diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs
index 6b2dbbbed67..c2adab7137f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_gcc/src/back/lto.rs
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ fn fat_lto(
             }*/
         }
     };
-    let mut serialized_bitcode = Vec::new();
     {
         info!("using {:?} as a base module", module.name);
 
@@ -317,7 +316,6 @@ fn fat_lto(
                     unimplemented!("from uncompressed file")
                 }
             }
-            serialized_bitcode.push(bc_decoded);
         }
         save_temp_bitcode(cgcx, &module, "lto.input");
 
@@ -337,7 +335,7 @@ fn fat_lto(
     // of now.
     module.module_llvm.temp_dir = Some(tmp_path);
 
-    Ok(LtoModuleCodegen::Fat { module, _serialized_bitcode: serialized_bitcode })
+    Ok(LtoModuleCodegen::Fat(module))
 }
 
 pub struct ModuleBuffer(PathBuf);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
index aa6842c75ce..09896b89ebf 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ fn fat_lto(
             }
         }
     };
-    let mut serialized_bitcode = Vec::new();
     {
         let (llcx, llmod) = {
             let llvm = &module.module_llvm;
@@ -342,9 +341,7 @@ fn fat_lto(
         serialized_modules.sort_by(|module1, module2| module1.1.cmp(&module2.1));
 
         // For all serialized bitcode files we parse them and link them in as we did
-        // above, this is all mostly handled in C++. Like above, though, we don't
-        // know much about the memory management here so we err on the side of being
-        // save and persist everything with the original module.
+        // above, this is all mostly handled in C++.
         let mut linker = Linker::new(llmod);
         for (bc_decoded, name) in serialized_modules {
             let _timer = cgcx
@@ -355,7 +352,6 @@ fn fat_lto(
             info!("linking {:?}", name);
             let data = bc_decoded.data();
             linker.add(data).map_err(|()| write::llvm_err(dcx, LlvmError::LoadBitcode { name }))?;
-            serialized_bitcode.push(bc_decoded);
         }
         drop(linker);
         save_temp_bitcode(cgcx, &module, "lto.input");
@@ -372,7 +368,7 @@ fn fat_lto(
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(LtoModuleCodegen::Fat { module, _serialized_bitcode: serialized_bitcode })
+    Ok(LtoModuleCodegen::Fat(module))
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct Linker<'a>(&'a mut llvm::Linker<'a>);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/lto.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/lto.rs
index 8b6f6b5a220..1e1e039882b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/lto.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/lto.rs
@@ -41,18 +41,14 @@ pub struct ThinShared<B: WriteBackendMethods> {
 }
 
 pub enum LtoModuleCodegen<B: WriteBackendMethods> {
-    Fat {
-        module: ModuleCodegen<B::Module>,
-        _serialized_bitcode: Vec<SerializedModule<B::ModuleBuffer>>,
-    },
-
+    Fat(ModuleCodegen<B::Module>),
     Thin(ThinModule<B>),
 }
 
 impl<B: WriteBackendMethods> LtoModuleCodegen<B> {
     pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
         match *self {
-            LtoModuleCodegen::Fat { .. } => "everything",
+            LtoModuleCodegen::Fat(_) => "everything",
             LtoModuleCodegen::Thin(ref m) => m.name(),
         }
     }
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ impl<B: WriteBackendMethods> LtoModuleCodegen<B> {
         cgcx: &CodegenContext<B>,
     ) -> Result<ModuleCodegen<B::Module>, FatalError> {
         match self {
-            LtoModuleCodegen::Fat { mut module, .. } => {
+            LtoModuleCodegen::Fat(mut module) => {
                 B::optimize_fat(cgcx, &mut module)?;
                 Ok(module)
             }
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ impl<B: WriteBackendMethods> LtoModuleCodegen<B> {
     pub fn cost(&self) -> u64 {
         match *self {
             // Only one module with fat LTO, so the cost doesn't matter.
-            LtoModuleCodegen::Fat { .. } => 0,
+            LtoModuleCodegen::Fat(_) => 0,
             LtoModuleCodegen::Thin(ref m) => m.cost(),
         }
     }