diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index c9ae0a961b6..f3dd9275a42 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 uitest = "test --test compile-test"
 dev = "run --package clippy_dev --bin clippy_dev --manifest-path clippy_dev/Cargo.toml --"
 lintcheck = "run --package lintcheck --bin lintcheck --manifest-path lintcheck/Cargo.toml  -- "
-collect-metadata = "test --test dogfood --features metadata-collector-lint -- run_metadata_collection_lint --ignored"
+collect-metadata = "test --test dogfood --features internal -- run_metadata_collection_lint --ignored"
 
 [build]
 # -Zbinary-dep-depinfo allows us to track which rlib files to use for compiling UI tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clippy.yml b/.github/workflows/clippy.yml
index 3d8c39408a9..8b5e814b177 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clippy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clippy.yml
@@ -49,17 +49,17 @@ jobs:
         echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SYSROOT}/lib${LD_LIBRARY_PATH+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Build
-      run: cargo build --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo build --features deny-warnings,internal
 
     - name: Test
-      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal
 
     - name: Test clippy_lints
-      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal
       working-directory: clippy_lints
 
     - name: Test clippy_utils
-      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal
       working-directory: clippy_utils
 
     - name: Test rustc_tools_util
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clippy_bors.yml b/.github/workflows/clippy_bors.yml
index 8b644aa2817..eb045ec30dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clippy_bors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clippy_bors.yml
@@ -112,17 +112,17 @@ jobs:
         echo "$SYSROOT/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
     - name: Build
-      run: cargo build --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo build --features deny-warnings,internal
 
     - name: Test
-      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal
 
     - name: Test clippy_lints
-      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal
       working-directory: clippy_lints
 
     - name: Test clippy_utils
-      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal-lints,metadata-collector-lint
+      run: cargo test --features deny-warnings,internal
       working-directory: clippy_utils
 
     - name: Test rustc_tools_util
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79a7ec92071..cb49dd84c39 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ rustc_tools_util = { version = "0.2", path = "rustc_tools_util" }
 [features]
 deny-warnings = ["clippy_lints/deny-warnings"]
 integration = ["tempfile"]
-internal-lints = ["clippy_lints/internal-lints"]
-metadata-collector-lint = ["internal-lints", "clippy_lints/metadata-collector-lint"]
+internal = ["clippy_lints/internal"]
 
 [package.metadata.rust-analyzer]
 # This package uses #[feature(rustc_private)]
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs b/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs
index 8dd073ef405..d368ef1f46a 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/update_lints.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ fn gen_register_lint_list<'a>(
 
     for (is_public, module_name, lint_name) in details {
         if !is_public {
-            output.push_str("    #[cfg(feature = \"internal-lints\")]\n");
+            output.push_str("    #[cfg(feature = \"internal\")]\n");
         }
         output.push_str(&format!("    {}::{},\n", module_name, lint_name));
     }
diff --git a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
index 0661c280386..e9f87b60ece 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_lints/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 [features]
 deny-warnings = ["clippy_utils/deny-warnings"]
 # build clippy with internal lints enabled, off by default
-internal-lints = ["clippy_utils/internal-lints"]
-metadata-collector-lint = ["serde_json", "clippy_utils/metadata-collector-lint"]
+internal = ["clippy_utils/internal", "serde_json"]
 
 [package.metadata.rust-analyzer]
 # This crate uses #[feature(rustc_private)]
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_lints.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_lints.rs
index f9241d943b2..832178c2db5 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_lints.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_lints.rs
@@ -3,33 +3,33 @@
 // Manual edits will be overwritten.
 
 store.register_lints(&[
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::CLIPPY_LINTS_INTERNAL,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::COLLAPSIBLE_SPAN_LINT_CALLS,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::COMPILER_LINT_FUNCTIONS,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::DEFAULT_LINT,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::IF_CHAIN_STYLE,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::INTERNING_DEFINED_SYMBOL,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::INVALID_CLIPPY_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::INVALID_PATHS,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::LINT_WITHOUT_LINT_PASS,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::MATCH_TYPE_ON_DIAGNOSTIC_ITEM,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::MISSING_CLIPPY_VERSION_ATTRIBUTE,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::OUTER_EXPN_EXPN_DATA,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::PRODUCE_ICE,
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     utils::internal_lints::UNNECESSARY_SYMBOL_STR,
     absurd_extreme_comparisons::ABSURD_EXTREME_COMPARISONS,
     approx_const::APPROX_CONSTANT,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index c31acb5f4ef..0d765c2bcde 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -153,12 +153,9 @@ macro_rules! declare_clippy_lint {
     };
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 mod deprecated_lints;
-#[cfg_attr(
-    any(feature = "internal-lints", feature = "metadata-collector-lint"),
-    allow(clippy::missing_clippy_version_attribute)
-)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "internal", allow(clippy::missing_clippy_version_attribute))]
 mod utils;
 
