diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
index d7370c1ff53f7..96bd6fc10a5a3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
@@ -795,7 +795,6 @@ fn test_unstable_options_tracking_hash() {
     tracked!(function_sections, Some(false));
     tracked!(human_readable_cgu_names, true);
     tracked!(incremental_ignore_spans, true);
-    tracked!(inline_in_all_cgus, Some(true));
     tracked!(inline_mir, Some(true));
     tracked!(inline_mir_hint_threshold, Some(123));
     tracked!(inline_mir_threshold, Some(123));
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs
index 111c3b6956a24..327405d753790 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/mir/mono.rs
@@ -91,13 +91,8 @@ impl<'tcx> MonoItem<'tcx> {
     }
 
     pub fn instantiation_mode(&self, tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>) -> InstantiationMode {
-        let generate_cgu_internal_copies = tcx
-            .sess
-            .opts
-            .unstable_opts
-            .inline_in_all_cgus
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| tcx.sess.opts.optimize != OptLevel::No)
-            && !tcx.sess.link_dead_code();
+        let generate_cgu_internal_copies =
+            (tcx.sess.opts.optimize != OptLevel::No) && !tcx.sess.link_dead_code();
 
         match *self {
             MonoItem::Fn(ref instance) => {
@@ -121,8 +116,8 @@ impl<'tcx> MonoItem<'tcx> {
                 }
 
                 // At this point we don't have explicit linkage and we're an
-                // inlined function. If we're inlining into all CGUs then we'll
-                // be creating a local copy per CGU.
+                // inlined function. If this crate's build settings permit,
+                // we'll be creating a local copy per CGU.
                 if generate_cgu_internal_copies {
                     return InstantiationMode::LocalCopy;
                 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
index 63aaa3abc8e56..4ce6382512978 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
@@ -1870,8 +1870,6 @@ options! {
         "verify extended properties for incr. comp. (default: no):
         - hashes of green query instances
         - hash collisions of query keys"),
-    inline_in_all_cgus: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
-        "control whether `#[inline]` functions are in all CGUs"),
     inline_llvm: bool = (true, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "enable LLVM inlining (default: yes)"),
     inline_mir: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/drop_in_place_intrinsic.rs b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/drop_in_place_intrinsic.rs
index e1887b93b93a0..a57b102a5fd21 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/drop_in_place_intrinsic.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/drop_in_place_intrinsic.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-//
 //@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
 //@ compile-flags:-Zinline-mir=no
+//@ compile-flags: -O
 
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/generic-drop-glue.rs b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/generic-drop-glue.rs
index 6ecf98a032f52..c0d2e899bbc86 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/generic-drop-glue.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/generic-drop-glue.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-//
 //@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
+//@ compile-flags: -O
 
 #![deny(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/instantiation-through-vtable.rs b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/instantiation-through-vtable.rs
index 9087fc6410ab5..ee0b5dc1dd2cb 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/instantiation-through-vtable.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/instantiation-through-vtable.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-//
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager -Zinline-in-all-cgus -Zmir-opt-level=0
+//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager -Zmir-opt-level=0
 
 #![deny(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/non-generic-drop-glue.rs b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/non-generic-drop-glue.rs
index c4d7942ba1ed9..2eeccd2e99f2d 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/non-generic-drop-glue.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/non-generic-drop-glue.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-//
 //@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
+//@ compile-flags: -O
 
 #![deny(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/transitive-drop-glue.rs b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/transitive-drop-glue.rs
index 18954fab86f66..b999e466d54b7 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/transitive-drop-glue.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/transitive-drop-glue.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-//
 //@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
+//@ compile-flags: -O
 
 #![deny(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/tuple-drop-glue.rs b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/tuple-drop-glue.rs
index 2e70d0151eb7c..5e97fbb43368a 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/tuple-drop-glue.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/tuple-drop-glue.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-//
 //@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
+//@ compile-flags: -O
 
 #![deny(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/unsizing.rs b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/unsizing.rs
index 23e6003dc19fd..97adf72ce2c9b 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/unsizing.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/item-collection/unsizing.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 //@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
 //@ compile-flags:-Zmir-opt-level=0
 
