diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index f7e8cdeaeca89..5830eaae7a2d8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ themePicker.onblur = handleThemeButtonsBlur;
                 title: "Index of crates",
                 css_class: "mod",
                 root_path: "./",
-                static_root_path: cx.shared.static_root_path.deref(),
+                static_root_path: cx.shared.static_root_path.as_deref(),
                 description: "List of crates",
                 keywords: BASIC_KEYWORDS,
                 resource_suffix: &cx.shared.resource_suffix,
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ impl<'a> SourceCollector<'a> {
             title: &title,
             css_class: "source",
             root_path: &root_path,
-            static_root_path: self.scx.static_root_path.deref(),
+            static_root_path: self.scx.static_root_path.as_deref(),
             description: &desc,
             keywords: BASIC_KEYWORDS,
             resource_suffix: &self.scx.resource_suffix,
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ impl Context {
             title: "List of all items in this crate",
             css_class: "mod",
             root_path: "../",
-            static_root_path: self.shared.static_root_path.deref(),
+            static_root_path: self.shared.static_root_path.as_deref(),
             description: "List of all items in this crate",
             keywords: BASIC_KEYWORDS,
             resource_suffix: &self.shared.resource_suffix,
@@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ impl Context {
         let page = layout::Page {
             css_class: tyname,
             root_path: &self.root_path(),
-            static_root_path: self.shared.static_root_path.deref(),
+            static_root_path: self.shared.static_root_path.as_deref(),
             title: &title,
             description: &desc,
             keywords: &keywords,