diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
index c4771115cac..e6c4db9e2ae 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
@@ -10,15 +10,10 @@ use crate::tokenstream::{DelimSpan, Spacing, TokenTree};
 use crate::tokenstream::{LazyAttrTokenStream, TokenStream};
 use crate::util::comments;
 use crate::util::literal::escape_string_symbol;
-use rustc_data_structures::sync::WorkerLocal;
 use rustc_index::bit_set::GrowableBitSet;
 use rustc_span::symbol::{sym, Ident, Symbol};
 use rustc_span::Span;
-use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::iter;
-#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-use std::ops::BitXor;
-#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use thin_vec::{thin_vec, ThinVec};
 
@@ -40,39 +35,16 @@ impl MarkedAttrs {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct AttrIdGenerator(WorkerLocal<Cell<u32>>);
-
-#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-static MAX_ATTR_ID: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(u32::MAX);
+pub struct AttrIdGenerator(AtomicU32);
 
 impl AttrIdGenerator {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        // We use `(index as u32).reverse_bits()` to initialize the
-        // starting value of AttrId in each worker thread.
-        // The `index` is the index of the worker thread.
-        // This ensures that the AttrId generated in each thread is unique.
-        AttrIdGenerator(WorkerLocal::new(|index| {
-            let index: u32 = index.try_into().unwrap();
-
-            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-            {
-                let max_id = ((index + 1).next_power_of_two() - 1).bitxor(u32::MAX).reverse_bits();
-                MAX_ATTR_ID.fetch_min(max_id, Ordering::Release);
-            }
-
-            Cell::new(index.reverse_bits())
-        }))
+        AttrIdGenerator(AtomicU32::new(0))
     }
 
     pub fn mk_attr_id(&self) -> AttrId {
-        let id = self.0.get();
-
-        // Ensure the assigned attr_id does not overlap the bits
-        // representing the number of threads.
-        #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-        assert!(id <= MAX_ATTR_ID.load(Ordering::Acquire));
-
-        self.0.set(id + 1);
+        let id = self.0.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        assert!(id != u32::MAX);
         AttrId::from_u32(id)
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/interface.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/interface.rs
index 577a1034307..be7fa9378ca 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/interface.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/interface.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use rustc_session::Session;
 use rustc_session::{early_error, CompilerIO};
 use rustc_span::source_map::{FileLoader, FileName};
 use rustc_span::symbol::sym;
-use std::cell::OnceCell;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::result;
 
@@ -59,25 +58,9 @@ impl Compiler {
     }
 }
 
-fn registry_setup() {
-    thread_local! {
-        static ONCE: OnceCell<()> = OnceCell::new();
-    }
-
-    // Create a dummy registry to allow `WorkerLocal` construction.
-    // We use `OnceCell` so we only register one dummy registry per thread.
-    ONCE.with(|once| {
-        once.get_or_init(|| {
-            rustc_data_structures::sync::Registry::new(1).register();
-        });
-    });
-}
-
 /// Converts strings provided as `--cfg [cfgspec]` into a `crate_cfg`.
 pub fn parse_cfgspecs(cfgspecs: Vec<String>) -> FxHashSet<(String, Option<String>)> {
     rustc_span::create_default_session_if_not_set_then(move |_| {
-        registry_setup();
-
         let cfg = cfgspecs
             .into_iter()
             .map(|s| {
@@ -137,8 +120,6 @@ pub fn parse_cfgspecs(cfgspecs: Vec<String>) -> FxHashSet<(String, Option<String
 /// Converts strings provided as `--check-cfg [specs]` into a `CheckCfg`.
 pub fn parse_check_cfg(specs: Vec<String>) -> CheckCfg {
     rustc_span::create_default_session_if_not_set_then(move |_| {
-        registry_setup();
-
         let mut cfg = CheckCfg::default();
 
         'specs: for s in specs {