diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/builder.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/builder.rs
index a5a5ae73d77a1..8724752ce2444 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/builder.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/builder.rs
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ impl<'a, 'll, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'll, 'tcx> {
             }
 
             let typeid = if let Some(instance) = instance {
-                typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, &instance, options)
+                typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, instance, options)
             } else {
                 typeid_for_fnabi(self.tcx, fn_abi, options)
             };
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ impl<'a, 'll, 'tcx> Builder<'a, 'll, 'tcx> {
             }
 
             let kcfi_typeid = if let Some(instance) = instance {
-                kcfi_typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, &instance, options)
+                kcfi_typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, instance, options)
             } else {
                 kcfi_typeid_for_fnabi(self.tcx, fn_abi, options)
             };
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/declare.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/declare.rs
index 78c0725a63784..1a2498c75a7ff 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/declare.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/declare.rs
@@ -141,17 +141,17 @@ impl<'ll, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> {
 
         if self.tcx.sess.is_sanitizer_cfi_enabled() {
             if let Some(instance) = instance {
-                let typeid = typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, &instance, TypeIdOptions::empty());
+                let typeid = typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, instance, TypeIdOptions::empty());
                 self.set_type_metadata(llfn, typeid);
                 let typeid =
-                    typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, &instance, TypeIdOptions::GENERALIZE_POINTERS);
+                    typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, instance, TypeIdOptions::GENERALIZE_POINTERS);
                 self.add_type_metadata(llfn, typeid);
                 let typeid =
-                    typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, &instance, TypeIdOptions::NORMALIZE_INTEGERS);
+                    typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, instance, TypeIdOptions::NORMALIZE_INTEGERS);
                 self.add_type_metadata(llfn, typeid);
                 let typeid = typeid_for_instance(
                     self.tcx,
-                    &instance,
+                    instance,
                     TypeIdOptions::GENERALIZE_POINTERS | TypeIdOptions::NORMALIZE_INTEGERS,
                 );
                 self.add_type_metadata(llfn, typeid);
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ impl<'ll, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> {
             }
 
             if let Some(instance) = instance {
-                let kcfi_typeid = kcfi_typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, &instance, options);
+                let kcfi_typeid = kcfi_typeid_for_instance(self.tcx, instance, options);
                 self.set_kcfi_type_metadata(llfn, kcfi_typeid);
             } else {
                 let kcfi_typeid = kcfi_typeid_for_fnabi(self.tcx, fn_abi, options);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/instance.rs b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/instance.rs
index 65574f5702b5f..4fec5653a798c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/instance.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_middle/src/ty/instance.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ impl<'tcx> InstanceDef<'tcx> {
 
 fn fmt_instance(
     f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>,
-    instance: &Instance<'_>,
+    instance: Instance<'_>,
     type_length: Option<rustc_session::Limit>,
 ) -> fmt::Result {
     ty::tls::with(|tcx| {
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ fn fmt_instance(
     }
 }
 
-pub struct ShortInstance<'a, 'tcx>(pub &'a Instance<'tcx>, pub usize);
+pub struct ShortInstance<'tcx>(pub Instance<'tcx>, pub usize);
 
-impl<'a, 'tcx> fmt::Display for ShortInstance<'a, 'tcx> {
+impl<'tcx> fmt::Display for ShortInstance<'tcx> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         fmt_instance(f, self.0, Some(rustc_session::Limit(self.1)))
     }
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> fmt::Display for ShortInstance<'a, 'tcx> {
 
 impl<'tcx> fmt::Display for Instance<'tcx> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        fmt_instance(f, self, None)
+        fmt_instance(f, *self, None)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/inline.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/inline.rs
index 78c0615b1650e..5f74841151cda 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/inline.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/inline.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Inliner<'tcx> {
         caller_body: &mut Body<'tcx>,
         callsite: &CallSite<'tcx>,
     ) -> Result<std::ops::Range<BasicBlock>, &'static str> {
-        self.check_mir_is_available(caller_body, &callsite.callee)?;
+        self.check_mir_is_available(caller_body, callsite.callee)?;
 
         let callee_attrs = self.tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(callsite.callee.def_id());
         let cross_crate_inlinable = self.tcx.cross_crate_inlinable(callsite.callee.def_id());
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Inliner<'tcx> {
     fn check_mir_is_available(
         &self,
         caller_body: &Body<'tcx>,
-        callee: &Instance<'tcx>,
+        callee: Instance<'tcx>,
     ) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
         let caller_def_id = caller_body.source.def_id();
         let callee_def_id = callee.def_id();
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ impl<'tcx> Inliner<'tcx> {
 
             // If we know for sure that the function we're calling will itself try to
             // call us, then we avoid inlining that function.
-            if self.tcx.mir_callgraph_reachable((*callee, caller_def_id.expect_local())) {
+            if self.tcx.mir_callgraph_reachable((callee, caller_def_id.expect_local())) {
                 return Err("caller might be reachable from callee (query cycle avoidance)");
             }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs b/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs
index a51b1c34a1aba..3285cbd04327f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/collector.rs
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ fn collect_items_rec<'tcx>(
                 let instance = Instance::mono(tcx, def_id);
 
