diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 40727980693..102a5f05d73 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -1393,6 +1393,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&types::PTR_AS_PTR),
         LintId::of(&unicode::NON_ASCII_LITERAL),
         LintId::of(&unicode::UNICODE_NOT_NFC),
+        LintId::of(&unnecessary_wraps::UNNECESSARY_WRAPS),
         LintId::of(&unnested_or_patterns::UNNESTED_OR_PATTERNS),
         LintId::of(&unused_self::UNUSED_SELF),
         LintId::of(&wildcard_imports::ENUM_GLOB_USE),
@@ -1686,7 +1687,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&unnamed_address::FN_ADDRESS_COMPARISONS),
         LintId::of(&unnamed_address::VTABLE_ADDRESS_COMPARISONS),
         LintId::of(&unnecessary_sort_by::UNNECESSARY_SORT_BY),
-        LintId::of(&unnecessary_wraps::UNNECESSARY_WRAPS),
         LintId::of(&unsafe_removed_from_name::UNSAFE_REMOVED_FROM_NAME),
         LintId::of(&unused_io_amount::UNUSED_IO_AMOUNT),
         LintId::of(&unused_unit::UNUSED_UNIT),
@@ -1903,7 +1903,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
         LintId::of(&types::UNNECESSARY_CAST),
         LintId::of(&types::VEC_BOX),
         LintId::of(&unnecessary_sort_by::UNNECESSARY_SORT_BY),
-        LintId::of(&unnecessary_wraps::UNNECESSARY_WRAPS),
         LintId::of(&unwrap::UNNECESSARY_UNWRAP),
         LintId::of(&useless_conversion::USELESS_CONVERSION),
         LintId::of(&zero_div_zero::ZERO_DIVIDED_BY_ZERO),
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/unnecessary_wraps.rs b/clippy_lints/src/unnecessary_wraps.rs
index 8ac5dd696b7..0e78c76a7d1 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/unnecessary_wraps.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/unnecessary_wraps.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub UNNECESSARY_WRAPS,
-    complexity,
+    pedantic,
     "functions that only return `Ok` or `Some`"
 }