diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_pedantic.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_pedantic.rs
index 1008ca29e73..404ca20b5ab 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_pedantic.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_pedantic.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     LintId::of(transmute::TRANSMUTE_PTR_TO_PTR),
     LintId::of(types::LINKEDLIST),
     LintId::of(types::OPTION_OPTION),
-    LintId::of(unicode::NON_ASCII_LITERAL),
     LintId::of(unicode::UNICODE_NOT_NFC),
     LintId::of(unit_types::LET_UNIT_VALUE),
     LintId::of(unnecessary_wraps::UNNECESSARY_WRAPS),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_restriction.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_restriction.rs
index bd416a4979b..eab389a9bd8 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_restriction.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.register_restriction.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     LintId::of(types::RC_BUFFER),
     LintId::of(types::RC_MUTEX),
     LintId::of(undocumented_unsafe_blocks::UNDOCUMENTED_UNSAFE_BLOCKS),
+    LintId::of(unicode::NON_ASCII_LITERAL),
     LintId::of(unnecessary_self_imports::UNNECESSARY_SELF_IMPORTS),
     LintId::of(unwrap_in_result::UNWRAP_IN_RESULT),
     LintId::of(verbose_file_reads::VERBOSE_FILE_READS),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/unicode.rs b/clippy_lints/src/unicode.rs
index f337dec8f2b..f49ce696a04 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/unicode.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/unicode.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     /// let x = String::from("\u{20ac}");
     /// ```
     pub NON_ASCII_LITERAL,
-    pedantic,
+    restriction,
     "using any literal non-ASCII chars in a string literal instead of using the `\\u` escape"
 }