diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
index 55d77a63f61..838283e32da 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/inline.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ use rustc_span::symbol::{kw, sym, Symbol};
 
 use crate::clean::{
     self, clean_fn_decl_from_did_and_sig, clean_middle_field, clean_middle_ty, clean_ty,
-    clean_ty_generics, clean_visibility, utils, Attributes, AttributesExt, Clean, ImplKind, ItemId,
-    Type, Visibility,
+    clean_ty_generics, clean_variant_def, clean_visibility, utils, Attributes, AttributesExt,
+    Clean, ImplKind, ItemId, Type, Visibility,
 };
 use crate::core::DocContext;
 use crate::formats::item_type::ItemType;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ fn build_enum(cx: &mut DocContext<'_>, did: DefId) -> clean::Enum {
 
     clean::Enum {
         generics: clean_ty_generics(cx, cx.tcx.generics_of(did), predicates),
-        variants: cx.tcx.adt_def(did).variants().iter().map(|v| v.clean(cx)).collect(),
+        variants: cx.tcx.adt_def(did).variants().iter().map(|v| clean_variant_def(v, cx)).collect(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 10676aca480..efd8cf5205b 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -1834,23 +1834,21 @@ fn clean_variant_data<'tcx>(
     }
 }
 
-impl<'tcx> Clean<'tcx, Item> for ty::VariantDef {
-    fn clean(&self, cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>) -> Item {
-        let kind = match self.ctor_kind {
-            CtorKind::Const => Variant::CLike,
-            CtorKind::Fn => Variant::Tuple(
-                self.fields.iter().map(|field| clean_middle_field(field, cx)).collect(),
-            ),
-            CtorKind::Fictive => Variant::Struct(VariantStruct {
-                struct_type: CtorKind::Fictive,
-                fields: self.fields.iter().map(|field| clean_middle_field(field, cx)).collect(),
-            }),
-        };
-        let what_rustc_thinks =
-            Item::from_def_id_and_parts(self.def_id, Some(self.name), VariantItem(kind), cx);
-        // don't show `pub` for variants, which always inherit visibility
-        Item { visibility: Inherited, ..what_rustc_thinks }
-    }
+pub(crate) fn clean_variant_def<'tcx>(variant: &ty::VariantDef, cx: &mut DocContext<'tcx>) -> Item {
+    let kind = match variant.ctor_kind {
+        CtorKind::Const => Variant::CLike,
+        CtorKind::Fn => Variant::Tuple(
+            variant.fields.iter().map(|field| clean_middle_field(field, cx)).collect(),
+        ),
+        CtorKind::Fictive => Variant::Struct(VariantStruct {
+            struct_type: CtorKind::Fictive,
+            fields: variant.fields.iter().map(|field| clean_middle_field(field, cx)).collect(),
+        }),
+    };
+    let what_rustc_thinks =
+        Item::from_def_id_and_parts(variant.def_id, Some(variant.name), VariantItem(kind), cx);
+    // don't show `pub` for variants, which always inherit visibility
+    Item { visibility: Inherited, ..what_rustc_thinks }
 }
 
 impl<'tcx> Clean<'tcx, Variant> for hir::VariantData<'tcx> {