diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
index 9adc8bdd3616..c419ac988c96 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/item.rs
@@ -1757,7 +1757,6 @@ pub(super) fn lower_generic_bound_predicate(
                 })
             }
             GenericParamKind::Lifetime => {
-                let ident = self.lower_ident(ident);
                 let lt_id = self.next_node_id();
                 let lifetime = self.new_named_lifetime(id, lt_id, ident);
                 hir::WherePredicateKind::RegionPredicate(hir::WhereRegionPredicate {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
index 0de2dd2ba20e..8997e4f11940 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_lowering/src/lib.rs
@@ -1769,8 +1769,7 @@ fn lower_param_bound(
     }
 
     fn lower_lifetime(&mut self, l: &Lifetime) -> &'hir hir::Lifetime {
-        let ident = self.lower_ident(l.ident);
-        self.new_named_lifetime(l.id, l.id, ident)
+        self.new_named_lifetime(l.id, l.id, l.ident)
     }
 
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self))]