 #![deny(dead_code)]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/README.md b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5dd6b1281fd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# codegen-units/partitioning tests
+
+This test suite is designed to test that codegen unit partitioning works as intended.
+Note that it does not evaluate whether CGU partitioning is *good*. That is the job of the compiler benchmark suite.
+
+All tests in this suite use the flag `-Zprint-mono-items=lazy`, which makes the compiler print a machine-readable summary of all MonoItems that were collected, which CGUs they were assigned to, and the linkage in each CGU. The output looks like:
+```
+MONO_ITEM <item> @@ <cgu name>[<linkage>] <other cgu name>[<linkage in other cgu>]
+```
+DO NOT add tests to this suite that use `-Zprint-mono-items=eager`. That flag changes the way that MonoItem collection works in rather fundamental ways that are otherwise only used by `-Clink-dead-code`, and thus the MonoItems collected and their linkage under `-Zprint-mono-items=eager` does not correlate very well with normal compilation behavior.
+
+The current CGU partitioning algorithm essentially groups MonoItems by which module they are defined in, then merges small CGUs. There are a lot of inline modules in this test suite because that's the only way to observe the partitioning.
+
+Currently, the test suite is very heavily biased towards incremental builds with -Copt-level=0. This is mostly an accident of history; the entire test suite was added as part of supporting incremental compilation in #32779. But also CGU partitioning is *mostly* valuable because the CGU is the unit of incrementality to the codegen backend (cached queries are the unit of incrementality for the rest of the compiler).
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/auxiliary/shared_generics_aux.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/auxiliary/shared_generics_aux.rs
index b6c568ed387a1..d3517df03763e 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/auxiliary/shared_generics_aux.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/auxiliary/shared_generics_aux.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // NOTE: We always compile this test with -Copt-level=0 because higher opt-levels
 //       prevent drop-glue from participating in share-generics.
-//@ compile-flags:-Zshare-generics=yes -Copt-level=0
-//@ no-prefer-dynamic
+//@ compile-flags: -Zshare-generics=yes -Copt-level=0
 
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-drop-glue.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-drop-glue.rs
index d3bce7b4223cc..ca78c175dbf34 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-drop-glue.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-drop-glue.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
-// We specify opt-level=0 because `drop_in_place` is `Internal` when optimizing
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus -Copt-level=0
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
 //@ aux-build:cgu_extern_drop_glue.rs
 extern crate cgu_extern_drop_glue;
 
+// This test checks that drop glue is generated, even for types not defined in this crate, and all
+// drop glue is put in the fallback CGU.
+
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn std::ptr::drop_in_place::<cgu_extern_drop_glue::Struct> - shim(Some(cgu_extern_drop_glue::Struct)) @@ extern_drop_glue-fallback.cgu[External]
 
 struct LocalStruct(cgu_extern_drop_glue::Struct);
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-generic.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-generic.rs
index 602a5240283bc..875ebb3098e56 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-generic.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/extern-generic.rs
@@ -1,51 +1,36 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager -Zshare-generics=y
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
 //@ aux-build:cgu_generic_function.rs
 extern crate cgu_generic_function;
 
-//~ MONO_ITEM fn user @@ extern_generic[Internal]
-fn user() {
+// This test checks that, in an unoptimized build, a generic function and its callees are only
+// instantiated once in this crate.
+
+//~ MONO_ITEM fn user @@ extern_generic[External]
+pub fn user() {
     let _ = cgu_generic_function::foo("abc");
 }
 
-mod mod1 {
+pub mod mod1 {
     use cgu_generic_function;
 
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::user @@ extern_generic-mod1[Internal]
-    fn user() {
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::user @@ extern_generic-mod1[External]
+    pub fn user() {
         let _ = cgu_generic_function::foo("abc");
     }
 
-    mod mod1 {
+    pub mod mod1 {
         use cgu_generic_function;
 
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::user @@ extern_generic-mod1-mod1[Internal]
-        fn user() {
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::user @@ extern_generic-mod1-mod1[External]
+        pub fn user() {
             let _ = cgu_generic_function::foo("abc");
         }
     }
 }
 
