diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
index 8ee3d4d590cd3..ec207118c0989 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/attr/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Functions dealing with attributes and meta items.
 
 use std::fmt::Debug;
-use std::iter;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 
 use rustc_index::bit_set::GrowableBitSet;
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ use crate::ast::{
 };
 use crate::ptr::P;
 use crate::token::{self, CommentKind, Delimiter, Token};
-use crate::tokenstream::{DelimSpan, LazyAttrTokenStream, Spacing, TokenStream, TokenTree};
+use crate::tokenstream::{
+    DelimSpan, LazyAttrTokenStream, Spacing, TokenStream, TokenStreamIter, TokenTree,
+};
 use crate::util::comments;
 use crate::util::literal::escape_string_symbol;
 
@@ -366,12 +367,9 @@ impl MetaItem {
         }
     }
 
-    fn from_tokens<'a, I>(tokens: &mut iter::Peekable<I>) -> Option<MetaItem>
-    where
-        I: Iterator<Item = &'a TokenTree>,
-    {
+    fn from_tokens(iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>) -> Option<MetaItem> {
         // FIXME: Share code with `parse_path`.
-        let tt = tokens.next().map(|tt| TokenTree::uninterpolate(tt));
+        let tt = iter.next().map(|tt| TokenTree::uninterpolate(tt));
         let path = match tt.as_deref() {
             Some(&TokenTree::Token(
                 Token { kind: ref kind @ (token::Ident(..) | token::PathSep), span },
@@ -379,9 +377,9 @@ impl MetaItem {
             )) => 'arm: {
                 let mut segments = if let &token::Ident(name, _) = kind {
                     if let Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::PathSep, .. }, _)) =
-                        tokens.peek()
+                        iter.peek()
                     {
-                        tokens.next();
+                        iter.next();
                         thin_vec![PathSegment::from_ident(Ident::new(name, span))]
                     } else {
                         break 'arm Path::from_ident(Ident::new(name, span));
@@ -391,16 +389,16 @@ impl MetaItem {
                 };
                 loop {
                     if let Some(&TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Ident(name, _), span }, _)) =
-                        tokens.next().map(|tt| TokenTree::uninterpolate(tt)).as_deref()
+                        iter.next().map(|tt| TokenTree::uninterpolate(tt)).as_deref()
                     {
                         segments.push(PathSegment::from_ident(Ident::new(name, span)));
                     } else {
                         return None;
                     }
                     if let Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::PathSep, .. }, _)) =
-                        tokens.peek()
+                        iter.peek()
                     {
-                        tokens.next();
+                        iter.next();
                     } else {
                         break;
                     }
@@ -421,8 +419,8 @@ impl MetaItem {
             }
             _ => return None,
         };
-        let list_closing_paren_pos = tokens.peek().map(|tt| tt.span().hi());
-        let kind = MetaItemKind::from_tokens(tokens)?;
+        let list_closing_paren_pos = iter.peek().map(|tt| tt.span().hi());
+        let kind = MetaItemKind::from_tokens(iter)?;
         let hi = match &kind {
             MetaItemKind::NameValue(lit) => lit.span.hi(),
             MetaItemKind::List(..) => list_closing_paren_pos.unwrap_or(path.span.hi()),
@@ -439,12 +437,12 @@ impl MetaItem {
 impl MetaItemKind {
     // public because it can be called in the hir
     pub fn list_from_tokens(tokens: TokenStream) -> Option<ThinVec<MetaItemInner>> {
-        let mut tokens = tokens.trees().peekable();
+        let mut iter = tokens.iter();
         let mut result = ThinVec::new();
-        while tokens.peek().is_some() {
-            let item = MetaItemInner::from_tokens(&mut tokens)?;
+        while iter.peek().is_some() {
+            let item = MetaItemInner::from_tokens(&mut iter)?;
             result.push(item);
-            match tokens.next() {
+            match iter.next() {
                 None | Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Comma, .. }, _)) => {}
                 _ => return None,
             }
@@ -452,12 +450,10 @@ impl MetaItemKind {
         Some(result)
     }
 
-    fn name_value_from_tokens<'a>(
-        tokens: &mut impl Iterator<Item = &'a TokenTree>,
-    ) -> Option<MetaItemKind> {
-        match tokens.next() {
+    fn name_value_from_tokens(iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>) -> Option<MetaItemKind> {
+        match iter.next() {
             Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Invisible(_), inner_tokens)) => {
-                MetaItemKind::name_value_from_tokens(&mut inner_tokens.trees())
+                MetaItemKind::name_value_from_tokens(&mut inner_tokens.iter())
             }
             Some(TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => {
                 MetaItemLit::from_token(token).map(MetaItemKind::NameValue)
@@ -466,19 +462,17 @@ impl MetaItemKind {
         }
     }
 
-    fn from_tokens<'a>(
-        tokens: &mut iter::Peekable<impl Iterator<Item = &'a TokenTree>>,
-    ) -> Option<MetaItemKind> {
-        match tokens.peek() {
+    fn from_tokens(iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>) -> Option<MetaItemKind> {
+        match iter.peek() {
             Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Parenthesis, inner_tokens)) => {
                 let inner_tokens = inner_tokens.clone();
-                tokens.next();
+                iter.next();
                 MetaItemKind::list_from_tokens(inner_tokens).map(MetaItemKind::List)
             }
             Some(TokenTree::Delimited(..)) => None,
             Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Eq, .. }, _)) => {
-                tokens.next();
-                MetaItemKind::name_value_from_tokens(tokens)
+                iter.next();
+                MetaItemKind::name_value_from_tokens(iter)
             }
             _ => Some(MetaItemKind::Word),
         }
@@ -594,22 +588,19 @@ impl MetaItemInner {
         self.meta_item().is_some()
     }
 
