 @@ enum A {
     $0One(u32, u32)
 }"#,
             r#"
-/* comment */
-// other
-/// comment
-#[attr]
 struct One(u32, u32);
 
 enum A {
+    /* comment */
+    // other
+    /// comment
+    #[attr]
     One(One)
 }"#,
         );