-mod mod2 {
-    use cgu_generic_function;
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::user @@ extern_generic-mod2[Internal]
-    fn user() {
-        let _ = cgu_generic_function::foo("abc");
-    }
-}
-
-mod mod3 {
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod3::non_user @@ extern_generic-mod3[Internal]
-    fn non_user() {}
-}
-
-// Make sure the two generic functions from the extern crate get instantiated
-// once for the current crate
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn cgu_generic_function::foo::<&str> @@ cgu_generic_function-in-extern_generic.volatile[External]
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn cgu_generic_function::bar::<&str> @@ cgu_generic_function-in-extern_generic.volatile[External]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/incremental-merging.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/incremental-merging.rs
index 6834bb2bebf5c..68eee803e5f22 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/incremental-merging.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/incremental-merging.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Ccodegen-units=3
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0 -Ccodegen-units=3
 
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
@@ -9,8 +7,9 @@
 // compilation but at the same time does not modify names of CGUs that were not
 // affected by merging.
 //
-// We expect CGUs `aaa` and `bbb` to be merged (because they are the smallest),
-// while `ccc` and `ddd` are supposed to stay untouched.
+// CGU partitioning creates one CGU per module, so with 4 modules and codegen-units=3,
+// two of the modules should be merged. We expect CGUs `aaa` and `bbb` to be merged
+// (because they are the smallest), while `ccc` and `ddd` should stay untouched.
 
 pub mod aaa {
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn aaa::foo @@ incremental_merging-aaa--incremental_merging-bbb[External]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/inline-always.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/inline-always.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5e8cce0ac337b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/inline-always.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//@ incremental
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
+
+#![crate_type = "lib"]
+
+// This test checks that a monomorphic inline(always) function is instantiated in every CGU that
+// references it, even though this is an unoptimized incremental build.
+// It also checks that an inline(always) function is only placed in CGUs that reference it.
+
+mod inline {
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn inline::inlined_function @@ inline_always-user1[Internal] inline_always-user2[Internal]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn inlined_function() {}
+}
+
+pub mod user1 {
+    use super::inline;
+
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn user1::foo @@ inline_always-user1[External]
+    pub fn foo() {
+        inline::inlined_function();
+    }
+}
+
+pub mod user2 {
+    use super::inline;
+
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn user2::bar @@ inline_always-user2[External]
+    pub fn bar() {
+        inline::inlined_function();
+    }
+}
+
+pub mod non_user {
+
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn non_user::baz @@ inline_always-non_user[External]
+    pub fn baz() {}
+}
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/inlining-from-extern-crate.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/inlining-from-extern-crate.rs
index b007ffe1cb510..d321c88d03a6e 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/inlining-from-extern-crate.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/inlining-from-extern-crate.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=1
 
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-drop-glue.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-drop-glue.rs
index 5fa1df95cbc82..240f64e4f7021 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-drop-glue.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-drop-glue.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
-// We specify opt-level=0 because `drop_in_place` is `Internal` when optimizing
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus -Copt-level=0
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
+// This test checks that drop glue is generated for types defined in this crate, and that all drop
+// glue is put in the fallback CGU.
+// This is rather similar to extern-drop-glue.rs.
+
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn std::ptr::drop_in_place::<Struct> - shim(Some(Struct)) @@ local_drop_glue-fallback.cgu[External]
-struct Struct {
+pub struct Struct {
     _a: u32,
 }
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ impl Drop for Struct {
 }
 
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn std::ptr::drop_in_place::<Outer> - shim(Some(Outer)) @@ local_drop_glue-fallback.cgu[External]
-struct Outer {
+pub struct Outer {
     _a: Struct,
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub mod mod1 {
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn std::ptr::drop_in_place::<mod1::Struct2> - shim(Some(mod1::Struct2)) @@ local_drop_glue-fallback.cgu[External]
     struct Struct2 {
         _a: Struct,
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn std::ptr::drop_in_place::<(u32, Struct)> - shim(Some((u32, Struct))) @@ local_drop_glue-fallback.cgu[Internal]
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn std::ptr::drop_in_place::<(u32, Struct)> - shim(Some((u32, Struct))) @@ local_drop_glue-fallback.cgu[External]
         _b: (u32, Struct),
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-generic.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-generic.rs
index 0cfc572650c1f..177eb2632f640 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-generic.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-generic.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
+// This test checks that all the instantiations of a local generic fn are placed in the same CGU,
+// regardless of where it is called.
+
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn generic::<u32> @@ local_generic.volatile[External]
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn generic::<u64> @@ local_generic.volatile[External]
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn generic::<char> @@ local_generic.volatile[External]
@@ -13,34 +14,34 @@ pub fn generic<T>(x: T) -> T {
     x
 }
 