-    fn from_tokens<'a, I>(tokens: &mut iter::Peekable<I>) -> Option<MetaItemInner>
-    where
-        I: Iterator<Item = &'a TokenTree>,
-    {
-        match tokens.peek() {
+    fn from_tokens(iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>) -> Option<MetaItemInner> {
+        match iter.peek() {
             Some(TokenTree::Token(token, _)) if let Some(lit) = MetaItemLit::from_token(token) => {
-                tokens.next();
+                iter.next();
                 return Some(MetaItemInner::Lit(lit));
             }
             Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Invisible(_), inner_tokens)) => {
-                tokens.next();
-                return MetaItemInner::from_tokens(&mut inner_tokens.trees().peekable());
+                iter.next();
+                return MetaItemInner::from_tokens(&mut inner_tokens.iter());
             }
             _ => {}
         }
-        MetaItem::from_tokens(tokens).map(MetaItemInner::MetaItem)
+        MetaItem::from_tokens(iter).map(MetaItemInner::MetaItem)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
index c6b6addc946e8..e7b393d869d2b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/tokenstream.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ where
     CTX: crate::HashStableContext,
 {
     fn hash_stable(&self, hcx: &mut CTX, hasher: &mut StableHasher) {
-        for sub_tt in self.trees() {
+        for sub_tt in self.iter() {
             sub_tt.hash_stable(hcx, hasher);
         }
     }
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ impl Eq for TokenStream {}
 
 impl PartialEq<TokenStream> for TokenStream {
     fn eq(&self, other: &TokenStream) -> bool {
-        self.trees().eq(other.trees())
+        self.iter().eq(other.iter())
     }
 }
 
@@ -423,24 +423,24 @@ impl TokenStream {
         self.0.len()
     }
 
-    pub fn trees(&self) -> RefTokenTreeCursor<'_> {
-        RefTokenTreeCursor::new(self)
+    pub fn get(&self, index: usize) -> Option<&TokenTree> {
+        self.0.get(index)
     }
 
-    pub fn into_trees(self) -> TokenTreeCursor {
-        TokenTreeCursor::new(self)
+    pub fn iter(&self) -> TokenStreamIter<'_> {
+        TokenStreamIter::new(self)
     }
 
     /// Compares two `TokenStream`s, checking equality without regarding span information.
     pub fn eq_unspanned(&self, other: &TokenStream) -> bool {
-        let mut t1 = self.trees();
-        let mut t2 = other.trees();
-        for (t1, t2) in iter::zip(&mut t1, &mut t2) {
-            if !t1.eq_unspanned(t2) {
+        let mut iter1 = self.iter();
+        let mut iter2 = other.iter();
+        for (tt1, tt2) in iter::zip(&mut iter1, &mut iter2) {
+            if !tt1.eq_unspanned(tt2) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
-        t1.next().is_none() && t2.next().is_none()
+        iter1.next().is_none() && iter2.next().is_none()
     }
 
     /// Create a token stream containing a single token with alone spacing. The
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ impl TokenStream {
     #[must_use]
     pub fn flattened(&self) -> TokenStream {
         fn can_skip(stream: &TokenStream) -> bool {
-            stream.trees().all(|tree| match tree {
+            stream.iter().all(|tree| match tree {
                 TokenTree::Token(token, _) => !matches!(
                     token.kind,
                     token::NtIdent(..) | token::NtLifetime(..) | token::Interpolated(..)
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ impl TokenStream {
             return self.clone();
         }
 
-        self.trees().map(|tree| TokenStream::flatten_token_tree(tree)).collect()
+        self.iter().map(|tree| TokenStream::flatten_token_tree(tree)).collect()
     }
 
     // If `vec` is not empty, try to glue `tt` onto its last token. The return
@@ -665,25 +665,26 @@ impl TokenStream {
     }
 }
 
-/// By-reference iterator over a [`TokenStream`], that produces `&TokenTree`
-/// items.
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct RefTokenTreeCursor<'t> {
+pub struct TokenStreamIter<'t> {
     stream: &'t TokenStream,
     index: usize,
 }
 
-impl<'t> RefTokenTreeCursor<'t> {
+impl<'t> TokenStreamIter<'t> {
     fn new(stream: &'t TokenStream) -> Self {
-        RefTokenTreeCursor { stream, index: 0 }
+        TokenStreamIter { stream, index: 0 }
     }
 
-    pub fn look_ahead(&self, n: usize) -> Option<&TokenTree> {
-        self.stream.0.get(self.index + n)
+    // Peeking could be done via `Peekable`, but most iterators need peeking,
+    // and this is simple and avoids the need to use `peekable` and `Peekable`
+    // at all the use sites.
+    pub fn peek(&self) -> Option<&'t TokenTree> {
+        self.stream.0.get(self.index)
     }
 }
 
