diff --git a/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs b/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs
index fb185c0fb5e..975238e66dd 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 use crate::core::interning::InternedString;
 use crate::core::{PackageId, SourceId, Summary};
 use crate::util::errors::{CargoResult, CargoResultExt};
-use crate::util::{Cfg, CfgExpr, Config, SemVersionReq, ToSemverReq, ToSemverReqExact};
+use crate::util::{Cfg, CfgExpr, Config, SemVersionReq, ToSemverReq};
 
 /// Information about a dependency requested by a Cargo manifest.
 /// Cheap to copy.
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ impl Dependency {
             self.source_id(),
             id
         );
-        self.set_version_req(id.version().to_semver_req_exact())
+        self.set_version_req(SemVersionReq::exact(id.sem_version()))
             .set_source_id(id.source_id())
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/package_id_spec.rs b/src/cargo/core/package_id_spec.rs
index e6416432081..2a91cdce920 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/package_id_spec.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/package_id_spec.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
 
-use semver::Version;
 use serde::{de, ser};
 use url::Url;
 
@@ -143,8 +142,8 @@ impl PackageIdSpec {
         &self.name
     }
 
-    pub fn version(&self) -> Option<&Version> {
-        self.version.map(|sv| sv.value())
+    pub fn version(&self) -> Option<SemVersion> {
+        self.version
     }
 
     pub fn url(&self) -> Option<&Url> {
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/registry.rs b/src/cargo/core/registry.rs
index d4aeaf30148..dd2a936ae1d 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/registry.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/registry.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::core::PackageSet;
 use crate::core::{Dependency, PackageId, Source, SourceId, SourceMap, Summary};
 use crate::sources::config::SourceConfigMap;
 use crate::util::errors::{CargoResult, CargoResultExt};
-use crate::util::{profile, Config, ToSemverReqExact};
+use crate::util::{profile, Config, SemVersionReq};
 
 /// Source of information about a group of packages.
 ///
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ fn lock(locked: &LockedMap, patches: &HashMap<Url, Vec<PackageId>>, summary: Sum
 
             if patch_locked {
                 trace!("\tthird hit on {}", patch_id);
-                let req = patch_id.version().to_semver_req_exact();
+                let req = SemVersionReq::exact(patch_id.sem_version());
                 let mut dep = dep;
                 dep.set_version_req(req);
                 return dep;
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/mod.rs
index a9e8ff65388..5aacf3d8ea3 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub use self::progress::{Progress, ProgressStyle};
 pub use self::read2::read2;
 pub use self::rustc::Rustc;
 pub use self::sha256::Sha256;
-pub use self::to_semver::{SemVersion, SemVersionReq, ToSemver, ToSemverReq, ToSemverReqExact};
+pub use self::to_semver::{SemVersion, SemVersionReq, ToSemver, ToSemverReq};
 pub use self::to_url::ToUrl;
 pub use self::vcs::{existing_vcs_repo, FossilRepo, GitRepo, HgRepo, PijulRepo};
 
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/to_semver.rs b/src/cargo/util/to_semver.rs
index 721a9a2ddbd..dfa7859ffc2 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/to_semver.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/to_semver.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ impl SemVersionReq {
         SemVersionReq::new(VersionReq::any())
     }
 
+    pub fn exact(version: SemVersion) -> SemVersionReq {
+        SemVersionReq::new(VersionReq::exact(version.inner))
+    }
+
     pub fn value(&self) -> &'static VersionReq {
         self.inner
     }
@@ -165,14 +169,3 @@ impl<'a> ToSemverReq for &'a str {
         Ok(SemVersionReq::new(VersionReq::parse(self)?))
     }
 }
-
-
-pub trait ToSemverReqExact {
-    fn to_semver_req_exact(self) -> SemVersionReq;
-}
-
-impl<'a> ToSemverReqExact for &'a Version {
-    fn to_semver_req_exact(self) -> SemVersionReq {
-        SemVersionReq::new(VersionReq::exact(self))
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
index 90699333a44..379ea314761 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::core::{GitReference, PackageIdSpec, SourceId, WorkspaceConfig, Worksp
 use crate::sources::{CRATES_IO_INDEX, CRATES_IO_REGISTRY};
 use crate::util::errors::{CargoResult, CargoResultExt, ManifestError};
 use crate::util::paths;
-use crate::util::{self, validate_package_name, Config, SemVersion, ToUrl, ToSemverReqExact};
+use crate::util::{self, validate_package_name, Config, SemVersion, SemVersionReq, ToUrl};
 
 mod targets;
 use self::targets::targets;
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ impl TomlManifest {
                         spec
                     )
                 })?;
-                dep.set_version_req(version.to_semver_req_exact());
+                dep.set_version_req(SemVersionReq::exact(version));
             }
             replace.push((spec, dep));
         }