diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs
index dbf96a1c4049..19dc1c40e6d3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/early/diagnostics.rs
@@ -24,28 +24,6 @@ pub struct DecorateBuiltinLint<'sess, 'tcx> {
 impl<'a> Diagnostic<'a, ()> for DecorateBuiltinLint<'_, '_> {
     fn into_diag(self, dcx: DiagCtxtHandle<'a>, level: Level) -> Diag<'a, ()> {
         match self.diagnostic {
-            BuiltinLintDiag::AbsPathWithModule(mod_span) => {
-                let (replacement, applicability) =
-                    match self.sess.source_map().span_to_snippet(mod_span) {
-                        Ok(ref s) => {
-                            // FIXME(Manishearth) ideally the emitting code
-                            // can tell us whether or not this is global
-                            let opt_colon =
-                                if s.trim_start().starts_with("::") { "" } else { "::" };
-
-                            (format!("crate{opt_colon}{s}"), Applicability::MachineApplicable)
-                        }
-                        Err(_) => ("crate::<path>".to_string(), Applicability::HasPlaceholders),
-                    };
-                lints::AbsPathWithModule {
-                    sugg: lints::AbsPathWithModuleSugg {
-                        span: mod_span,
-                        applicability,
-                        replacement,
-                    },
-                }
-                .into_diag(dcx, level)
-            }
             BuiltinLintDiag::ElidedLifetimesInPaths(
                 n,
                 path_span,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
index 14dfcca0c466..5819f2bc151f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/lints.rs
@@ -3011,25 +3011,6 @@ pub(crate) struct IllFormedAttributeInput {
     pub docs: &'static str,
 }
 
-#[derive(Diagnostic)]
-#[diag(
-    "absolute paths must start with `self`, `super`, `crate`, or an external crate name in the 2018 edition"
-)]
-pub(crate) struct AbsPathWithModule {
-    #[subdiagnostic]
-    pub sugg: AbsPathWithModuleSugg,
-}
-
-#[derive(Subdiagnostic)]
-#[suggestion("use `crate`", code = "{replacement}")]
-pub(crate) struct AbsPathWithModuleSugg {
-    #[primary_span]
-    pub span: Span,
-    #[applicability]
-    pub applicability: Applicability,
-    pub replacement: String,
-}
-
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag("hidden lifetime parameters in types are deprecated")]
 pub(crate) struct ElidedLifetimesInPaths {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs
index 32e88976f589..7e51029b02bb 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint_defs/src/lib.rs
@@ -656,7 +656,6 @@ pub enum DeprecatedSinceKind {
 // becomes hacky (and it gets allocated).
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum BuiltinLintDiag {
-    AbsPathWithModule(Span),
     ElidedLifetimesInPaths(usize, Span, bool, Span),
     UnusedImports {
         remove_whole_use: bool,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs
index cab37f5c0faa..74f258b42b00 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/diagnostics.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use rustc_data_structures::unord::{UnordMap, UnordSet};
 use rustc_errors::codes::*;
 use rustc_errors::{
-    Applicability, Diag, DiagCtxtHandle, ErrorGuaranteed, MultiSpan, SuggestionStyle,
+    Applicability, Diag, DiagCtxtHandle, Diagnostic, ErrorGuaranteed, MultiSpan, SuggestionStyle,
     struct_span_code_err,
 };
 use rustc_feature::BUILTIN_ATTRIBUTES;
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 use rustc_middle::bug;
 use rustc_middle::ty::TyCtxt;
 use rustc_session::Session;
-use rustc_session::lint::BuiltinLintDiag;
 use rustc_session::lint::builtin::{
     ABSOLUTE_PATHS_NOT_STARTING_WITH_CRATE, AMBIGUOUS_GLOB_IMPORTS, AMBIGUOUS_IMPORT_VISIBILITIES,
     AMBIGUOUS_PANIC_IMPORTS, MACRO_EXPANDED_MACRO_EXPORTS_ACCESSED_BY_ABSOLUTE_PATHS,
@@ -510,12 +509,31 @@ pub(crate) fn lint_if_path_starts_with_module(
             return;
         }
 
-        let diag = BuiltinLintDiag::AbsPathWithModule(root_span);
-        self.lint_buffer.buffer_lint(
+        let (replacement, applicability) =
+            match self.tcx.sess.source_map().span_to_snippet(root_span) {
+                Ok(ref s) => {
+                    // FIXME(Manishearth) ideally the emitting code
+                    // can tell us whether or not this is global
+                    let opt_colon = if s.trim_start().starts_with("::") { "" } else { "::" };
+
+                    (format!("crate{opt_colon}{s}"), Applicability::MachineApplicable)
+                }
+                Err(_) => ("crate::<path>".to_string(), Applicability::HasPlaceholders),
+            };
+        self.lint_buffer.dyn_buffer_lint(
             ABSOLUTE_PATHS_NOT_STARTING_WITH_CRATE,
             node_id,
             root_span,
-            diag,
+            move |dcx, level| {
+                errors::AbsPathWithModule {
+                    sugg: errors::AbsPathWithModuleSugg {
+                        span: root_span,
+                        applicability,
+                        replacement,
+                    },
+                }
+                .into_diag(dcx, level)
+            },
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/errors.rs
index 5f3079cdba0d..305231a3ea0d 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_resolve/src/errors.rs
@@ -1721,3 +1721,22 @@ pub(crate) struct SingleUseLifetimeSugg {
 
     pub replace_lt: String,
 }
+
+#[derive(Diagnostic)]
+#[diag(
+    "absolute paths must start with `self`, `super`, `crate`, or an external crate name in the 2018 edition"
+)]
+pub(crate) struct AbsPathWithModule {
+    #[subdiagnostic]
+    pub sugg: AbsPathWithModuleSugg,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subdiagnostic)]
+#[suggestion("use `crate`", code = "{replacement}")]
+pub(crate) struct AbsPathWithModuleSugg {
+    #[primary_span]
+    pub span: Span,
+    #[applicability]
+    pub applicability: Applicability,
+    pub replacement: String,
+}