-impl<'t> Iterator for RefTokenTreeCursor<'t> {
+impl<'t> Iterator for TokenStreamIter<'t> {
     type Item = &'t TokenTree;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<&'t TokenTree> {
@@ -694,39 +695,6 @@ impl<'t> Iterator for RefTokenTreeCursor<'t> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Owning by-value iterator over a [`TokenStream`], that produces `&TokenTree`
-/// items.
-///
-/// Doesn't impl `Iterator` because Rust doesn't permit an owning iterator to
-/// return `&T` from `next`; the need for an explicit lifetime in the `Item`
-/// associated type gets in the way. Instead, use `next_ref` (which doesn't
-/// involve associated types) for getting individual elements, or
-/// `RefTokenTreeCursor` if you really want an `Iterator`, e.g. in a `for`
-/// loop.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct TokenTreeCursor {
-    pub stream: TokenStream,
-    index: usize,
-}
-
-impl TokenTreeCursor {
-    fn new(stream: TokenStream) -> Self {
-        TokenTreeCursor { stream, index: 0 }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn next_ref(&mut self) -> Option<&TokenTree> {
-        self.stream.0.get(self.index).map(|tree| {
-            self.index += 1;
-            tree
-        })
-    }
-
-    pub fn look_ahead(&self, n: usize) -> Option<&TokenTree> {
-        self.stream.0.get(self.index + n)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Encodable, Decodable, HashStable_Generic)]
 pub struct DelimSpan {
     pub open: Span,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs
index cbb92c8c30f09..aa551d2f07d40 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast_pretty/src/pprust/state.rs
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ pub trait PrintState<'a>: std::ops::Deref<Target = pp::Printer> + std::ops::Dere
     // E.g. we have seen cases where a proc macro can handle `a :: b` but not
     // `a::b`. See #117433 for some examples.
     fn print_tts(&mut self, tts: &TokenStream, convert_dollar_crate: bool) {
-        let mut iter = tts.trees().peekable();
+        let mut iter = tts.iter().peekable();
         while let Some(tt) = iter.next() {
             let spacing = self.print_tt(tt, convert_dollar_crate);
             if let Some(next) = iter.peek() {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/concat_idents.rs b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/concat_idents.rs
index b459cc3007d37..532f625962718 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/concat_idents.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/concat_idents.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub(crate) fn expand_concat_idents<'cx>(
     }
 
     let mut res_str = String::new();
-    for (i, e) in tts.trees().enumerate() {
+    for (i, e) in tts.iter().enumerate() {
         if i & 1 == 1 {
             match e {
                 TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Comma, .. }, _) => {}
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/trace_macros.rs b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/trace_macros.rs
index e624d1da66bd5..01e4c403203be 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/trace_macros.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_builtin_macros/src/trace_macros.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ pub(crate) fn expand_trace_macros(
     sp: Span,
     tt: TokenStream,
 ) -> MacroExpanderResult<'static> {
-    let mut cursor = tt.trees();
+    let mut iter = tt.iter();
     let mut err = false;
-    let value = match &cursor.next() {
+    let value = match iter.next() {
         Some(TokenTree::Token(token, _)) if token.is_keyword(kw::True) => true,
         Some(TokenTree::Token(token, _)) if token.is_keyword(kw::False) => false,
         _ => {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub(crate) fn expand_trace_macros(
             false
         }
     };
-    err |= cursor.next().is_some();
+    err |= iter.next().is_some();
     if err {
         cx.dcx().emit_err(errors::TraceMacros { span: sp });
     } else {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/metavar_expr.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/metavar_expr.rs
index 810a5d30c7ec4..b4453c3cd2622 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/metavar_expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/metavar_expr.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, Lit, Token, TokenKind};
-use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{RefTokenTreeCursor, TokenStream, TokenTree};
+use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{TokenStream, TokenStreamIter, TokenTree};
 use rustc_ast::{LitIntType, LitKind};
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_errors::{Applicability, PResult};
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ impl MetaVarExpr {
         outer_span: Span,
         psess: &'psess ParseSess,
     ) -> PResult<'psess, MetaVarExpr> {
-        let mut tts = input.trees();
-        let ident = parse_ident(&mut tts, psess, outer_span)?;
-        let Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Parenthesis, args)) = tts.next() else {
+        let mut iter = input.iter();
+        let ident = parse_ident(&mut iter, psess, outer_span)?;
+        let Some(TokenTree::Delimited(.., Delimiter::Parenthesis, args)) = iter.next() else {
             let msg = "meta-variable expression parameter must be wrapped in parentheses";
             return Err(psess.dcx().struct_span_err(ident.span, msg));
         };
-        check_trailing_token(&mut tts, psess)?;
-        let mut iter = args.trees();
+        check_trailing_token(&mut iter, psess)?;
+        let mut iter = args.iter();
         let rslt = match ident.as_str() {
             "concat" => {
                 let mut result = Vec::new();
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl MetaVarExpr {
                         }
                     };
                     result.push(element);
-                    if iter.look_ahead(0).is_none() {
+                    if iter.peek().is_none() {
                         break;
                     }
                     if !try_eat_comma(&mut iter) {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ pub(crate) enum MetaVarExprConcatElem {
 
 // Checks if there are any remaining tokens. For example, `${ignore(ident ... a b c ...)}`
 fn check_trailing_token<'psess>(
-    iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>,
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     psess: &'psess ParseSess,
 ) -> PResult<'psess, ()> {
     if let Some(tt) = iter.next() {
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ fn check_trailing_token<'psess>(
 
 /// Parse a meta-variable `count` expression: `count(ident[, depth])`
 fn parse_count<'psess>(
-    iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>,
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     psess: &'psess ParseSess,
     span: Span,
 ) -> PResult<'psess, MetaVarExpr> {
     eat_dollar(iter, psess, span)?;
     let ident = parse_ident(iter, psess, span)?;
     let depth = if try_eat_comma(iter) {
-        if iter.look_ahead(0).is_none() {
+        if iter.peek().is_none() {
             return Err(psess.dcx().struct_span_err(
                 span,
                 "`count` followed by a comma must have an associated index indicating its depth",
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ fn parse_count<'psess>(
 
 /// Parses the depth used by index(depth) and len(depth).
 fn parse_depth<'psess>(
-    iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>,
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     psess: &'psess ParseSess,
     span: Span,
 ) -> PResult<'psess, usize> {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ fn parse_depth<'psess>(
 
 /// Parses an generic ident
 fn parse_ident<'psess>(
-    iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>,
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     psess: &'psess ParseSess,
     fallback_span: Span,
 ) -> PResult<'psess, Ident> {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ fn parse_ident_from_token<'psess>(
 }
 
 fn parse_token<'psess, 't>(
-    iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'t>,
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'t>,
     psess: &'psess ParseSess,
     fallback_span: Span,
 ) -> PResult<'psess, &'t Token> {
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ fn parse_token<'psess, 't>(
 