-//~ MONO_ITEM fn user @@ local_generic[Internal]
-fn user() {
+//~ MONO_ITEM fn user @@ local_generic[External]
+pub fn user() {
     let _ = generic(0u32);
 }
 
-mod mod1 {
+pub mod mod1 {
     pub use super::generic;
 
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::user @@ local_generic-mod1[Internal]
-    fn user() {
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::user @@ local_generic-mod1[External]
+    pub fn user() {
         let _ = generic(0u64);
     }
 
-    mod mod1 {
+    pub mod mod1 {
         use super::generic;
 
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::user @@ local_generic-mod1-mod1[Internal]
-        fn user() {
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::user @@ local_generic-mod1-mod1[External]
+        pub fn user() {
             let _ = generic('c');
         }
     }
 }
 
-mod mod2 {
+pub mod mod2 {
     use super::generic;
 
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::user @@ local_generic-mod2[Internal]
-    fn user() {
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::user @@ local_generic-mod2[External]
+    pub fn user() {
         let _ = generic("abc");
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-inlining-but-not-all.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-inlining-but-not-all.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 454de255254a4..0000000000000
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-inlining-but-not-all.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
-//@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus=no
-
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-#![crate_type = "lib"]
-
-mod inline {
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn inline::inlined_function @@ local_inlining_but_not_all-inline[External]
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn inlined_function() {}
-}
-
-pub mod user1 {
-    use super::inline;
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn user1::foo @@ local_inlining_but_not_all-user1[External]
-    pub fn foo() {
-        inline::inlined_function();
-    }
-}
-
-pub mod user2 {
-    use super::inline;
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn user2::bar @@ local_inlining_but_not_all-user2[External]
-    pub fn bar() {
-        inline::inlined_function();
-    }
-}
-
-pub mod non_user {
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn non_user::baz @@ local_inlining_but_not_all-non_user[External]
-    pub fn baz() {}
-}
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-inlining.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-inlining.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 42c68b5c62186..0000000000000
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-inlining.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
-//@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
-
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-#![crate_type = "lib"]
-
-mod inline {
-
-    // Important: This function should show up in all codegen units where it is inlined
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn inline::inlined_function @@ local_inlining-user1[Internal] local_inlining-user2[Internal]
-    #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn inlined_function() {}
-}
-
-pub mod user1 {
-    use super::inline;
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn user1::foo @@ local_inlining-user1[External]
-    pub fn foo() {
-        inline::inlined_function();
-    }
-}
-
-pub mod user2 {
-    use super::inline;
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn user2::bar @@ local_inlining-user2[External]
-    pub fn bar() {
-        inline::inlined_function();
-    }
-}
-
-pub mod non_user {
-
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn non_user::baz @@ local_inlining-non_user[External]
-    pub fn baz() {}
-}
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-transitive-inlining.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-transitive-inlining.rs
index 0d279ebe74041..bcd32bd2e264e 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-transitive-inlining.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/local-transitive-inlining.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
+// This test checks that a monomorphic inline(always) function is instantiated in every CGU that
+// references it, even if it is only referenced via another module.
+// The modules `inline` and `direct_user` do not get CGUs because they only define inline(always)
+// functions, which always get lazy codegen.
+
 mod inline {
 
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn inline::inlined_function @@ local_transitive_inlining-indirect_user[Internal]
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ mod inline {
     pub fn inlined_function() {}
 }
 
-mod direct_user {
+pub mod direct_user {
     use super::inline;
 
