diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
index dc9f5bad765..4523276970d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -501,9 +501,11 @@ fn cook_lexer_literal(
                 (kind, self.symbol_from_to(start, end))
             }
             rustc_lexer::LiteralKind::Float { base, empty_exponent } => {
+                let mut kind = token::Float;
                 if empty_exponent {
                     let span = self.mk_sp(start, self.pos);
-                    self.dcx().emit_err(errors::EmptyExponentFloat { span });
+                    let guar = self.dcx().emit_err(errors::EmptyExponentFloat { span });
+                    kind = token::Err(guar);
                 }
                 let base = match base {
                     Base::Hexadecimal => Some("hexadecimal"),
@@ -515,7 +517,7 @@ fn cook_lexer_literal(
                     let span = self.mk_sp(start, end);
                     self.dcx().emit_err(errors::FloatLiteralUnsupportedBase { span, base });
                 }
-                (token::Float, self.symbol_from_to(start, end))
+                (kind, self.symbol_from_to(start, end))
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.rs b/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.rs
index 8dfce194221..1d689e1d008 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.rs
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 //@no-rustfix
 fn f2() -> impl Sized { && 3.14159265358979323846E }
 //~^ ERROR: expected at least one digit in exponent
-//~| ERROR: long literal lacking separators
-//~| NOTE: `-D clippy::unreadable-literal` implied by `-D warnings`
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.stderr b/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.stderr
index cc80354c7c6..c697e54679f 100644
--- a/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.stderr
+++ b/src/tools/clippy/tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.stderr
@@ -4,14 +4,5 @@ error: expected at least one digit in exponent
 LL | fn f2() -> impl Sized { && 3.14159265358979323846E }
    |                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-error: long literal lacking separators
-  --> tests/ui/crashes/ice-10912.rs:3:28
-   |
-LL | fn f2() -> impl Sized { && 3.14159265358979323846E }
-   |                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: consider: `3.141_592_653_589_793_238_46`
-   |
-   = note: `-D clippy::unreadable-literal` implied by `-D warnings`
-   = help: to override `-D warnings` add `#[allow(clippy::unreadable_literal)]`
-
-error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 1 previous error
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.rs b/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.rs
index 66d562d2eb5..5c2c3b8ec61 100644
--- a/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const UNIVERSAL_GRAVITATIONAL_CONSTANT: f64 = 6.674e−11; // m³⋅kg⁻¹⋅s⁻²
 //~^ ERROR expected at least one digit in exponent
 //~| ERROR unknown start of token: \u{2212}
-//~| ERROR cannot subtract `{integer}` from `{float}`
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.stderr b/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.stderr
index 44bdbb93ff5..4b3d429c750 100644
--- a/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/did_you_mean/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.stderr
@@ -15,24 +15,5 @@ help: Unicode character '−' (Minus Sign) looks like '-' (Minus/Hyphen), but it
 LL | const UNIVERSAL_GRAVITATIONAL_CONSTANT: f64 = 6.674e-11; // m³⋅kg⁻¹⋅s⁻²
    |                                                     ~
 
-error[E0277]: cannot subtract `{integer}` from `{float}`
-  --> $DIR/issue-49746-unicode-confusable-in-float-literal-expt.rs:1:53
-   |
-LL | const UNIVERSAL_GRAVITATIONAL_CONSTANT: f64 = 6.674e−11; // m³⋅kg⁻¹⋅s⁻²
-   |                                                     ^ no implementation for `{float} - {integer}`
-   |
-   = help: the trait `Sub<{integer}>` is not implemented for `{float}`
-   = help: the following other types implement trait `Sub<Rhs>`:
-             <isize as Sub>
-             <isize as Sub<&isize>>
-             <i8 as Sub>
-             <i8 as Sub<&i8>>
-             <i16 as Sub>
-             <i16 as Sub<&i16>>
-             <i32 as Sub>
-             <i32 as Sub<&i32>>
-           and 48 others
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
 
-error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
-
-For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0277`.