diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/debuginfo.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/debuginfo.rs
index 6bb20545f07..c139f915e6c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/debuginfo.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/debuginfo.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx>> FunctionCx<'a, 'tcx, Bx> {
                 match *elem {
                     mir::ProjectionElem::Deref => {
                         indirect_offsets.push(Size::ZERO);
-                        place = place.project_deref(bx);
+                        place = bx.load_operand(place).deref(bx.cx());
                     }
                     mir::ProjectionElem::Field(field, _) => {
                         let i = field.index();
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs
index 9906cf59e9a..66d9d1a1e0c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/place.rs
@@ -402,18 +402,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx, V: CodegenObject> PlaceRef<'tcx, V> {
         downcast
     }
 
-    pub fn project_deref<Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx, Value = V>>(&self, bx: &mut Bx) -> Self {
-        let target_ty = self.layout.ty.builtin_deref(true).expect("failed to deref");
-        let layout = bx.layout_of(target_ty.ty);
-
-        PlaceRef {
-            llval: bx.load(bx.backend_type(layout), self.llval, self.align),
-            llextra: None,
-            layout,
-            align: layout.align.abi,
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn storage_live<Bx: BuilderMethods<'a, 'tcx, Value = V>>(&self, bx: &mut Bx) {
         bx.lifetime_start(self.llval, self.layout.size);
     }