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn direct_user::foo @@ local_transitive_inlining-indirect_user[Internal]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/methods-are-with-self-type.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/methods-are-with-self-type.rs
index 94d06829c6c35..4d3f946fd9538 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/methods-are-with-self-type.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/methods-are-with-self-type.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
+// This test ensures that methods are assigned to the module where their self-type is defined, not
+// where the method is defined.
+
 pub struct SomeType;
 
 struct SomeGenericType<T1, T2>(T1, T2);
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/regular-modules.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/regular-modules.rs
index 2949714641557..d59074e7e3471 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/regular-modules.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/regular-modules.rs
@@ -1,71 +1,71 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
-#![allow(dead_code)]
 #![crate_type = "lib"]
 
-//~ MONO_ITEM fn foo @@ regular_modules[Internal]
-fn foo() {}
+// This test ensures that regular fn items and statics are assigned to the CGU of their module.
 
-//~ MONO_ITEM fn bar @@ regular_modules[Internal]
-fn bar() {}
+//~ MONO_ITEM fn foo @@ regular_modules[External]
+pub fn foo() {}
 
-//~ MONO_ITEM static BAZ @@ regular_modules[Internal]
-static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+//~ MONO_ITEM fn bar @@ regular_modules[External]
+pub fn bar() {}
 
-mod mod1 {
+//~ MONO_ITEM static BAZ @@ regular_modules[External]
+pub static BAZ: u64 = 0;
 
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::foo @@ regular_modules-mod1[Internal]
-    fn foo() {}
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::bar @@ regular_modules-mod1[Internal]
-    fn bar() {}
-    //~ MONO_ITEM static mod1::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod1[Internal]
-    static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+pub mod mod1 {
 
-    mod mod1 {
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::foo @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod1[Internal]
-        fn foo() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::bar @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod1[Internal]
-        fn bar() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod1::mod1::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod1[Internal]
-        static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::foo @@ regular_modules-mod1[External]
+    pub fn foo() {}
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::bar @@ regular_modules-mod1[External]
+    pub fn bar() {}
+    //~ MONO_ITEM static mod1::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod1[External]
+    pub static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+
+    pub mod mod1 {
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::foo @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod1[External]
+        pub fn foo() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod1::bar @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod1[External]
+        pub fn bar() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod1::mod1::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod1[External]
+        pub static BAZ: u64 = 0;
     }
 
-    mod mod2 {
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod2::foo @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod2[Internal]
-        fn foo() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod2::bar @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod2[Internal]
-        fn bar() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod1::mod2::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod2[Internal]
-        static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+    pub mod mod2 {
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod2::foo @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod2[External]
+        pub fn foo() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::mod2::bar @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod2[External]
+        pub fn bar() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod1::mod2::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod1-mod2[External]
+        pub static BAZ: u64 = 0;
     }
 }
 
-mod mod2 {
+pub mod mod2 {
 
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::foo @@ regular_modules-mod2[Internal]
-    fn foo() {}
-    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::bar @@ regular_modules-mod2[Internal]
-    fn bar() {}
-    //~ MONO_ITEM static mod2::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod2[Internal]
-    static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::foo @@ regular_modules-mod2[External]
+    pub fn foo() {}
+    //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::bar @@ regular_modules-mod2[External]
+    pub fn bar() {}
+    //~ MONO_ITEM static mod2::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod2[External]
+    pub static BAZ: u64 = 0;
 
-    mod mod1 {
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod1::foo @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod1[Internal]
-        fn foo() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod1::bar @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod1[Internal]
-        fn bar() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod2::mod1::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod1[Internal]
-        static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+    pub mod mod1 {
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod1::foo @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod1[External]
+        pub fn foo() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod1::bar @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod1[External]
+        pub fn bar() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod2::mod1::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod1[External]
+        pub static BAZ: u64 = 0;
     }
 