 /// Tries to move the iterator forward returning `true` if there is a comma. If not, then the
 /// iterator is not modified and the result is `false`.
-fn try_eat_comma(iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>) -> bool {
-    if let Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Comma, .. }, _)) = iter.look_ahead(0) {
+fn try_eat_comma(iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>) -> bool {
+    if let Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Comma, .. }, _)) = iter.peek() {
         let _ = iter.next();
         return true;
     }
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ fn try_eat_comma(iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>) -> bool {
 
 /// Tries to move the iterator forward returning `true` if there is a dollar sign. If not, then the
 /// iterator is not modified and the result is `false`.
-fn try_eat_dollar(iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>) -> bool {
-    if let Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Dollar, .. }, _)) = iter.look_ahead(0) {
+fn try_eat_dollar(iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>) -> bool {
+    if let Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Dollar, .. }, _)) = iter.peek() {
         let _ = iter.next();
         return true;
     }
@@ -271,12 +271,11 @@ fn try_eat_dollar(iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>) -> bool {
 
 /// Expects that the next item is a dollar sign.
 fn eat_dollar<'psess>(
-    iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>,
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     psess: &'psess ParseSess,
     span: Span,
 ) -> PResult<'psess, ()> {
-    if let Some(TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Dollar, .. }, _)) = iter.look_ahead(0) {
-        let _ = iter.next();
+    if try_eat_dollar(iter) {
         return Ok(());
     }
     Err(psess.dcx().struct_span_err(
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
index 36094707faceb..82f2dd33883a7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/mbe/quoted.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, NonterminalKind, Token};
+use rustc_ast::tokenstream::TokenStreamIter;
 use rustc_ast::{NodeId, tokenstream};
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_feature::Features;
@@ -49,25 +50,25 @@ pub(super) fn parse(
 
     // For each token tree in `input`, parse the token into a `self::TokenTree`, consuming
     // additional trees if need be.
-    let mut trees = input.trees().peekable();
-    while let Some(tree) = trees.next() {
+    let mut iter = input.iter();
+    while let Some(tree) = iter.next() {
         // Given the parsed tree, if there is a metavar and we are expecting matchers, actually
         // parse out the matcher (i.e., in `$id:ident` this would parse the `:` and `ident`).
-        let tree = parse_tree(tree, &mut trees, parsing_patterns, sess, node_id, features, edition);
+        let tree = parse_tree(tree, &mut iter, parsing_patterns, sess, node_id, features, edition);
         match tree {
             TokenTree::MetaVar(start_sp, ident) if parsing_patterns => {
                 // Not consuming the next token immediately, as it may not be a colon
-                let span = match trees.peek() {
+                let span = match iter.peek() {
                     Some(&tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(
                         Token { kind: token::Colon, span: colon_span },
                         _,
                     )) => {
                         // Consume the colon first
-                        trees.next();
+                        iter.next();
 
                         // It's ok to consume the next tree no matter how,
                         // since if it's not a token then it will be an invalid declaration.
-                        match trees.next() {
+                        match iter.next() {
                             Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => match token.ident() {
                                 Some((fragment, _)) => {
                                     let span = token.span.with_lo(start_sp.lo());
@@ -143,14 +144,14 @@ fn maybe_emit_macro_metavar_expr_concat_feature(features: &Features, sess: &Sess
 /// # Parameters
 ///
 /// - `tree`: the tree we wish to convert.
-/// - `outer_trees`: an iterator over trees. We may need to read more tokens from it in order to finish
+/// - `outer_iter`: an iterator over trees. We may need to read more tokens from it in order to finish
 ///   converting `tree`
 /// - `parsing_patterns`: same as [parse].
 /// - `sess`: the parsing session. Any errors will be emitted to this session.
 /// - `features`: language features so we can do feature gating.
 fn parse_tree<'a>(
     tree: &'a tokenstream::TokenTree,
-    outer_trees: &mut impl Iterator<Item = &'a tokenstream::TokenTree>,
+    outer_iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'a>,
     parsing_patterns: bool,
     sess: &Session,
     node_id: NodeId,
@@ -163,15 +164,16 @@ fn parse_tree<'a>(
         &tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Dollar, span: dollar_span }, _) => {
             // FIXME: Handle `Invisible`-delimited groups in a more systematic way
             // during parsing.
-            let mut next = outer_trees.next();
-            let mut trees: Box<dyn Iterator<Item = &tokenstream::TokenTree>>;
-            match next {
+            let mut next = outer_iter.next();
+            let mut iter_storage;
+            let mut iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_> = match next {
                 Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Delimited(.., delim, tts)) if delim.skip() => {
-                    trees = Box::new(tts.trees());
-                    next = trees.next();
+                    iter_storage = tts.iter();
+                    next = iter_storage.next();
+                    &mut iter_storage
                 }
-                _ => trees = Box::new(outer_trees),
-            }
+                _ => outer_iter,
+            };
 
