diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/conflict_errors.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/conflict_errors.rs
index 9d609411a54..3a743536052 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/conflict_errors.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/conflict_errors.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
         &mut self,
         location: Location,
         desired_action: InitializationRequiringAction,
-        (moved_place, used_place, span): (PlaceRef<'cx, 'tcx>, PlaceRef<'tcx, 'tcx>, Span),
+        (moved_place, used_place, span): (PlaceRef<'tcx, 'tcx>, PlaceRef<'tcx, 'tcx>, Span),
         mpi: MovePathIndex,
     ) {
         debug!(
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
                 // borrowed place and look for a access to a different field of the same union.
                 let Place { local, projection } = second_borrowed_place;
 
-                let mut cursor = projection.as_ref();
+                let mut cursor = &projection[..];
                 while let [proj_base @ .., elem] = cursor {
                     cursor = proj_base;
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/mod.rs
index cd6834a5a4d..01c022ac2c1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/diagnostics/mod.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
 
     /// End-user visible description of `place` if one can be found. If the
     /// place is a temporary for instance, None will be returned.
-    pub(super) fn describe_place(&self, place_ref: PlaceRef<'cx, 'tcx>) -> Option<String> {
+    pub(super) fn describe_place(&self, place_ref: PlaceRef<'tcx, 'tcx>) -> Option<String> {
         self.describe_place_with_options(place_ref, IncludingDowncast(false))
     }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
     /// `Downcast` and `IncludingDowncast` is true
     pub(super) fn describe_place_with_options(
         &self,
-        place: PlaceRef<'cx, 'tcx>,
+        place: PlaceRef<'tcx, 'tcx>,
         including_downcast: IncludingDowncast,
     ) -> Option<String> {
         let mut buf = String::new();
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
     /// Appends end-user visible description of `place` to `buf`.
     fn append_place_to_string(
         &self,
-        place: PlaceRef<'cx, 'tcx>,
+        place: PlaceRef<'tcx, 'tcx>,
         buf: &mut String,
         mut autoderef: bool,
         including_downcast: &IncludingDowncast,
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs
index 77129a5ef9e..89a81945a27 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/borrow_check/mod.rs
@@ -2220,7 +2220,7 @@ impl<'cx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'cx, 'tcx> {
     /// then returns the index of the field being projected. Note that this closure will always
     /// be `self` in the current MIR, because that is the only time we directly access the fields
     /// of a closure type.
-    pub fn is_upvar_field_projection(&self, place_ref: PlaceRef<'cx, 'tcx>) -> Option<Field> {
+    pub fn is_upvar_field_projection(&self, place_ref: PlaceRef<'tcx, 'tcx>) -> Option<Field> {
         let mut place_projection = place_ref.projection;
         let mut by_ref = false;