 // begin lints modules, do not remove this comment, it’s used in `update_lints`
@@ -472,7 +469,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
     include!("lib.register_restriction.rs");
     include!("lib.register_pedantic.rs");
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     include!("lib.register_internal.rs");
 
     include!("lib.register_all.rs");
@@ -484,7 +481,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
     include!("lib.register_cargo.rs");
     include!("lib.register_nursery.rs");
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     {
         if std::env::var("ENABLE_METADATA_COLLECTION").eq(&Ok("1".to_string())) {
             store.register_late_pass(|| Box::new(utils::internal_lints::metadata_collector::MetadataCollector::new()));
@@ -493,7 +490,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
     }
 
     // all the internal lints
-    #[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
     {
         store.register_early_pass(|| Box::new(utils::internal_lints::ClippyLintsInternal));
         store.register_early_pass(|| Box::new(utils::internal_lints::ProduceIce));
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs
index 9c83d30eb9c..4e1c538c1c2 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ fn visit_map<V>(self, mut map: V) -> Result<Self::Value, V::Error> where V: MapA
             }
         }
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+        #[cfg(feature = "internal")]
         pub mod metadata {
             use crate::utils::internal_lints::metadata_collector::ClippyConfiguration;
 
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints.rs
index 165004e5b41..67faca70d5c 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, Cow};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub mod metadata_collector;
 
 declare_clippy_lint! {
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs
index 7707eebd622..02f5d45cc18 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/internal_lints/metadata_collector.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 //! This lint is used to collect metadata about clippy lints. This metadata is exported as a json
 //! file and then used to generate the [clippy lint list](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-clippy/master/index.html)
 //!
-//! This module and therefor the entire lint is guarded by a feature flag called
-//! `metadata-collector-lint`
+//! This module and therefore the entire lint is guarded by a feature flag called `internal`
 //!
 //! The module transforms all lint names to ascii lowercase to ensure that we don't have mismatches
 //! during any comparison or mapping. (Please take care of this, it's not fun to spend time on such
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/mod.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/mod.rs
index b67448e3a57..dc385ebacba 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pub mod author;
 pub mod conf;
 pub mod inspector;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "internal-lints", feature = "metadata-collector-lint"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub mod internal_lints;
diff --git a/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml b/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml
index af1e2eb4dd1..565dd1faa3d 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ rustc-semver = "1.1"
 
 [features]
 deny-warnings = []
-internal-lints = []
-metadata-collector-lint = []
+internal = []
 
 [package.metadata.rust-analyzer]
 # This crate uses #[feature(rustc_private)]
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/diagnostics.rs b/clippy_utils/src/diagnostics.rs
index d47b002ad7a..ca222c3d669 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/diagnostics.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ pub fn span_lint_hir_and_then(
 ///     |
 ///     = note: `-D fold-any` implied by `-D warnings`
 /// ```
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "internal-lints", allow(clippy::collapsible_span_lint_calls))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "internal", allow(clippy::collapsible_span_lint_calls))]
 pub fn span_lint_and_sugg<'a, T: LintContext>(
     cx: &'a T,
     lint: &'static Lint,
diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs b/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
index 27db53a6e6d..c06a1f826fa 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/paths.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
 //! See <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/5393> for more information.
 
