diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/accepted.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/accepted.rs
index 7e5197f16f91e..2debfb96eaab0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/accepted.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/accepted.rs
@@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ declare_features! (
     (accepted, type_alias_enum_variants, "1.37.0", Some(49683)),
     /// Allows macros to appear in the type position.
     (accepted, type_macros, "1.13.0", Some(27245)),
+    /// Allows using type privacy lints (`private_interfaces`, `private_bounds`, `unnameable_types`).
+    (accepted, type_privacy_lints, "CURRENT_RUSTC_VERSION", Some(48054)),
     /// Allows `const _: TYPE = VALUE`.
     (accepted, underscore_const_names, "1.37.0", Some(54912)),
     /// Allows `use path as _;` and `extern crate c as _;`.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs
index 52421fce86738..60ecfec50aca1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_feature/src/unstable.rs
@@ -605,8 +605,6 @@ declare_features! (
     /// Allows creation of instances of a struct by moving fields that have
     /// not changed from prior instances of the same struct (RFC #2528)
     (unstable, type_changing_struct_update, "1.58.0", Some(86555)),
-    /// Allows using type privacy lints (`private_interfaces`, `private_bounds`, `unnameable_types`).
-    (unstable, type_privacy_lints, "1.72.0", Some(48054)),
     /// Enables rustc to generate code that instructs libstd to NOT ignore SIGPIPE.
     (unstable, unix_sigpipe, "1.65.0", Some(97889)),
     /// Allows unnamed fields of struct and union type
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/builtin.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/builtin.rs
index f2560b35aa2e1..cc6c5b6921767 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/builtin.rs
@@ -4248,7 +4248,6 @@ declare_lint! {
     /// ### Example
     ///
     /// ```rust,compile_fail
-    /// # #![feature(type_privacy_lints)]
     /// # #![allow(unused)]
     /// #![deny(unnameable_types)]
     /// mod m {
@@ -4265,10 +4264,14 @@ declare_lint! {
     ///
     /// It is often expected that if you can obtain an object of type `T`, then
     /// you can name the type `T` as well, this lint attempts to enforce this rule.
+    /// The recommended action is to either reexport the type properly to make it nameable,
+    /// or document that users are not supposed to be able to name it for one reason or another.
+    ///
+    /// Besides types, this lint applies to traits because traits can also leak through signatures,
+    /// and you may obtain objects of their `dyn Trait` or `impl Trait` types.
     pub UNNAMEABLE_TYPES,
     Allow,
     "effective visibility of a type is larger than the area in which it can be named",
-    @feature_gate = sym::type_privacy_lints;
 }
 
 declare_lint! {
diff --git a/tests/ui/feature-gates/feature-gate-type_privacy_lints.rs b/tests/ui/feature-gates/feature-gate-type_privacy_lints.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c537fc419f68d..0000000000000
--- a/tests/ui/feature-gates/feature-gate-type_privacy_lints.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-//@ check-pass
-
-#![warn(unnameable_types)] //~ WARN unknown lint
-fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/feature-gates/feature-gate-type_privacy_lints.stderr b/tests/ui/feature-gates/feature-gate-type_privacy_lints.stderr
deleted file mode 100644
index 72ac3792fff50..0000000000000
--- a/tests/ui/feature-gates/feature-gate-type_privacy_lints.stderr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-warning: unknown lint: `unnameable_types`
-  --> $DIR/feature-gate-type_privacy_lints.rs:3:1
-   |
-LL | #![warn(unnameable_types)]
-   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-   |
-   = note: the `unnameable_types` lint is unstable
-   = note: see issue #48054 <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/48054> for more information
-   = help: add `#![feature(type_privacy_lints)]` to the crate attributes to enable
-   = note: this compiler was built on YYYY-MM-DD; consider upgrading it if it is out of date
-   = note: `#[warn(unknown_lints)]` on by default
-
-warning: 1 warning emitted
-
diff --git a/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.rs b/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.rs
index c6c5561c3c4be..e82bfd0477f74 100644
--- a/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#![feature(type_privacy_lints)]
 #![deny(unnameable_types)]
 
 mod m {
diff --git a/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.stderr b/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.stderr
index d68a11c9728f6..a1bc60ef9c260 100644
--- a/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/privacy/unnameable_types.stderr
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 error: struct `PubStruct` is reachable but cannot be named
-  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:5:5
+  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:4:5
    |
 LL |     pub struct PubStruct(pub i32);
    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ reachable at visibility `pub`, but can only be named at visibility `pub(crate)`
    |
 note: the lint level is defined here
-  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:2:9
+  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:1:9
    |
 LL | #![deny(unnameable_types)]
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 error: enum `PubE` is reachable but cannot be named
-  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:7:5
+  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:6:5
    |
 LL |     pub enum PubE {
    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ reachable at visibility `pub`, but can only be named at visibility `pub(crate)`
 
 error: trait `PubTr` is reachable but cannot be named
-  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:11:5
+  --> $DIR/unnameable_types.rs:10:5
    |
 LL |     pub trait PubTr {
    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ reachable at visibility `pub`, but can only be named at visibility `pub(crate)`