diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/declare_clippy_lint.rs b/clippy_lints/src/declare_clippy_lint.rs
similarity index 74%
rename from clippy_utils/src/declare_clippy_lint.rs
rename to clippy_lints/src/declare_clippy_lint.rs
index 6e35accc3ea5..c4cef9e1394d 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/declare_clippy_lint.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/declare_clippy_lint.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
-// warn on lints, that are included in `rust-lang/rust`s bootstrap
-#![warn(rust_2018_idioms, unused_lifetimes)]
-
 #[macro_export]
 #[allow(clippy::crate_in_macro_def)]
 macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     (@
-        // $(#[$($attrss:tt)*])*
         $(#[doc = $lit:literal])*
         pub $lint_name:ident,
         $category:ident,
@@ -17,19 +13,19 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
         rustc_session::declare_tool_lint! {
         $(#[doc = $lit])*
         #[clippy::version = $version_lit]
-            pub clippy::$lint_name,$category,$desc,
-            report_in_external_macro:true
+        pub clippy::$lint_name,
+        $category,
+        $desc,
+        report_in_external_macro:true
         }
 
-        $crate::paste::paste! {
-            pub(crate) static ${concat($lint_name, _INFO)}: &'static crate::LintInfo = &crate::LintInfo {
-                lint: &$lint_name,
-                category:  $lintcategory,
-                explanation: concat!($($lit,"\n",)*),
-                location: concat!(file!(), "#L", line!()),
-                version: $version_expr
-            };
-        }
+        pub(crate) static ${concat($lint_name, _INFO)}: &'static crate::LintInfo = &crate::LintInfo {
+            lint: &$lint_name,
+            category:  $lintcategory,
+            explanation: concat!($($lit,"\n",)*),
+            location: concat!(file!(), "#L", line!()),
+            version: $version_expr
+        };
     };
     (
         $(#[doc = $lit:literal])*
@@ -40,7 +36,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name,Allow, crate::LintCategory::Restriction,$desc,
+            pub $lint_name, Allow, crate::LintCategory::Restriction, $desc,
             declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
         }
     };
@@ -53,7 +49,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Style,$desc,
+            pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Style, $desc,
             declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
 
         }
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name,Deny, crate::LintCategory::Correctness,$desc,
+            pub $lint_name, Deny, crate::LintCategory::Correctness, $desc,
             declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
 
         }
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Perf,$desc,
+            pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Perf, $desc,
                         declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
         }
     };
@@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-                pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Complexity,$desc,
+                pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Complexity, $desc,
                 declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
         }
     };
@@ -107,7 +103,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-                pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Suspicious,$desc,
+                pub $lint_name, Warn, crate::LintCategory::Suspicious, $desc,
                 declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
         }
     };
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name,Allow, crate::LintCategory::Nursery,$desc,
+            pub $lint_name, Allow, crate::LintCategory::Nursery, $desc,
                         declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
         }
     };
@@ -133,7 +129,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name,Allow, crate::LintCategory::Pedantic,$desc,
+            pub $lint_name, Allow, crate::LintCategory::Pedantic, $desc,
                         declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
         }
     };
@@ -146,7 +142,7 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name,Allow, crate::LintCategory::Cargo,$desc,
+            pub $lint_name, Allow, crate::LintCategory::Cargo, $desc,
                         declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $version), $version
         }
     };
@@ -160,8 +156,8 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     ) => {
         declare_clippy_lint! {@
             $(#[doc = $lit])*
-            pub $lint_name,Allow, crate::LintCategory::Internal,$desc,
-            declare_clippy_lint!(__version = $($version)?), "0.0.0"
+            pub $lint_name, Allow, crate::LintCategory::Internal, $desc,
+            None, "0.0.0"
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 704c08d9a4d5..208ecab6f545 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ extern crate rustc_target;
 extern crate rustc_trait_selection;
 extern crate thin_vec;
 
+#[macro_use]
+mod declare_clippy_lint;
+
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate clippy_utils;
 
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
index b004f67d24fc..21b5d1553c43 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ pub mod attrs;
 mod check_proc_macro;
 pub mod comparisons;
 pub mod consts;
-pub mod declare_clippy_lint;
 pub mod diagnostics;
 pub mod eager_or_lazy;
 pub mod higher;
@@ -131,10 +130,6 @@ use crate::consts::{mir_to_const, ConstEvalCtxt, Constant};
 use crate::higher::Range;
 use crate::ty::{adt_and_variant_of_res, can_partially_move_ty, expr_sig, is_copy, is_recursively_primitive_type};
 use crate::visitors::for_each_expr_without_closures;
-
-#[doc(hidden)]
-pub use paste;
-
 use rustc_middle::hir::nested_filter;
 
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/tests/versioncheck.rs b/tests/versioncheck.rs
index 683283339376..e29898f068d3 100644
--- a/tests/versioncheck.rs
+++ b/tests/versioncheck.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ fn consistent_clippy_crate_versions() {
     let clippy_version = read_version("Cargo.toml");
 
     let paths = [
-        "declare_clippy_lint/Cargo.toml",
         "clippy_config/Cargo.toml",
         "clippy_lints/Cargo.toml",
         "clippy_utils/Cargo.toml",