             match next {
                 // `tree` is followed by a delimited set of token trees.
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ fn parse_tree<'a>(
                     let sequence = parse(tts, parsing_patterns, sess, node_id, features, edition);
                     // Get the Kleene operator and optional separator
                     let (separator, kleene) =
-                        parse_sep_and_kleene_op(&mut trees, delim_span.entire(), sess);
+                        parse_sep_and_kleene_op(&mut iter, delim_span.entire(), sess);
                     // Count the number of captured "names" (i.e., named metavars)
                     let num_captures =
                         if parsing_patterns { count_metavar_decls(&sequence) } else { 0 };
@@ -313,11 +315,11 @@ fn kleene_op(token: &Token) -> Option<KleeneOp> {
 /// - Ok(Ok((op, span))) if the next token tree is a KleeneOp
 /// - Ok(Err(tok, span)) if the next token tree is a token but not a KleeneOp
 /// - Err(span) if the next token tree is not a token
-fn parse_kleene_op<'a>(
-    input: &mut impl Iterator<Item = &'a tokenstream::TokenTree>,
+fn parse_kleene_op(
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     span: Span,
 ) -> Result<Result<(KleeneOp, Span), Token>, Span> {
-    match input.next() {
+    match iter.next() {
         Some(tokenstream::TokenTree::Token(token, _)) => match kleene_op(token) {
             Some(op) => Ok(Ok((op, token.span))),
             None => Ok(Err(token.clone())),
@@ -334,22 +336,22 @@ fn parse_kleene_op<'a>(
 /// itself. Note that here we are parsing the _macro_ itself, rather than trying to match some
 /// stream of tokens in an invocation of a macro.
 ///
-/// This function will take some input iterator `input` corresponding to `span` and a parsing
-/// session `sess`. If the next one (or possibly two) tokens in `input` correspond to a Kleene
+/// This function will take some input iterator `iter` corresponding to `span` and a parsing
+/// session `sess`. If the next one (or possibly two) tokens in `iter` correspond to a Kleene
 /// operator and separator, then a tuple with `(separator, KleeneOp)` is returned. Otherwise, an
 /// error with the appropriate span is emitted to `sess` and a dummy value is returned.
-fn parse_sep_and_kleene_op<'a>(
-    input: &mut impl Iterator<Item = &'a tokenstream::TokenTree>,
+fn parse_sep_and_kleene_op(
+    iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     span: Span,
     sess: &Session,
 ) -> (Option<Token>, KleeneToken) {
     // We basically look at two token trees here, denoted as #1 and #2 below
-    let span = match parse_kleene_op(input, span) {
+    let span = match parse_kleene_op(iter, span) {
         // #1 is a `?`, `+`, or `*` KleeneOp
         Ok(Ok((op, span))) => return (None, KleeneToken::new(op, span)),
 
         // #1 is a separator followed by #2, a KleeneOp
-        Ok(Err(token)) => match parse_kleene_op(input, token.span) {
+        Ok(Err(token)) => match parse_kleene_op(iter, token.span) {
             // #2 is the `?` Kleene op, which does not take a separator (error)
             Ok(Ok((KleeneOp::ZeroOrOne, span))) => {
                 // Error!
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs
index 263df235b3ecc..bb201089fa54a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_expand/src/proc_macro_server.rs
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ impl FromInternal<(TokenStream, &mut Rustc<'_, '_>)> for Vec<TokenTree<TokenStre
         // Estimate the capacity as `stream.len()` rounded up to the next power
         // of two to limit the number of required reallocations.
         let mut trees = Vec::with_capacity(stream.len().next_power_of_two());
-        let mut cursor = stream.trees();
+        let mut iter = stream.iter();
 
-        while let Some(tree) = cursor.next() {
+        while let Some(tree) = iter.next() {
             let (Token { kind, span }, joint) = match tree.clone() {
                 tokenstream::TokenTree::Delimited(span, _, delim, tts) => {
                     let delimiter = pm::Delimiter::from_internal(delim);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
index d43fe27aa0366..3b8bc66bab7d4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/builtin.rs
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ impl KeywordIdents {
     fn check_tokens(&mut self, cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, tokens: &TokenStream) {
         // Check if the preceding token is `$`, because we want to allow `$async`, etc.
         let mut prev_dollar = false;
-        for tt in tokens.trees() {
+        for tt in tokens.iter() {
             match tt {
                 // Only report non-raw idents.
                 TokenTree::Token(token, _) => {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/macro_expr_fragment_specifier_2024_migration.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/macro_expr_fragment_specifier_2024_migration.rs
index 23f4f7289067d..ce280fef8b623 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/macro_expr_fragment_specifier_2024_migration.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/macro_expr_fragment_specifier_2024_migration.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl Expr2024 {
         let mut prev_colon = false;
         let mut prev_identifier = false;
         let mut prev_dollar = false;
-        for tt in tokens.trees() {
+        for tt in tokens.iter() {
             debug!(
                 "check_tokens: {:?} - colon {prev_dollar} - ident {prev_identifier} - colon {prev_colon}",
                 tt
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_dataflow/src/framework/visitor.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_dataflow/src/framework/visitor.rs
index d18e9fa33f0c4..a03aecee7be12 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_dataflow/src/framework/visitor.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_dataflow/src/framework/visitor.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ where
 {
     fn visit_block_start(&mut self, _state: &A::Domain) {}
 
-    /// // njn: grep for "before", "primary", etc.
     /// Called after the "early" effect of the given statement is applied to `state`.
     fn visit_after_early_statement_effect(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
index a2136399b0c82..fe5df04deeb67 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/expr.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use ast::token::IdentIsRaw;
 use ast::{CoroutineKind, ForLoopKind, GenBlockKind, MatchKind, Pat, Path, PathSegment, Recovered};
 use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, Delimiter, Token, TokenKind};
+use rustc_ast::tokenstream::TokenTree;
 use rustc_ast::util::case::Case;
 use rustc_ast::util::classify;
 use rustc_ast::util::parser::{AssocOp, ExprPrecedence, Fixity, prec_let_scrutinee_needs_par};
@@ -2393,7 +2394,8 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
 
         if self.token == TokenKind::Semi
-            && matches!(self.token_cursor.stack.last(), Some((.., Delimiter::Parenthesis)))
+            && let Some(last) = self.token_cursor.stack.last()
+            && let Some(TokenTree::Delimited(_, _, Delimiter::Parenthesis, _)) = last.curr()
             && self.may_recover()
         {
             // It is likely that the closure body is a block but where the
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
index 976ffe608a2ff..b85968a555d5a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ use rustc_ast::ptr::P;
 use rustc_ast::token::{
     self, Delimiter, IdentIsRaw, InvisibleOrigin, MetaVarKind, Nonterminal, Token, TokenKind,
 };
-use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{
-    AttrsTarget, DelimSpacing, DelimSpan, Spacing, TokenStream, TokenTree, TokenTreeCursor,
-};
+use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{AttrsTarget, Spacing, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use rustc_ast::util::case::Case;
 use rustc_ast::{
     self as ast, AnonConst, AttrArgs, AttrId, ByRef, Const, CoroutineKind, DUMMY_NODE_ID,
@@ -273,21 +271,48 @@ struct CaptureState {
     seen_attrs: IntervalSet<AttrId>,
 }
 
