diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 8bd0d187061..409e2863f9a 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&methods::RESULT_UNWRAP_USED),
         LintId::of(&methods::WRONG_PUB_SELF_CONVENTION),
         LintId::of(&misc::FLOAT_CMP_CONST),
+        LintId::of(&misc_early::UNNEEDED_FIELD_PATTERN),
         LintId::of(&missing_doc::MISSING_DOCS_IN_PRIVATE_ITEMS),
         LintId::of(&missing_inline::MISSING_INLINE_IN_PUBLIC_ITEMS),
         LintId::of(&modulo_arithmetic::MODULO_ARITHMETIC),
@@ -1270,7 +1271,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&misc_early::MIXED_CASE_HEX_LITERALS),
         LintId::of(&misc_early::REDUNDANT_CLOSURE_CALL),
         LintId::of(&misc_early::REDUNDANT_PATTERN),
-        LintId::of(&misc_early::UNNEEDED_FIELD_PATTERN),
         LintId::of(&misc_early::UNNEEDED_WILDCARD_PATTERN),
         LintId::of(&misc_early::ZERO_PREFIXED_LITERAL),
         LintId::of(&mut_key::MUTABLE_KEY_TYPE),
@@ -1433,7 +1433,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&misc_early::DUPLICATE_UNDERSCORE_ARGUMENT),
         LintId::of(&misc_early::MIXED_CASE_HEX_LITERALS),
         LintId::of(&misc_early::REDUNDANT_PATTERN),
-        LintId::of(&misc_early::UNNEEDED_FIELD_PATTERN),
         LintId::of(&mut_reference::UNNECESSARY_MUT_PASSED),
         LintId::of(&neg_multiply::NEG_MULTIPLY),
         LintId::of(&new_without_default::NEW_WITHOUT_DEFAULT),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs b/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs
index b28a61eb621..3f17ac3de22 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/misc_early.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     /// let { a: _, b: ref b, c: _ } = ..
     /// ```
     pub UNNEEDED_FIELD_PATTERN,
-    style,
+    restriction,
     "struct fields bound to a wildcard instead of using `..`"
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lintlist/mod.rs b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
index 8c04afce1d2..6ed67681cb1 100644
--- a/src/lintlist/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lintlist/mod.rs
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@
     },
     Lint {
         name: "unneeded_field_pattern",
-        group: "style",
+        group: "restriction",
         desc: "struct fields bound to a wildcard instead of using `..`",
         deprecation: None,
         module: "misc_early",