-    mod mod2 {
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod2::foo @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod2[Internal]
-        fn foo() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod2::bar @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod2[Internal]
-        fn bar() {}
-        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod2::mod2::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod2[Internal]
-        static BAZ: u64 = 0;
+    pub mod mod2 {
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod2::foo @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod2[External]
+        pub fn foo() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod2::mod2::bar @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod2[External]
+        pub fn bar() {}
+        //~ MONO_ITEM static mod2::mod2::BAZ @@ regular_modules-mod2-mod2[External]
+        pub static BAZ: u64 = 0;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/shared-generics.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/shared-generics.rs
index ea312719ac918..b5bf376a6134a 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/shared-generics.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/shared-generics.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@
 // NOTE: We always compile this test with -Copt-level=0 because higher opt-levels
 //       prevent drop-glue from participating in share-generics.
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=eager -Zshare-generics=yes -Copt-level=0
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Zshare-generics=yes -Copt-level=0
 
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
 //@ aux-build:shared_generics_aux.rs
 extern crate shared_generics_aux;
 
+// This test ensures that when a crate and a dependency are compiled with -Zshare-generics, the
+// downstream crate reuses generic instantiations from the dependency, but will still instantiate
+// its own copy when instantiating with arguments that the dependency did not.
+// Drop glue has a lot of special handling in the compiler, so we check that drop glue is also
+// shared.
+
 //~ MONO_ITEM fn foo
 pub fn foo() {
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn shared_generics_aux::generic_fn::<u16> @@ shared_generics_aux-in-shared_generics.volatile[External]
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/statics.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/statics.rs
index 00dd6d877e1e2..72bca4c5ed36a 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/statics.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/statics.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
 #![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
+// This test ensures that statics are assigned to the correct module when they are defined inside
+// of a function.
+
 //~ MONO_ITEM static FOO @@ statics[Internal]
 static FOO: u32 = 0;
 
diff --git a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/vtable-through-const.rs b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/vtable-through-const.rs
index 3880bba6f6b32..fd73e3fe9238d 100644
--- a/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/vtable-through-const.rs
+++ b/tests/codegen-units/partitioning/vtable-through-const.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-// We specify incremental here because we want to test the partitioning for incremental compilation
 //@ incremental
-//@ compile-flags:-Zprint-mono-items=lazy
-//@ compile-flags:-Zinline-in-all-cgus
 // Need to disable optimizations to ensure consistent output across all CI runners.
-//@ compile-flags:-Copt-level=0
+//@ compile-flags: -Zprint-mono-items=lazy -Copt-level=0
 
-// This test case makes sure, that references made through constants are
-// recorded properly in the InliningMap.
+#![crate_type = "rlib"]
 
-#![crate_type = "lib"]
+// This test case makes sure that references made through constants cause trait associated methods
+// to be monomorphized when required.
 
 mod mod1 {
     struct NeedsDrop;
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ mod mod1 {
         x
     }
 
-    // These are referenced, so they produce mono-items (see start())
+    // These are referenced, so they produce mono-items (see main)
     pub const TRAIT1_REF: &'static Trait1 = &NeedsDrop as &Trait1;
     pub const TRAIT1_GEN_REF: &'static Trait1Gen<u8> = &NeedsDrop as &Trait1Gen<u8>;
     pub const ID_CHAR: fn(char) -> char = id::<char>;
@@ -77,9 +74,8 @@ mod mod1 {
     pub const ID_I64: fn(i64) -> i64 = id::<i64>;
 }
 
-//~ MONO_ITEM fn start
-#[no_mangle]
-pub fn start(_: isize, _: *const *const u8) -> isize {
+//~ MONO_ITEM fn main @@ vtable_through_const[External]
+pub fn main() {
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn <mod1::NeedsDrop as std::ops::Drop>::drop @@ vtable_through_const-fallback.cgu[External]
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn std::ptr::drop_in_place::<mod1::NeedsDrop> - shim(Some(mod1::NeedsDrop)) @@ vtable_through_const-fallback.cgu[External]
 