-/// Iterator over a `TokenStream` that produces `Token`s. It's a bit odd that
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+struct TokenTreeCursor {
+    stream: TokenStream,
+    /// Points to the current token tree in the stream. In `TokenCursor::curr`,
+    /// this can be any token tree. In `TokenCursor::stack`, this is always a
+    /// `TokenTree::Delimited`.
+    index: usize,
+}
+
+impl TokenTreeCursor {
+    #[inline]
+    fn new(stream: TokenStream) -> Self {
+        TokenTreeCursor { stream, index: 0 }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn curr(&self) -> Option<&TokenTree> {
+        self.stream.get(self.index)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn bump(&mut self) {
+        self.index += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/// A `TokenStream` cursor that produces `Token`s. It's a bit odd that
 /// we (a) lex tokens into a nice tree structure (`TokenStream`), and then (b)
 /// use this type to emit them as a linear sequence. But a linear sequence is
 /// what the parser expects, for the most part.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 struct TokenCursor {
-    // Cursor for the current (innermost) token stream. The delimiters for this
-    // token stream are found in `self.stack.last()`; when that is `None` then
-    // we are in the outermost token stream which never has delimiters.
-    tree_cursor: TokenTreeCursor,
-
-    // Token streams surrounding the current one. The delimiters for stack[n]'s
-    // tokens are in `stack[n-1]`. `stack[0]` (when present) has no delimiters
-    // because it's the outermost token stream which never has delimiters.
-    stack: Vec<(TokenTreeCursor, DelimSpan, DelimSpacing, Delimiter)>,
+    // Cursor for the current (innermost) token stream. The index within the
+    // cursor can point to any token tree in the stream (or one past the end).
+    // The delimiters for this token stream are found in `self.stack.last()`;
+    // if that is `None` we are in the outermost token stream which never has
+    // delimiters.
+    curr: TokenTreeCursor,
+
+    // Token streams surrounding the current one. The index within each cursor
+    // always points to a `TokenTree::Delimited`.
+    stack: Vec<TokenTreeCursor>,
 }
 
 impl TokenCursor {
@@ -302,32 +327,33 @@ impl TokenCursor {
             // FIXME: we currently don't return `Delimiter::Invisible` open/close delims. To fix
             // #67062 we will need to, whereupon the `delim != Delimiter::Invisible` conditions
             // below can be removed.
-            if let Some(tree) = self.tree_cursor.next_ref() {
+            if let Some(tree) = self.curr.curr() {
                 match tree {
                     &TokenTree::Token(ref token, spacing) => {
                         debug_assert!(!matches!(
                             token.kind,
                             token::OpenDelim(_) | token::CloseDelim(_)
                         ));
-                        return (token.clone(), spacing);
+                        let res = (token.clone(), spacing);
+                        self.curr.bump();
+                        return res;
                     }
                     &TokenTree::Delimited(sp, spacing, delim, ref tts) => {
-                        let trees = tts.clone().into_trees();
-                        self.stack.push((
-                            mem::replace(&mut self.tree_cursor, trees),
-                            sp,
-                            spacing,
-                            delim,
-                        ));
+                        let trees = TokenTreeCursor::new(tts.clone());
+                        self.stack.push(mem::replace(&mut self.curr, trees));
                         if !delim.skip() {
                             return (Token::new(token::OpenDelim(delim), sp.open), spacing.open);
                         }
                         // No open delimiter to return; continue on to the next iteration.
                     }
                 };
-            } else if let Some((tree_cursor, span, spacing, delim)) = self.stack.pop() {
+            } else if let Some(parent) = self.stack.pop() {
                 // We have exhausted this token stream. Move back to its parent token stream.
-                self.tree_cursor = tree_cursor;
+                let Some(&TokenTree::Delimited(span, spacing, delim, _)) = parent.curr() else {
+                    panic!("parent should be Delimited")
+                };
+                self.curr = parent;
+                self.curr.bump(); // move past the `Delimited`
                 if !delim.skip() {
                     return (Token::new(token::CloseDelim(delim), span.close), spacing.close);
                 }
@@ -466,7 +492,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             capture_cfg: false,
             restrictions: Restrictions::empty(),
             expected_tokens: Vec::new(),
-            token_cursor: TokenCursor { tree_cursor: stream.into_trees(), stack: Vec::new() },
+            token_cursor: TokenCursor { curr: TokenTreeCursor::new(stream), stack: Vec::new() },
             num_bump_calls: 0,
             break_last_token: 0,
             unmatched_angle_bracket_count: 0,
@@ -1192,7 +1218,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         if dist == 1 {
             // The index is zero because the tree cursor's index always points
             // to the next token to be gotten.
-            match self.token_cursor.tree_cursor.look_ahead(0) {
+            match self.token_cursor.curr.curr() {
                 Some(tree) => {
                     // Indexing stayed within the current token tree.
                     match tree {
@@ -1202,12 +1228,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                                 return looker(&Token::new(token::OpenDelim(delim), dspan.open));
                             }
                         }
-                    };
+                    }
                 }
                 None => {
                     // The tree cursor lookahead went (one) past the end of the
                     // current token tree. Try to return a close delimiter.
-                    if let Some(&(_, span, _, delim)) = self.token_cursor.stack.last()
+                    if let Some(last) = self.token_cursor.stack.last()
+                        && let Some(&TokenTree::Delimited(span, _, delim, _)) = last.curr()
                         && !delim.skip()
                     {
                         // We are not in the outermost token stream, so we have
@@ -1399,9 +1426,10 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
     pub fn parse_token_tree(&mut self) -> TokenTree {
         match self.token.kind {
             token::OpenDelim(..) => {
-                // Grab the tokens within the delimiters.
-                let stream = self.token_cursor.tree_cursor.stream.clone();
-                let (_, span, spacing, delim) = *self.token_cursor.stack.last().unwrap();
+                // Clone the `TokenTree::Delimited` that we are currently
+                // within. That's what we are going to return.
+                let tree = self.token_cursor.stack.last().unwrap().curr().unwrap().clone();
+                debug_assert_matches!(tree, TokenTree::Delimited(..));
 
