diff --git a/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/attributes/crate_level.rs b/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/attributes/crate_level.rs
index fed4ca7e76ab..3739461c2004 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/attributes/crate_level.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/attributes/crate_level.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+use rustc_errors::Diagnostic;
 use rustc_hir::attrs::{CrateType, WindowsSubsystemKind};
-use rustc_hir::lints::AttributeLintKind;
 use rustc_session::lint::builtin::UNKNOWN_CRATE_TYPES;
 use rustc_span::Symbol;
 use rustc_span::edit_distance::find_best_match_for_name;
 
 use super::prelude::*;
+use crate::errors::{UnknownCrateTypes, UnknownCrateTypesSuggestion};
 
 pub(crate) struct CrateNameParser;
 
@@ -65,13 +66,17 @@ fn extend(
                     crate_type,
                     None,
                 );
-                cx.emit_lint(
+                let span = n.value_span;
+                cx.emit_dyn_lint(
                     UNKNOWN_CRATE_TYPES,
-                    AttributeLintKind::CrateTypeUnknown {
-                        span: n.value_span,
-                        suggested: candidate,
+                    move |dcx, level| {
+                        UnknownCrateTypes {
+                            sugg: candidate
+                                .map(|s| UnknownCrateTypesSuggestion { span, snippet: s }),
+                        }
+                        .into_diag(dcx, level)
                     },
-                    n.value_span,
+                    span,
                 );
             }
             return None;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/errors.rs
index 188f7d0578c5..96a4c473c3ae 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_attr_parsing/src/errors.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,21 @@ pub(crate) struct DocTestUnknown {
 #[diag("`#[diagnostic::do_not_recommend]` does not expect any arguments")]
 pub(crate) struct DoNotRecommendDoesNotExpectArgs;
 
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+#[diag("invalid `crate_type` value")]
+pub(crate) struct UnknownCrateTypes {
+    #[subdiagnostic]
+    pub sugg: Option<UnknownCrateTypesSuggestion>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subdiagnostic)]
+#[suggestion("did you mean", code = r#""{snippet}""#, applicability = "maybe-incorrect")]
+pub(crate) struct UnknownCrateTypesSuggestion {
+    #[primary_span]
+    pub span: Span,
+    pub snippet: Symbol,
+}
+
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag("`#[diagnostic::on_const]` can only be applied to non-const trait implementations")]
 pub(crate) struct DiagnosticOnConstOnlyForTraitImpls {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs
index e204e9211e56..60bfdd689609 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ fn into_diag(self, dcx: DiagCtxtHandle<'a>, level: Level) -> Diag<'a, ()> {
                     .into_diag(dcx, level)
             }
 
-            &AttributeLintKind::CrateTypeUnknown { span, suggested } => lints::UnknownCrateTypes {
-                sugg: suggested.map(|s| lints::UnknownCrateTypesSuggestion { span, snippet: s }),
-            }
-            .into_diag(dcx, level),
-
             &AttributeLintKind::MalformedDoc => lints::MalformedDoc.into_diag(dcx, level),
 
             &AttributeLintKind::ExpectedNoArgs => lints::ExpectedNoArgs.into_diag(dcx, level),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
index 930b9b59d0d1..ccbc325648e3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
@@ -3303,21 +3303,6 @@ fn add_to_diag<G: EmissionGuarantee>(self, diag: &mut Diag<'_, G>) {
 )]
 pub(crate) struct ExpectedNameValue;
 
-#[derive(Diagnostic)]
-#[diag("invalid `crate_type` value")]
-pub(crate) struct UnknownCrateTypes {
-    #[subdiagnostic]
-    pub sugg: Option<UnknownCrateTypesSuggestion>,
-}
-
-#[derive(Subdiagnostic)]
-#[suggestion("did you mean", code = r#""{snippet}""#, applicability = "maybe-incorrect")]
-pub(crate) struct UnknownCrateTypesSuggestion {
-    #[primary_span]
-    pub span: Span,
-    pub snippet: Symbol,
-}
-
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag("positional format arguments are not allowed here")]
 #[help(
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs
index 437717a7581e..45ac2c59b04e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@ pub enum DeprecatedSinceKind {
 pub enum AttributeLintKind {
     UnexpectedCfgName((Symbol, Span), Option<(Symbol, Span)>),
     UnexpectedCfgValue((Symbol, Span), Option<(Symbol, Span)>),
-    CrateTypeUnknown { span: Span, suggested: Option<Symbol> },
     MalformedDoc,
     ExpectedNoArgs,
     ExpectedNameValue,