diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
index b13cdbadb5a..35995f6ee93 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
@@ -221,12 +221,11 @@ impl<'hir> LoweringContext<'_, 'hir> {
         if let ItemKind::MacroDef(MacroDef { ref body, macro_rules }) = i.kind {
             if !macro_rules || self.sess.contains_name(&i.attrs, sym::macro_export) {
                 let hir_id = self.lower_node_id(i.id);
-                let attrs = self.lower_attrs(hir_id, &i.attrs);
+                self.lower_attrs(hir_id, &i.attrs);
                 let body = P(self.lower_mac_args(body));
                 self.exported_macros.push(hir::MacroDef {
                     ident,
                     vis,
-                    attrs,
                     def_id: hir_id.expect_owner(),
                     span: i.span,
                     ast: MacroDef { body, macro_rules },
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
index 6e51c41601c..a1569c7a999 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/hir.rs
@@ -768,7 +768,6 @@ impl Crate<'_> {
 pub struct MacroDef<'hir> {
     pub ident: Ident,
     pub vis: Visibility<'hir>,
-    pub attrs: &'hir [Attribute],
     pub def_id: LocalDefId,
     pub span: Span,
     pub ast: ast::MacroDef,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/stable_hash_impls.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/stable_hash_impls.rs
index 5fb4b8a58c2..87b41d36915 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/stable_hash_impls.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/stable_hash_impls.rs
@@ -206,11 +206,10 @@ impl<HirCtx: crate::HashStableContext> HashStable<HirCtx> for Item<'_> {
 
 impl<HirCtx: crate::HashStableContext> HashStable<HirCtx> for MacroDef<'_> {
     fn hash_stable(&self, hcx: &mut HirCtx, hasher: &mut StableHasher) {
-        let MacroDef { ident, ref attrs, def_id: _, ref ast, ref vis, span } = *self;
+        let MacroDef { ident, def_id: _, ref ast, ref vis, span } = *self;
 
         hcx.hash_hir_item_like(|hcx| {
             ident.name.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
-            attrs.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
             ast.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
             vis.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
             span.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
index 2898ffc0906..5be8f248e8b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
@@ -568,7 +568,8 @@ impl<'tcx> LateLintPass<'tcx> for MissingDoc {
         self.check_missing_docs_attrs(cx, hir::CRATE_HIR_ID, krate.item.span, "the", "crate");
 
         for macro_def in krate.exported_macros {
-            let has_doc = macro_def.attrs.iter().any(|a| has_doc(cx.sess(), a));
+            let attrs = cx.tcx.hir().attrs(macro_def.hir_id());
+            let has_doc = attrs.iter().any(|a| has_doc(cx.sess(), a));
             if !has_doc {
                 cx.struct_span_lint(
                     MISSING_DOCS,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
index 6e0e1c5eeef..72be266b338 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_privacy/src/lib.rs
@@ -881,7 +881,8 @@ impl Visitor<'tcx> for EmbargoVisitor<'tcx> {
 
     fn visit_macro_def(&mut self, md: &'tcx hir::MacroDef<'tcx>) {
         // Non-opaque macros cannot make other items more accessible than they already are.
-        if attr::find_transparency(&self.tcx.sess, &md.attrs, md.ast.macro_rules).0
+        let attrs = self.tcx.hir().attrs(md.hir_id());
+        if attr::find_transparency(&self.tcx.sess, &attrs, md.ast.macro_rules).0
             != Transparency::Opaque
         {
             // `#[macro_export]`-ed `macro_rules!` are `Public` since they