                 // Advance the token cursor through the entire delimited
                 // sequence. After getting the `OpenDelim` we are *within* the
@@ -1421,7 +1449,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
                 // Consume close delimiter
                 self.bump();
-                TokenTree::Delimited(span, spacing, delim, stream)
+                tree
             }
             token::CloseDelim(_) | token::Eof => unreachable!(),
             _ => {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs
index 1813960dad05f..da1ff8f1273ca 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ fn bad_path_expr_1() {
 fn string_to_tts_macro() {
     create_default_session_globals_then(|| {
         let stream = string_to_stream("macro_rules! zip (($a)=>($a))".to_string());
-        let tts = &stream.trees().collect::<Vec<_>>()[..];
+        let tts = &stream.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>()[..];
 
         match tts {
             [
@@ -2297,14 +2297,14 @@ fn string_to_tts_macro() {
                 TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Ident(name_zip, IdentIsRaw::No), .. }, _),
                 TokenTree::Delimited(.., macro_delim, macro_tts),
             ] if name_macro_rules == &kw::MacroRules && name_zip.as_str() == "zip" => {
-                let tts = &macro_tts.trees().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                let tts = &macro_tts.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
                 match &tts[..] {
                     [
                         TokenTree::Delimited(.., first_delim, first_tts),
                         TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::FatArrow, .. }, _),
                         TokenTree::Delimited(.., second_delim, second_tts),
                     ] if macro_delim == &Delimiter::Parenthesis => {
-                        let tts = &first_tts.trees().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                        let tts = &first_tts.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
                         match &tts[..] {
                             [
                                 TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Dollar, .. }, _),
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ fn string_to_tts_macro() {
                             }
                             _ => panic!("value 3: {:?} {:?}", first_delim, first_tts),
                         }
-                        let tts = &second_tts.trees().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                        let tts = &second_tts.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
                         match &tts[..] {
                             [
                                 TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: token::Dollar, .. }, _),
@@ -2544,7 +2544,7 @@ fn ttdelim_span() {
         .unwrap();
 
         let ast::ExprKind::MacCall(mac) = &expr.kind else { panic!("not a macro") };
-        let span = mac.args.tokens.trees().last().unwrap().span();
+        let span = mac.args.tokens.iter().last().unwrap().span();
 
         match psess.source_map().span_to_snippet(span) {
             Ok(s) => assert_eq!(&s[..], "{ body }"),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
index b13b68c266a0e..037b5b1a9de5d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ fn test_concat() {
         let mut eq_res = TokenStream::default();
         eq_res.push_stream(test_fst);
         eq_res.push_stream(test_snd);
-        assert_eq!(test_res.trees().count(), 5);
-        assert_eq!(eq_res.trees().count(), 5);
+        assert_eq!(test_res.iter().count(), 5);
+        assert_eq!(eq_res.iter().count(), 5);
         assert_eq!(test_res.eq_unspanned(&eq_res), true);
     })
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn test_concat() {
 fn test_to_from_bijection() {
     create_default_session_globals_then(|| {
         let test_start = string_to_ts("foo::bar(baz)");
-        let test_end = test_start.trees().cloned().collect();
+        let test_end = test_start.iter().cloned().collect();
         assert_eq!(test_start, test_end)
     })
 }
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ fn test_dotdotdot() {
         stream.push_tree(TokenTree::token_joint(token::Dot, sp(1, 2)));
         stream.push_tree(TokenTree::token_alone(token::Dot, sp(2, 3)));
         assert!(stream.eq_unspanned(&string_to_ts("...")));
-        assert_eq!(stream.trees().count(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(stream.iter().count(), 1);
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 9903d0faf4382..e6cb1165c0632 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -2604,7 +2604,7 @@ fn filter_tokens_from_list(
 ) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
     let mut tokens = Vec::with_capacity(args_tokens.len());
     let mut skip_next_comma = false;
-    for token in args_tokens.trees() {
+    for token in args_tokens.iter() {
         match token {
             TokenTree::Token(Token { kind: TokenKind::Comma, .. }, _) if skip_next_comma => {
                 skip_next_comma = false;
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/render_macro_matchers.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/render_macro_matchers.rs
index d39ecf83ac01c..3cc5f8d615a4e 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/render_macro_matchers.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/render_macro_matchers.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ fn print_tts(printer: &mut Printer<'_>, tts: &TokenStream) {
     use State::*;
 
     let mut state = Start;
-    for tt in tts.trees() {
+    for tt in tts.iter() {
         let (needs_space, next_state) = match &tt {
             TokenTree::Token(tt, _) => match (state, &tt.kind) {
                 (Dollar, token::Ident(..)) => (false, DollarIdent),
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/attrs/should_panic_without_expect.rs b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/attrs/should_panic_without_expect.rs
index b4ed8a68a325a..fd27e30a67f3b 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/attrs/should_panic_without_expect.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/attrs/should_panic_without_expect.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub(super) fn check(cx: &EarlyContext<'_>, attr: &Attribute) {
         }
 