                 // Sanity check whether this ended up being collected accidentally
-                debug_assert!(should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance));
+                debug_assert!(should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance));
 
                 let DefKind::Static { nested, .. } = tcx.def_kind(def_id) else { bug!() };
                 // Nested statics have no type.
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ fn collect_items_rec<'tcx>(
         }
         MonoItem::Fn(instance) => {
             // Sanity check whether this ended up being collected accidentally
-            debug_assert!(should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance));
+            debug_assert!(should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance));
 
             // Keep track of the monomorphization recursion depth
             recursion_depth_reset = Some(check_recursion_limit(
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ fn collect_items_rec<'tcx>(
                         }
                         hir::InlineAsmOperand::SymStatic { path: _, def_id } => {
                             let instance = Instance::mono(tcx, *def_id);
-                            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance) {
+                            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance) {
                                 trace!("collecting static {:?}", def_id);
                                 used_items.push(dummy_spanned(MonoItem::Static(*def_id)));
                             }
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ fn collect_items_rec<'tcx>(
 /// If the type name is longer than before+after, it will be written to a file.
 fn shrunk_instance_name<'tcx>(
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
-    instance: &Instance<'tcx>,
+    instance: Instance<'tcx>,
 ) -> (String, Option<PathBuf>) {
     let s = instance.to_string();
 
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ fn check_recursion_limit<'tcx>(
     if !recursion_limit.value_within_limit(adjusted_recursion_depth) {
         let def_span = tcx.def_span(def_id);
         let def_path_str = tcx.def_path_str(def_id);
-        let (shrunk, written_to_path) = shrunk_instance_name(tcx, &instance);
+        let (shrunk, written_to_path) = shrunk_instance_name(tcx, instance);
         let mut path = PathBuf::new();
         let was_written = if let Some(written_to_path) = written_to_path {
             path = written_to_path;
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ fn check_type_length_limit<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, instance: Instance<'tcx>) {
     //
     // Bail out in these cases to avoid that bad user experience.
     if !tcx.type_length_limit().value_within_limit(type_length) {
-        let (shrunk, written_to_path) = shrunk_instance_name(tcx, &instance);
+        let (shrunk, written_to_path) = shrunk_instance_name(tcx, instance);
         let span = tcx.def_span(instance.def_id());
         let mut path = PathBuf::new();
         let was_written = if let Some(path2) = written_to_path {
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirVisitor<'tcx> for MirUsedCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
                 if let ty::Closure(def_id, args) = *source_ty.kind() {
                     let instance =
                         Instance::resolve_closure(self.tcx, def_id, args, ty::ClosureKind::FnOnce);
-                    if should_codegen_locally(self.tcx, &instance) {
+                    if should_codegen_locally(self.tcx, instance) {
                         self.used_items.push(create_fn_mono_item(self.tcx, instance, span));
                     }
                 } else {
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirVisitor<'tcx> for MirUsedCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
             mir::Rvalue::ThreadLocalRef(def_id) => {
                 assert!(self.tcx.is_thread_local_static(def_id));
                 let instance = Instance::mono(self.tcx, def_id);
-                if should_codegen_locally(self.tcx, &instance) {
+                if should_codegen_locally(self.tcx, instance) {
                     trace!("collecting thread-local static {:?}", def_id);
                     self.used_items.push(respan(span, MonoItem::Static(def_id)));
                 }
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirVisitor<'tcx> for MirUsedCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
         let tcx = self.tcx;
         let push_mono_lang_item = |this: &mut Self, lang_item: LangItem| {
             let instance = Instance::mono(tcx, tcx.require_lang_item(lang_item, Some(source)));
-            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance) {
+            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance) {
                 this.used_items.push(create_fn_mono_item(tcx, instance, source));
             }
         };
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> MirVisitor<'tcx> for MirUsedCollector<'a, 'tcx> {
                         }
                         mir::InlineAsmOperand::SymStatic { def_id } => {
                             let instance = Instance::mono(self.tcx, def_id);
-                            if should_codegen_locally(self.tcx, &instance) {
+                            if should_codegen_locally(self.tcx, instance) {
                                 trace!("collecting asm sym static {:?}", def_id);
                                 self.used_items.push(respan(source, MonoItem::Static(def_id)));
                             }
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ fn visit_instance_use<'tcx>(
     output: &mut MonoItems<'tcx>,
 ) {
     debug!("visit_item_use({:?}, is_direct_call={:?})", instance, is_direct_call);
-    if !should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance) {
+    if !should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance) {
         return;
     }
     if let ty::InstanceDef::Intrinsic(def_id) = instance.def {
@@ -1063,13 +1063,13 @@ fn visit_instance_use<'tcx>(
             // codegen a call to that function without generating code for the function itself.
             let def_id = tcx.lang_items().get(LangItem::PanicNounwind).unwrap();
             let panic_instance = Instance::mono(tcx, def_id);
-            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, &panic_instance) {
+            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, panic_instance) {
                 output.push(create_fn_mono_item(tcx, panic_instance, source));
             }
         } else if tcx.has_attr(def_id, sym::rustc_intrinsic) {
             // Codegen the fallback body of intrinsics with fallback bodies
             let instance = ty::Instance::new(def_id, instance.args);
-            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance) {
+            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance) {
                 output.push(create_fn_mono_item(tcx, instance, source));
             }
         }
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ fn visit_instance_use<'tcx>(
 
