diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/archive.rs
index 5a29bc18def..414d3db1c51 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/archive.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use rustc_session::Session;
 pub(crate) struct ArArchiveBuilderBuilder;
 
 impl ArchiveBuilderBuilder for ArArchiveBuilderBuilder {
-    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder<'a> + 'a> {
+    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder + 'a> {
         Box::new(ArArchiveBuilder::new(sess, get_native_object_symbols))
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/archive.rs
index 11fa074f5ac..73ff0c37b66 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/archive.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use rustc_session::cstore::DllImport;
 pub(crate) struct ArArchiveBuilderBuilder;
 
 impl ArchiveBuilderBuilder for ArArchiveBuilderBuilder {
-    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder<'a> + 'a> {
+    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder + 'a> {
         Box::new(ArArchiveBuilder::new(sess, get_native_object_symbols))
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
index b6bbc81732e..ca43ac4b0e7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn llvm_machine_type(cpu: &str) -> LLVMMachineType {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder<'a> for LlvmArchiveBuilder<'a> {
+impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder for LlvmArchiveBuilder<'a> {
     fn add_archive(
         &mut self,
         archive: &Path,
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder<'a> for LlvmArchiveBuilder<'a> {
 pub struct LlvmArchiveBuilderBuilder;
 
 impl ArchiveBuilderBuilder for LlvmArchiveBuilderBuilder {
-    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder<'a> + 'a> {
+    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder + 'a> {
         // FIXME use ArArchiveBuilder on most targets again once reading thin archives is
         // implemented
         if true {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
index 0dadd047c9a..22b58c13949 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 pub use crate::errors::{ArchiveBuildFailure, ExtractBundledLibsError, UnknownArchiveKind};
 
 pub trait ArchiveBuilderBuilder {
-    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder<'a> + 'a>;
+    fn new_archive_builder<'a>(&self, sess: &'a Session) -> Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder + 'a>;
 
     /// Creates a DLL Import Library <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-creation#creating-an-import-library>.
     /// and returns the path on disk to that import library.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub trait ArchiveBuilderBuilder {
     }
 }
 
-pub trait ArchiveBuilder<'a> {
+pub trait ArchiveBuilder {
     fn add_file(&mut self, path: &Path);
 
     fn add_archive(
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pub fn try_extract_macho_fat_archive(
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder<'a> for ArArchiveBuilder<'a> {
+impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder for ArArchiveBuilder<'a> {
     fn add_archive(
         &mut self,
         archive_path: &Path,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 1ad0dec0640..e4a050dcfc9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ fn link_rlib<'a>(
     codegen_results: &CodegenResults,
     flavor: RlibFlavor,
     tmpdir: &MaybeTempDir,
-) -> Result<Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder<'a> + 'a>, ErrorGuaranteed> {
+) -> Result<Box<dyn ArchiveBuilder + 'a>, ErrorGuaranteed> {
     let lib_search_paths = archive_search_paths(sess);
 
     let mut ab = archive_builder_builder.new_archive_builder(sess);