 pub const ANY_TRAIT: [&str; 3] = ["core", "any", "Any"];
-#[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const APPLICABILITY: [&str; 2] = ["rustc_lint_defs", "Applicability"];
-#[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const APPLICABILITY_VALUES: [[&str; 3]; 4] = [
     ["rustc_lint_defs", "Applicability", "Unspecified"],
     ["rustc_lint_defs", "Applicability", "HasPlaceholders"],
     ["rustc_lint_defs", "Applicability", "MaybeIncorrect"],
     ["rustc_lint_defs", "Applicability", "MachineApplicable"],
 ];
-#[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const DIAGNOSTIC_BUILDER: [&str; 3] = ["rustc_errors", "diagnostic_builder", "DiagnosticBuilder"];
 pub const ARC_PTR_EQ: [&str; 4] = ["alloc", "sync", "Arc", "ptr_eq"];
 #[allow(clippy::invalid_paths)] // `check_path` does not seem to work for macros
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 pub const DOUBLE_ENDED_ITERATOR: [&str; 4] = ["core", "iter", "traits", "DoubleEndedIterator"];
 pub const DROP: [&str; 3] = ["core", "mem", "drop"];
 pub const DURATION: [&str; 3] = ["core", "time", "Duration"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const EARLY_CONTEXT: [&str; 2] = ["rustc_lint", "EarlyContext"];
 #[allow(clippy::invalid_paths)] // `check_path` does not seem to work for macros
 pub const EPRINT_MACRO: [&str; 3] = ["std", "macros", "eprint"];
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
 pub const HASHMAP_CONTAINS_KEY: [&str; 6] = ["std", "collections", "hash", "map", "HashMap", "contains_key"];
 pub const HASHMAP_ENTRY: [&str; 5] = ["std", "collections", "hash", "map", "Entry"];
 pub const HASHMAP_INSERT: [&str; 6] = ["std", "collections", "hash", "map", "HashMap", "insert"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const IDENT: [&str; 3] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "Ident"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const IDENT_AS_STR: [&str; 4] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "Ident", "as_str"];
 pub const INDEX: [&str; 3] = ["core", "ops", "Index"];
 pub const INDEX_MUT: [&str; 3] = ["core", "ops", "IndexMut"];
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
 pub const ITER_REPEAT: [&str; 5] = ["core", "iter", "sources", "repeat", "repeat"];
 #[allow(clippy::invalid_paths)] // internal lints do not know about all external crates
 pub const ITERTOOLS_NEXT_TUPLE: [&str; 3] = ["itertools", "Itertools", "next_tuple"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const KW_MODULE: [&str; 3] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "kw"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const LATE_CONTEXT: [&str; 2] = ["rustc_lint", "LateContext"];
-#[cfg(any(feature = "internal-lints", feature = "metadata-collector-lint"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const LINT: [&str; 2] = ["rustc_lint_defs", "Lint"];
 pub const MEM_DISCRIMINANT: [&str; 3] = ["core", "mem", "discriminant"];
 pub const MEM_FORGET: [&str; 3] = ["core", "mem", "forget"];
@@ -179,17 +179,17 @@
 pub const STR_FROM_UTF8: [&str; 4] = ["core", "str", "converts", "from_utf8"];
 pub const STR_LEN: [&str; 4] = ["core", "str", "<impl str>", "len"];
 pub const STR_STARTS_WITH: [&str; 4] = ["core", "str", "<impl str>", "starts_with"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const SYMBOL: [&str; 3] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "Symbol"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const SYMBOL_AS_STR: [&str; 4] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "Symbol", "as_str"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const SYMBOL_INTERN: [&str; 4] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "Symbol", "intern"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const SYMBOL_TO_IDENT_STRING: [&str; 4] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "Symbol", "to_ident_string"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const SYM_MODULE: [&str; 3] = ["rustc_span", "symbol", "sym"];
-#[cfg(feature = "internal-lints")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 pub const SYNTAX_CONTEXT: [&str; 3] = ["rustc_span", "hygiene", "SyntaxContext"];
 pub const TO_OWNED_METHOD: [&str; 4] = ["alloc", "borrow", "ToOwned", "to_owned"];
 pub const TO_STRING_METHOD: [&str; 4] = ["alloc", "string", "ToString", "to_string"];
diff --git a/tests/compile-test.rs b/tests/compile-test.rs
index d602d2042ee..762b67fc585 100644
--- a/tests/compile-test.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-test.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 mod cargo;
 
 // whether to run internal tests or not
-const RUN_INTERNAL_TESTS: bool = cfg!(feature = "internal-lints");
+const RUN_INTERNAL_TESTS: bool = cfg!(feature = "internal");
 
 /// All crates used in UI tests are listed here
 static TEST_DEPENDENCIES: &[&str] = &[
diff --git a/tests/dogfood.rs b/tests/dogfood.rs
index a37cdfed126..6f7de9c67a9 100644
--- a/tests/dogfood.rs
+++ b/tests/dogfood.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ fn dogfood_clippy() {
         .args(&["-D", "clippy::pedantic"])
         .arg("-Cdebuginfo=0"); // disable debuginfo to generate less data in the target dir
 
-    // internal lints only exist if we build with the internal-lints feature
-    if cfg!(feature = "internal-lints") {
+    // internal lints only exist if we build with the internal feature
+    if cfg!(feature = "internal") {
         command.args(&["-D", "clippy::internal"]);
     }
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ fn dogfood_subprojects() {
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
-#[cfg(feature = "metadata-collector-lint")]
+#[cfg(feature = "internal")]
 fn run_metadata_collection_lint() {
     use std::fs::File;
     use std::time::SystemTime;
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ fn run_clippy_for_project(project: &str) {
         .args(&["-D", "clippy::pedantic"])
         .arg("-Cdebuginfo=0"); // disable debuginfo to generate less data in the target dir
 
-    // internal lints only exist if we build with the internal-lints feature
-    if cfg!(feature = "internal-lints") {
+    // internal lints only exist if we build with the internal feature
+    if cfg!(feature = "internal") {
         command.args(&["-D", "clippy::internal"]);
     }