diff --git a/src/consts.rs b/src/consts.rs
index 8ee0a452e40..968e641e5fb 100644
--- a/src/consts.rs
+++ b/src/consts.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "master")]
 use gccjit::{FnAttribute, VarAttribute, Visibility};
 use gccjit::{Function, GlobalKind, LValue, RValue, ToRValue};
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{BaseTypeMethods, ConstMethods, DerivedTypeMethods, StaticMethods};
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{BaseTypeMethods, ConstMethods, StaticMethods};
 use rustc_middle::middle::codegen_fn_attrs::{CodegenFnAttrFlags, CodegenFnAttrs};
 use rustc_middle::mir::interpret::{
     self, read_target_uint, ConstAllocation, ErrorHandled, Scalar as InterpScalar,
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> StaticMethods for CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
     fn codegen_static(&self, def_id: DefId) {
         let attrs = self.tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(def_id);
 
-        let value = match codegen_static_initializer(self, def_id) {
-            Ok((value, _)) => value,
+        let Ok((value, alloc)) = codegen_static_initializer(self, def_id) else {
             // Error has already been reported
-            Err(_) => return,
+            return;
         };
 
+        let alloc = alloc.inner();
         let global = self.get_static(def_id);
 
         // boolean SSA values are i1, but they have to be stored in i8 slots,
@@ -81,18 +81,16 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> StaticMethods for CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
             unimplemented!();
         };
 
-        let instance = Instance::mono(self.tcx, def_id);
-        let ty = instance.ty(self.tcx, ty::ParamEnv::reveal_all());
-        let gcc_type = self.layout_of(ty).gcc_type(self);
+        let gcc_type = self.val_ty(global.to_rvalue());
 
-        set_global_alignment(self, global, self.align_of(ty));
+        set_global_alignment(self, global, alloc.align);
 
         let value = self.bitcast_if_needed(value, gcc_type);
         global.global_set_initializer_rvalue(value);
 
         // As an optimization, all shared statics which do not have interior
         // mutability are placed into read-only memory.
-        if !self.tcx.static_mutability(def_id).unwrap().is_mut() && self.type_is_freeze(ty) {
+        if !alloc.mutability.is_not() {
             #[cfg(feature = "master")]
             global.global_set_readonly();
         }
diff --git a/src/type_of.rs b/src/type_of.rs
index 1c9a41649aa..7f323d0778c 100644
--- a/src/type_of.rs
+++ b/src/type_of.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use rustc_middle::ty::print::with_no_trimmed_paths;
 use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Ty, TypeVisitableExt};
 use rustc_target::abi::call::{CastTarget, FnAbi, Reg};
 use rustc_target::abi::{
-    self, Abi, Align, FieldsShape, Int, Integer, PointeeInfo, Pointer, Size, TyAbiInterface,
-    Variants, F128, F16, F32, F64,
+    self, Abi, FieldsShape, Int, Integer, PointeeInfo, Pointer, Size, TyAbiInterface, Variants,
+    F128, F16, F32, F64,
 };
 
 use crate::abi::{FnAbiGcc, FnAbiGccExt, GccType};
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'a, 'tcx> {
-    pub fn align_of(&self, ty: Ty<'tcx>) -> Align {
-        self.layout_of(ty).align.abi
-    }
-}
-
 fn uncached_gcc_type<'gcc, 'tcx>(
     cx: &CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx>,
     layout: TyAndLayout<'tcx>,