diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index f10e7acf984f2..430a62ae96d3e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #![feature(test)]
 #![feature(type_alias_impl_trait)]
 #![feature(type_ascription)]
-#![recursion_limit = "256"]
 #![warn(rustc::internal)]
 
 extern crate thin_vec;