diff --git a/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/context.rs b/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/context.rs
index d7570634c1f7e..feee15743632f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/context.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/context.rs
@@ -420,19 +420,13 @@ impl<'sess> AttributeParser<'sess, Early> {
 
         parsed.pop()
     }
-
-    pub fn new_early(sess: &'sess Session, features: &'sess Features, tools: Vec<Symbol>) -> Self {
-        Self { features: Some(features), tools, parse_only: None, sess, stage: PhantomData }
-    }
 }
 
-impl<'sess> AttributeParser<'sess, Late> {
+impl<'sess, S: Stage> AttributeParser<'sess, S> {
     pub fn new(sess: &'sess Session, features: &'sess Features, tools: Vec<Symbol>) -> Self {
         Self { features: Some(features), tools, parse_only: None, sess, stage: PhantomData }
     }
-}
 
-impl<'sess, S: Stage> AttributeParser<'sess, S> {
     pub(crate) fn sess(&self) -> &'sess Session {
         &self.sess
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/def_collector.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/def_collector.rs
index f8e0a6936a007..16852d1661eb4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/def_collector.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/def_collector.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use rustc_ast::visit::FnKind;
 use rustc_ast::*;
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
-use rustc_attr_parsing::{AttributeParser, OmitDoc};
+use rustc_attr_parsing::{AttributeParser, Early, OmitDoc};
 use rustc_expand::expand::AstFragment;
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::def::{CtorKind, CtorOf, DefKind};
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl<'a, 'ra, 'tcx> visit::Visitor<'a> for DefCollector<'a, 'ra, 'tcx> {
                 // FIXME(jdonszelmann) make one of these in the resolver?
                 // FIXME(jdonszelmann) don't care about tools here maybe? Just parse what we can.
                 // Does that prevents errors from happening? maybe
-                let mut parser = AttributeParser::new_early(
+                let mut parser = AttributeParser::<'_, Early>::new(
                     &self.resolver.tcx.sess,
                     self.resolver.tcx.features(),
                     Vec::new(),