diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/bound_region_errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/bound_region_errors.rs
index aa968a1e40f3e..e12441182186b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/bound_region_errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/bound_region_errors.rs
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ impl<'tcx> TypeOpInfo<'tcx> for crate::type_check::InstantiateOpaqueType<'tcx> {
             // started MIR borrowchecking with, so the region
             // constraints have already been taken. Use the data from
             // our `mbcx` instead.
-            |vid| mbcx.regioncx.var_infos[vid].origin,
-            |vid| mbcx.regioncx.var_infos[vid].universe,
+            |vid| RegionVariableOrigin::Nll(mbcx.regioncx.definitions[vid].origin),
+            |vid| mbcx.regioncx.definitions[vid].universe,
         )
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/mod.rs
index 899e145c2c049..07555956f994c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/diagnostics/mod.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ use rustc_errors::{Applicability, Diag, EmissionGuarantee, MultiSpan, listify};
 use rustc_hir::def::{CtorKind, Namespace};
 use rustc_hir::{self as hir, CoroutineKind, LangItem};
 use rustc_index::IndexSlice;
-use rustc_infer::infer::{
-    BoundRegionConversionTime, NllRegionVariableOrigin, RegionVariableOrigin,
-};
+use rustc_infer::infer::{BoundRegionConversionTime, NllRegionVariableOrigin};
 use rustc_infer::traits::SelectionError;
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::mir::{
@@ -633,9 +631,8 @@ impl<'infcx, 'tcx> MirBorrowckCtxt<'_, 'infcx, 'tcx> {
     ) {
         let predicate_span = path.iter().find_map(|constraint| {
             let outlived = constraint.sub;
-            if let Some(origin) = self.regioncx.var_infos.get(outlived)
-                && let RegionVariableOrigin::Nll(NllRegionVariableOrigin::Placeholder(_)) =
-                    origin.origin
+            if let Some(origin) = self.regioncx.definitions.get(outlived)
+                && let NllRegionVariableOrigin::Placeholder(_) = origin.origin
                 && let ConstraintCategory::Predicate(span) = constraint.category
             {
                 Some(span)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/polonius/dump.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/polonius/dump.rs
index aa64a7c4e2a68..6f3b599d26f1b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/polonius/dump.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/polonius/dump.rs
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ fn emit_mermaid_nll_regions<'tcx>(
     writeln!(out, "flowchart TD")?;
 
     // Emit the region nodes.
-    for region in regioncx.var_infos.indices() {
+    for region in regioncx.definitions.indices() {
         write!(out, "{}[\"", region.as_usize())?;
         render_region(region, regioncx, out)?;
         writeln!(out, "\"]")?;
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ fn emit_mermaid_nll_sccs<'tcx>(
     // Gather and emit the SCC nodes.
     let mut nodes_per_scc: IndexVec<_, _> =
         regioncx.constraint_sccs().all_sccs().map(|_| Vec::new()).collect();
-    for region in regioncx.var_infos.indices() {
+    for region in regioncx.definitions.indices() {
         let scc = regioncx.constraint_sccs().scc(region);
         nodes_per_scc[scc].push(region);
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs
index a80d74d9e370a..3ec93e0587ef8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_borrowck/src/region_infer/mod.rs
@@ -139,13 +139,11 @@ impl RegionTracker {
 }
 
 pub struct RegionInferenceContext<'tcx> {
-    pub var_infos: VarInfos,
-
     /// Contains the definition for every region variable. Region
     /// variables are identified by their index (`RegionVid`). The
     /// definition contains information about where the region came
     /// from as well as its final inferred value.
-    definitions: IndexVec<RegionVid, RegionDefinition<'tcx>>,
+    pub(crate) definitions: IndexVec<RegionVid, RegionDefinition<'tcx>>,
 
     /// The liveness constraints added to each region. For most
     /// regions, these start out empty and steadily grow, though for
@@ -449,7 +447,6 @@ impl<'tcx> RegionInferenceContext<'tcx> {
             Rc::new(member_constraints.into_mapped(|r| constraint_sccs.scc(r)));
 
         let mut result = Self {
-            var_infos,
             definitions,
             liveness_constraints,
             constraints,