@@ -103,6 +99,4 @@ pub fn start(_: isize, _: *const *const u8) -> isize {
 
     //~ MONO_ITEM fn mod1::id::<char> @@ vtable_through_const-mod1.volatile[External]
     mod1::ID_CHAR('x');
-
-    0
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/cci_lib.rs b/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/cci_lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 869d4a6cd3e4e..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/cci_lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#![crate_type = "rlib"]
-
-#[inline]
-pub fn cci_fn() -> usize {
-    1234
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/foo.rs b/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/foo.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ba251fcb0ac24..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/foo.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-extern crate cci_lib;
-use cci_lib::cci_fn;
-
-fn call1() -> usize {
-    cci_fn()
-}
-
-mod a {
-    use cci_lib::cci_fn;
-    pub fn call2() -> usize {
-        cci_fn()
-    }
-}
-
-mod b {
-    pub fn call3() -> usize {
-        0
-    }
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    call1();
-    a::call2();
-    b::call3();
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/rmake.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index a66cc2872b434..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-cci-copies/rmake.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// Check that cross-crate inlined items are inlined in all compilation units
-// that refer to them, and not in any other compilation units.
-// Note that we have to pass `-C codegen-units=6` because up to two CGUs may be
-// created for each source module (see `rustc_const_eval::monomorphize::partitioning`).
-// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/16367
-
-use run_make_support::{count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension, regex, rustc};
-
-fn main() {
-    rustc().input("cci_lib.rs").run();
-    rustc().input("foo.rs").emit("llvm-ir").codegen_units(6).arg("-Zinline-in-all-cgus").run();
-    let re = regex::Regex::new(r#"define\ .*cci_fn"#).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension(&re, "ll"), 2);
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-inlining/foo.rs b/tests/run-make/sepcomp-inlining/foo.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9101ee691a4e0..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-inlining/foo.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#![crate_type = "lib"]
-
-#[inline]
-fn inlined() -> u32 {
-    1234
-}
-
-fn normal() -> u32 {
-    2345
-}
-
-mod a {
-    pub fn f() -> u32 {
-        ::inlined() + ::normal()
-    }
-}
-
-mod b {
-    pub fn f() -> u32 {
-        ::inlined() + ::normal()
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn start(_: isize, _: *const *const u8) -> isize {
-    a::f();
-    b::f();
-
-    0
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-inlining/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/sepcomp-inlining/rmake.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ea4a4d210cc3e..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-inlining/rmake.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-// Test that #[inline] functions still get inlined across compilation unit
-// boundaries. Compilation should produce three IR files, but only the two
-// compilation units that have a usage of the #[inline] function should
-// contain a definition. Also, the non-#[inline] function should be defined
-// in only one compilation unit.
-// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/16367
-
-use run_make_support::{count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension, regex, rustc};
-
-fn main() {
-    rustc().input("foo.rs").emit("llvm-ir").codegen_units(3).arg("-Zinline-in-all-cgus").run();
-    let re = regex::Regex::new(r#"define\ i32\ .*inlined"#).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension(&re, "ll"), 0);
-    let re = regex::Regex::new(r#"define\ internal\ .*inlined"#).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension(&re, "ll"), 2);
-    let re = regex::Regex::new(r#"define\ hidden\ i32\ .*normal"#).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension(&re, "ll"), 1);
-    let re = regex::Regex::new(r#"declare\ hidden\ i32\ .*normal"#).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension(&re, "ll"), 2);
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-separate/foo.rs b/tests/run-make/sepcomp-separate/foo.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 169bafa9b3a50..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-separate/foo.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-fn magic_fn() -> usize {
-    1234
-}
-
-mod a {
-    pub fn magic_fn() -> usize {
-        2345
-    }
-}
-
-mod b {
-    pub fn magic_fn() -> usize {
-        3456
-    }
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    magic_fn();
-    a::magic_fn();
-    b::magic_fn();
-}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-separate/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/sepcomp-separate/rmake.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 49958044a612a..0000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/sepcomp-separate/rmake.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-// Test that separate compilation actually puts code into separate compilation
-// units.  `foo.rs` defines `magic_fn` in three different modules, which should
-// wind up in three different compilation units.
-// See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/16367
-
-use run_make_support::{count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension, regex, rustc};
-
-fn main() {
-    rustc().input("foo.rs").emit("llvm-ir").codegen_units(3).run();
-    let re = regex::Regex::new(r#"define\ .*magic_fn"#).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(count_regex_matches_in_files_with_extension(&re, "ll"), 3);
-}