         if let AttrArgs::Delimited(args) = &normal_attr.item.args
-            && let mut tt_iter = args.tokens.trees()
+            && let mut tt_iter = args.tokens.iter()
             && let Some(TokenTree::Token(
                 Token {
                     kind: TokenKind::Ident(sym::expected, _),
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/crate_in_macro_def.rs b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/crate_in_macro_def.rs
index c8f814137289c..7d86bd3e540a1 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/crate_in_macro_def.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/clippy_lints/src/crate_in_macro_def.rs
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ fn is_macro_export(attr: &Attribute) -> bool {
 
 fn contains_unhygienic_crate_reference(tts: &TokenStream) -> Option<Span> {
     let mut prev_is_dollar = false;
-    let mut cursor = tts.trees();
-    while let Some(curr) = cursor.next() {
+    let mut iter = tts.iter();
+    while let Some(curr) = iter.next() {
         if !prev_is_dollar
             && let Some(span) = is_crate_keyword(curr)
-            && let Some(next) = cursor.look_ahead(0)
+            && let Some(next) = iter.peek()
             && is_token(next, &TokenKind::PathSep)
         {
             return Some(span);
diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs
index 4083d9398f6bc..ea8ca38cb7725 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/macros.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::panic::{AssertUnwindSafe, catch_unwind};
 
 use rustc_ast::token::{BinOpToken, Delimiter, Token, TokenKind};
-use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{RefTokenTreeCursor, TokenStream, TokenTree};
+use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{TokenStream, TokenStreamIter, TokenTree};
 use rustc_ast::{ast, ptr};
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
 use rustc_span::{
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ pub(crate) fn rewrite_macro_def(
     }
 
     let ts = def.body.tokens.clone();
-    let mut parser = MacroParser::new(ts.trees());
+    let mut parser = MacroParser::new(ts.iter());
     let parsed_def = match parser.parse() {
         Some(def) => def,
         None => return snippet,
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ impl MacroArgParser {
         self.buf.clear();
     }
 
-    fn add_meta_variable(&mut self, iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>) -> Option<()> {
+    fn add_meta_variable(&mut self, iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>) -> Option<()> {
         match iter.next() {
             Some(&TokenTree::Token(
                 Token {
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ impl MacroArgParser {
         &mut self,
         inner: Vec<ParsedMacroArg>,
         delim: Delimiter,
-        iter: &mut RefTokenTreeCursor<'_>,
+        iter: &mut TokenStreamIter<'_>,
     ) -> Option<()> {
         let mut buffer = String::new();
         let mut first = true;
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ impl MacroArgParser {
 
     /// Returns a collection of parsed macro def's arguments.
     fn parse(mut self, tokens: TokenStream) -> Option<Vec<ParsedMacroArg>> {
-        let mut iter = tokens.trees();
+        let mut iter = tokens.iter();
 
         while let Some(tok) = iter.next() {
             match tok {
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ fn format_macro_args(
 }
 
 fn span_for_token_stream(token_stream: &TokenStream) -> Option<Span> {
-    token_stream.trees().next().map(|tt| tt.span())
+    token_stream.iter().next().map(|tt| tt.span())
 }
 
 // We should insert a space if the next token is a:
@@ -1179,18 +1179,18 @@ pub(crate) fn macro_style(mac: &ast::MacCall, context: &RewriteContext<'_>) -> D
 // A very simple parser that just parses a macros 2.0 definition into its branches.
 // Currently we do not attempt to parse any further than that.
 struct MacroParser<'a> {
-    toks: RefTokenTreeCursor<'a>,
+    iter: TokenStreamIter<'a>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> MacroParser<'a> {
-    const fn new(toks: RefTokenTreeCursor<'a>) -> Self {
-        Self { toks }
+    const fn new(iter: TokenStreamIter<'a>) -> Self {
+        Self { iter }
     }
 
     // (`(` ... `)` `=>` `{` ... `}`)*
     fn parse(&mut self) -> Option<Macro> {
         let mut branches = vec![];
-        while self.toks.look_ahead(1).is_some() {
+        while self.iter.peek().is_some() {
             branches.push(self.parse_branch()?);
         }
 
@@ -1199,13 +1199,13 @@ impl<'a> MacroParser<'a> {
 
     // `(` ... `)` `=>` `{` ... `}`
     fn parse_branch(&mut self) -> Option<MacroBranch> {
-        let tok = self.toks.next()?;
+        let tok = self.iter.next()?;
         let (lo, args_paren_kind) = match tok {
             TokenTree::Token(..) => return None,
             &TokenTree::Delimited(delimited_span, _, d, _) => (delimited_span.open.lo(), d),
         };
         let args = TokenStream::new(vec![tok.clone()]);
-        match self.toks.next()? {
+        match self.iter.next()? {
             TokenTree::Token(
                 Token {
                     kind: TokenKind::FatArrow,
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ impl<'a> MacroParser<'a> {
             ) => {}
             _ => return None,
         }
-        let (mut hi, body, whole_body) = match self.toks.next()? {
+        let (mut hi, body, whole_body) = match self.iter.next()? {
             TokenTree::Token(..) => return None,
             TokenTree::Delimited(delimited_span, ..) => {
                 let data = delimited_span.entire().data();
@@ -1237,10 +1237,10 @@ impl<'a> MacroParser<'a> {
                 span,
             },
             _,
-        )) = self.toks.look_ahead(0)
+        )) = self.iter.peek()
         {
             hi = span.hi();
-            self.toks.next();
+            self.iter.next();
         }
         Some(MacroBranch {
             span: mk_sp(lo, hi),