diff --git a/crates/ra_analysis/src/hover.rs b/crates/ra_analysis/src/hover.rs
index c99d87da63..766fa05478 100644
--- a/crates/ra_analysis/src/hover.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_analysis/src/hover.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use ra_db::{Cancelable, SyntaxDatabase};
 use ra_syntax::{
     AstNode, SyntaxNode,
     ast::{self, NameOwner},
-    algo::visit::{visitor, Visitor},
+    algo::{find_covering_node, visit::{visitor, Visitor}},
 };
 
 use crate::{db::RootDatabase, RangeInfo, FilePosition, FileRange, NavigationTarget};
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) fn hover(
             file_id: position.file_id,
             range: expr.syntax().range(),
         };
-        res.extend(db.type_of(frange)?);
+        res.extend(type_of(db, frange)?);
         expr.syntax().range()
     };
     if res.is_empty() {
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ pub(crate) fn hover(
     Ok(Some(res))
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn type_of(db: &RootDatabase, frange: FileRange) -> Cancelable<Option<String>> {
+    let file = db.source_file(frange.file_id);
+    let syntax = file.syntax();
+    let node = find_covering_node(syntax, frange.range);
+    let parent_fn = ctry!(node.ancestors().find_map(ast::FnDef::cast));
+    let function = ctry!(hir::source_binder::function_from_source(
+        db,
+        frange.file_id,
+        parent_fn
+    )?);
+    let infer = function.infer(db)?;
+    Ok(infer.type_of_node(node).map(|t| t.to_string()))
+}
+
 // FIXME: this should not really use navigation target. Rather, approximatelly
 // resovled symbol should return a `DefId`.
 fn doc_text_for(db: &RootDatabase, nav: NavigationTarget) -> Cancelable<Option<String>> {
diff --git a/crates/ra_analysis/src/imp.rs b/crates/ra_analysis/src/imp.rs
index 1e9129c4f7..e2871451c2 100644
--- a/crates/ra_analysis/src/imp.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_analysis/src/imp.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use hir::{
 use ra_db::{FilesDatabase, SourceRoot, SourceRootId, SyntaxDatabase};
 use ra_editor::{self, find_node_at_offset, assists, LocalEdit, Severity};
 use ra_syntax::{
-    algo::find_covering_node,
-    ast::{self, ArgListOwner, Expr, FnDef, NameOwner},
+    ast::{self, ArgListOwner, Expr, NameOwner},
     AstNode, SourceFileNode,
     SyntaxKind::*,
     SyntaxNodeRef, TextRange, TextUnit,
@@ -398,19 +397,6 @@ impl db::RootDatabase {
         Ok(None)
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn type_of(&self, frange: FileRange) -> Cancelable<Option<String>> {
-        let file = self.source_file(frange.file_id);
-        let syntax = file.syntax();
-        let node = find_covering_node(syntax, frange.range);
-        let parent_fn = ctry!(node.ancestors().find_map(FnDef::cast));
-        let function = ctry!(source_binder::function_from_source(
-            self,
-            frange.file_id,
-            parent_fn
-        )?);
-        let infer = function.infer(self)?;
-        Ok(infer.type_of_node(node).map(|t| t.to_string()))
-    }
     pub(crate) fn rename(
         &self,
         position: FilePosition,
diff --git a/crates/ra_analysis/src/lib.rs b/crates/ra_analysis/src/lib.rs
index 0e32a15f80..b068119d2b 100644
--- a/crates/ra_analysis/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_analysis/src/lib.rs
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ impl Analysis {
     }
     /// Computes the type of the expression at the given position.
     pub fn type_of(&self, frange: FileRange) -> Cancelable<Option<String>> {
-        self.db.type_of(frange)
+        hover::type_of(&*self.db, frange)
     }
     /// Returns the edit required to rename reference at the position to the new
     /// name.