diff --git a/infer/src/backend/rearrange.ml b/infer/src/backend/rearrange.ml
index 602546b0e..11193a5f0 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/rearrange.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/rearrange.ml
@@ -775,10 +775,7 @@ let add_guarded_by_constraints tenv prop lexp pdesc =
   let enforce_guarded_access_ accessed_fld guarded_by_str prop =
     (* return true if [pdesc] has an annotation that matches [guarded_by_str] *)
     let proc_has_matching_annot pdesc guarded_by_str =
-      let proc_signature =
-        Annotations.get_annotated_signature (Procdesc.get_attributes pdesc) in
-      let proc_annot, _ = proc_signature.Annotations.ret in
-      match extract_guarded_by_str proc_annot with
+      match extract_guarded_by_str (Annotations.pdesc_get_return_annot pdesc) with
       | Some proc_guarded_by_str ->
           (* the lock is not held, but the procedure is annotated with @GuardedBy *)
           String.equal proc_guarded_by_str guarded_by_str
@@ -817,10 +814,7 @@ let add_guarded_by_constraints tenv prop lexp pdesc =
       String.equal "itself" (String.lowercase guarded_by_str) ||
       String.is_suffix ~suffix:guarded_by_str (Ident.fieldname_to_string accessed_fld) in
     let proc_has_suppress_guarded_by_annot pdesc =
-      let proc_signature =
-        Annotations.get_annotated_signature (Procdesc.get_attributes pdesc) in
-      let proc_annot, _ = proc_signature.Annotations.ret in
-      match extract_suppress_warnings_str proc_annot with
+      match extract_suppress_warnings_str (Annotations.pdesc_get_return_annot pdesc) with
       | Some suppression_str->
           String.equal suppression_str "InvalidAccessToGuardedField"
       | None -> false in
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml b/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml
index 7dc4fef3c..06e7d5906 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/reporting.ml
@@ -52,12 +52,9 @@ let log_issue
     ?session
     ?ltr
     exn =
-  let should_suppress_lint summary =
+  let should_suppress_lint (summary : Specs.summary) =
     Config.curr_language_is Config.Java &&
-    let annotated_signature =
-      Annotations.get_annotated_signature summary.Specs.attributes in
-    let ret_annotation, _ = annotated_signature.Annotations.ret in
-    Annotations.ia_is_suppress_lint ret_annotation in
+    Annotations.ia_is_suppress_lint (fst summary.attributes.ProcAttributes.method_annotation) in
   match Specs.get_summary proc_name with
   | Some summary when should_suppress_lint summary -> ()
   | Some summary ->
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml b/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
index 7ca22698d..246a536c6 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/ThreadSafety.ml
@@ -596,10 +596,7 @@ let process_results_table file_env tab =
       let check_method_attributes check pname =
         match Specs.proc_resolve_attributes pname with
         | None -> false
-        | Some attributes ->
-            let annotated_signature = Annotations.get_annotated_signature attributes in
-            let ret_annotation, _ = annotated_signature.Annotations.ret in
-            check ret_annotation in
+        | Some attributes -> check (fst attributes.ProcAttributes.method_annotation) in
       let found = ref false in
       PatternMatch.proc_iter_overridden_methods
         (fun pn ->
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/annotationReachability.ml b/infer/src/checkers/annotationReachability.ml
index fc77a3c72..c01e4cd5b 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/annotationReachability.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/annotationReachability.ml
@@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ let check_attributes check tenv pname =
   let check_method_attributes check pname =
     match Specs.proc_resolve_attributes pname with
     | None -> false
-    | Some attributes ->
-        let annotated_signature = Annotations.get_annotated_signature attributes in
-        let ret_annotation, _ = annotated_signature.Annotations.ret in
-        check ret_annotation in
+    | Some attributes -> check (fst attributes.ProcAttributes.method_annotation) in
   PatternMatch.check_class_attributes check tenv pname || check_method_attributes check pname
 
 let method_overrides is_annotated tenv pname =
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml
index 32ccecad0..fe54ff0e1 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.ml
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ let pdesc_has_parameter_annot pdesc predicate =
   let _, param_annotations = (Procdesc.get_attributes pdesc).ProcAttributes.method_annotation in
   IList.exists predicate param_annotations
 
+let pdesc_get_return_annot pdesc =
+  fst (Procdesc.get_attributes pdesc).ProcAttributes.method_annotation
+
 let pdesc_has_return_annot pdesc predicate =
-  let return_annotation, _ = (Procdesc.get_attributes pdesc).ProcAttributes.method_annotation in
-  predicate return_annotation
+  predicate (pdesc_get_return_annot pdesc)
 
 let pdesc_return_annot_ends_with pdesc annot =
   pdesc_has_return_annot pdesc (fun ia -> ia_ends_with ia annot)
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli
index 1e8bbc758..60aaf0d02 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/annotations.mli
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ val ia_is_volatile : Annot.Item.t -> bool
     parameters *)
 val pdesc_has_parameter_annot : Procdesc.t -> (Annot.Item.t -> bool) -> bool
 
+(** get the list of annotations on the return value of [pdesc] *)
+val pdesc_get_return_annot : Procdesc.t -> Annot.Item.t
+
 (** return true if the given predicate evaluates to true on the annotation of [pdesc]'s return
     value *)
 val pdesc_has_return_annot : Procdesc.t -> (Annot.Item.t -> bool) -> bool