diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/analyze.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/analyze.rs
index 71b9ff26140f9..5ce60b8b3d406 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/analyze.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/mir/analyze.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl<Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>> LocalAnalyzer<'mir, 'a, 'tcx, Bx> {
                 };
             }
 
-            self.visit_place_base(&place_ref.local, context, location);
+            self.visit_local(&place_ref.local, context, location);
             self.visit_projection(place_ref.local, place_ref.projection, context, location);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/librustc_middle/mir/visit.rs b/src/librustc_middle/mir/visit.rs
index efc12138d3487..6335246053608 100644
--- a/src/librustc_middle/mir/visit.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_middle/mir/visit.rs
@@ -163,13 +163,6 @@ macro_rules! make_mir_visitor {
                 self.super_place(place, context, location);
             }
 
-            fn visit_place_base(&mut self,
-                                local: & $($mutability)? Local,
-                                context: PlaceContext,
-                                location: Location) {
-                self.super_place_base(local, context, location);
-            }
-
             visit_place_fns!($($mutability)?);
 
             fn visit_constant(&mut self,
@@ -710,13 +703,6 @@ macro_rules! make_mir_visitor {
                 );
             }
 
-            fn super_place_base(&mut self,
-                                local: & $($mutability)? Local,
-                                context: PlaceContext,
-                                location: Location) {
-                self.visit_local(local, context, location);
-            }
-
             fn super_local_decl(&mut self,
                                 local: Local,
                                 local_decl: & $($mutability)? LocalDecl<'tcx>) {
@@ -847,7 +833,7 @@ macro_rules! visit_place_fns {
             context: PlaceContext,
             location: Location,
         ) {
-            self.visit_place_base(&mut place.local, context, location);
+            self.visit_local(&mut place.local, context, location);
 
             if let Some(new_projection) = self.process_projection(&place.projection, location) {
                 place.projection = self.tcx().intern_place_elems(&new_projection);
@@ -936,7 +922,7 @@ macro_rules! visit_place_fns {
                 };
             }
 
-            self.visit_place_base(&place.local, context, location);
+            self.visit_local(&place.local, context, location);
 
             self.visit_projection(place.local, &place.projection, context, location);
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs b/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs
index ea648ebf34ec2..5c94257c31aa4 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/collector.rs
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirVisitor<'tcx> for MirNeighborCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
         self.super_terminator_kind(kind, location);
     }
 
-    fn visit_place_base(
+    fn visit_local(
         &mut self,
         _place_local: &Local,
         _context: mir::visit::PlaceContext,
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_consts/validation.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_consts/validation.rs
index cee98e9b299c1..282f37e8fc5cf 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_consts/validation.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/check_consts/validation.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ impl Visitor<'tcx> for Validator<'_, 'mir, 'tcx> {
                             PlaceContext::MutatingUse(MutatingUseContext::Borrow)
                         }
                     };
-                    self.visit_place_base(&place.local, ctx, location);
+                    self.visit_local(&place.local, ctx, location);
                     self.visit_projection(place.local, reborrowed_proj, ctx, location);
                     return;
                 }
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ impl Visitor<'tcx> for Validator<'_, 'mir, 'tcx> {
                         }
                         Mutability::Mut => PlaceContext::MutatingUse(MutatingUseContext::AddressOf),
                     };
-                    self.visit_place_base(&place.local, ctx, location);
+                    self.visit_local(&place.local, ctx, location);
                     self.visit_projection(place.local, reborrowed_proj, ctx, location);
                     return;
                 }
@@ -386,14 +386,13 @@ impl Visitor<'tcx> for Validator<'_, 'mir, 'tcx> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn visit_place_base(&mut self, place_local: &Local, context: PlaceContext, location: Location) {
+    fn visit_local(&mut self, place_local: &Local, context: PlaceContext, location: Location) {
         trace!(
-            "visit_place_base: place_local={:?} context={:?} location={:?}",
+            "visit_local: place_local={:?} context={:?} location={:?}",
             place_local,
             context,
             location,
         );
-        self.super_place_base(place_local, context, location);
     }
 
     fn visit_operand(&mut self, op: &Operand<'tcx>, location: Location) {
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/transform/generator.rs b/src/librustc_mir/transform/generator.rs
index 4492895104526..257b6b4a5cfae 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/transform/generator.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/transform/generator.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ impl<'tcx> MutVisitor<'tcx> for DerefArgVisitor<'tcx> {
                 self.tcx,
             );
         } else {
-            self.visit_place_base(&mut place.local, context, location);
+            self.visit_local(&mut place.local, context, location);
 
             for elem in place.projection.iter() {
                 if let PlaceElem::Index(local) = elem {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ impl<'tcx> MutVisitor<'tcx> for PinArgVisitor<'tcx> {
                 self.tcx,
             );
         } else {
-            self.visit_place_base(&mut place.local, context, location);
+            self.visit_local(&mut place.local, context, location);
 
             for elem in place.projection.iter() {
                 if let PlaceElem::Index(local) = elem {