diff --git a/components/layout/layout_task.rs b/components/layout/layout_task.rs
index 0bbfbb71746..ca755bfac02 100644
--- a/components/layout/layout_task.rs
+++ b/components/layout/layout_task.rs
@@ -808,8 +808,7 @@ impl LayoutTask {
     /// This corresponds to `Reflow()` in Gecko and `layout()` in WebKit/Blink and should be
     /// benchmarked against those two. It is marked `#[inline(never)]` to aid profiling.
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn solve_constraints<'a>(&self,
-                         layout_root: &mut FlowRef,
+    fn solve_constraints(layout_root: &mut FlowRef,
                          shared_layout_context: &SharedLayoutContext) {
         let _scope = layout_debug_scope!("solve_constraints");
         sequential::traverse_flow_tree_preorder(layout_root, shared_layout_context);
@@ -1382,7 +1381,7 @@ impl LayoutTask {
                 match rw_data.parallel_traversal {
                     None => {
                         // Sequential mode.
-                        self.solve_constraints(&mut root_flow, &layout_context)
+                        LayoutTask::solve_constraints(&mut root_flow, &layout_context)
                     }
                     Some(ref mut parallel) => {
                         // Parallel mode.