 /// Returns `true` if we should codegen an instance in the local crate, or returns `false` if we
 /// can just link to the upstream crate and therefore don't need a mono item.
-pub(crate) fn should_codegen_locally<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, instance: &Instance<'tcx>) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn should_codegen_locally<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, instance: Instance<'tcx>) -> bool {
     let Some(def_id) = instance.def.def_id_if_not_guaranteed_local_codegen() else {
         return true;
     };
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ fn create_mono_items_for_vtable_methods<'tcx>(
                     None
                 }
                 VtblEntry::Method(instance) => {
-                    Some(*instance).filter(|instance| should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance))
+                    Some(*instance).filter(|instance| should_codegen_locally(tcx, *instance))
                 }
             })
             .map(|item| create_fn_mono_item(tcx, item, source));
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ fn collect_alloc<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, alloc_id: AllocId, output: &mut MonoIt
         GlobalAlloc::Static(def_id) => {
             assert!(!tcx.is_thread_local_static(def_id));
             let instance = Instance::mono(tcx, def_id);
-            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance) {
+            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance) {
                 trace!("collecting static {:?}", def_id);
                 output.push(dummy_spanned(MonoItem::Static(def_id)));
             }
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ fn collect_alloc<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, alloc_id: AllocId, output: &mut MonoIt
             }
         }
         GlobalAlloc::Function(fn_instance) => {
-            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, &fn_instance) {
+            if should_codegen_locally(tcx, fn_instance) {
                 trace!("collecting {:?} with {:#?}", alloc_id, fn_instance);
                 output.push(create_fn_mono_item(tcx, fn_instance, DUMMY_SP));
             }
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ fn visit_mentioned_item<'tcx>(
             if let ty::Closure(def_id, args) = *source_ty.kind() {
                 let instance =
                     Instance::resolve_closure(tcx, def_id, args, ty::ClosureKind::FnOnce);
-                if should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance) {
+                if should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance) {
                     output.push(create_fn_mono_item(tcx, instance, span));
                 }
             } else {
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ fn create_mono_items_for_default_impls<'tcx>(
         let instance = ty::Instance::expect_resolve(tcx, param_env, method.def_id, args);
 
         let mono_item = create_fn_mono_item(tcx, instance, DUMMY_SP);
-        if mono_item.node.is_instantiable(tcx) && should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance) {
+        if mono_item.node.is_instantiable(tcx) && should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance) {
             output.push(mono_item);
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/lib.rs
index 4ec842e8f85a2..9c4a6e69a3cb9 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_monomorphize/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn is_call_from_compiler_builtins_to_upstream_monomorphization<'tcx>(
     !instance.def_id().is_local()
         && tcx.is_compiler_builtins(LOCAL_CRATE)
         && tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(instance.def_id()).link_name.is_none()
-        && !should_codegen_locally(tcx, &instance)
+        && !should_codegen_locally(tcx, instance)
 }
 
 pub fn provide(providers: &mut Providers) {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_symbol_mangling/src/typeid.rs b/compiler/rustc_symbol_mangling/src/typeid.rs
index 3bf564a4a16dd..1d28d2b732fdf 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_symbol_mangling/src/typeid.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_symbol_mangling/src/typeid.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ pub fn typeid_for_fnabi<'tcx>(
 /// Returns a type metadata identifier for the specified Instance.
 pub fn typeid_for_instance<'tcx>(
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
-    instance: &Instance<'tcx>,
+    instance: Instance<'tcx>,
     options: TypeIdOptions,
 ) -> String {
-    typeid_itanium_cxx_abi::typeid_for_instance(tcx, *instance, options)
+    typeid_itanium_cxx_abi::typeid_for_instance(tcx, instance, options)
 }
 
 /// Returns a KCFI type metadata identifier for the specified FnAbi.
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ pub fn kcfi_typeid_for_fnabi<'tcx>(
 /// Returns a KCFI type metadata identifier for the specified Instance.
 pub fn kcfi_typeid_for_instance<'tcx>(
     tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>,
-    instance: &Instance<'tcx>,
+    instance: Instance<'tcx>,
     options: TypeIdOptions,
 ) -> u32 {
     // A KCFI type metadata identifier is a 32-bit constant produced by taking the lower half of the
     // xxHash64 of the type metadata identifier. (See llvm/llvm-project@cff5bef.)
     let mut hash: XxHash64 = Default::default();
-    hash.write(typeid_itanium_cxx_abi::typeid_for_instance(tcx, *instance, options).as_bytes());
+    hash.write(typeid_itanium_cxx_abi::typeid_for_instance(tcx, instance, options).as_bytes());
     hash.finish() as u32
 }