diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index e0ef87938f9d..0981c01892e9 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_plugin::Registry<'_>) {
         panic_unimplemented::UNIMPLEMENTED,
         shadow::SHADOW_REUSE,
         shadow::SHADOW_SAME,
-        shadow::SHADOW_UNRELATED,
         strings::STRING_ADD,
         write::PRINT_STDOUT,
         write::USE_DEBUG,
@@ -452,6 +451,7 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_plugin::Registry<'_>) {
         needless_continue::NEEDLESS_CONTINUE,
         non_expressive_names::SIMILAR_NAMES,
         replace_consts::REPLACE_CONSTS,
+        shadow::SHADOW_UNRELATED,
         strings::STRING_ADD_ASSIGN,
         types::CAST_POSSIBLE_TRUNCATION,
         types::CAST_POSSIBLE_WRAP,
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/shadow.rs b/clippy_lints/src/shadow.rs
index a6645e19f02b..f04d7bf9867e 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/shadow.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/shadow.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ declare_clippy_lint! {
 /// ```
 declare_clippy_lint! {
     pub SHADOW_UNRELATED,
-    restriction,
+    pedantic,
     "rebinding a name without even using the original value"
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/methods.stderr b/tests/ui/methods.stderr
index a3b67bf9f6d2..bf529ce9465f 100644
--- a/tests/ui/methods.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/methods.stderr
@@ -331,6 +331,24 @@ error: use of `unwrap_or` followed by a function call
 343 |     let _ = stringy.unwrap_or("".to_owned());
     |                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help: try this: `unwrap_or_else(|| "".to_owned())`
 
+error: `error_code` is shadowed by `123_i32`
+   --> $DIR/methods.rs:377:9
+    |
+377 |     let error_code = 123_i32;
+    |         ^^^^^^^^^^
+    |
+    = note: `-D shadow-unrelated` implied by `-D warnings`
+note: initialization happens here
+   --> $DIR/methods.rs:377:22
+    |
+377 |     let error_code = 123_i32;
+    |                      ^^^^^^^
+note: previous binding is here
+   --> $DIR/methods.rs:364:9
+    |
+364 |     let error_code = 123_i32;
+    |         ^^^^^^^^^^
+
 error: use of `expect` followed by a function call
    --> $DIR/methods.rs:366:26
     |
@@ -435,5 +453,5 @@ error: used unwrap() on an Option value. If you don't want to handle the None ca
     |
     = note: `-D option-unwrap-used` implied by `-D warnings`
 
-error: aborting due to 55 previous errors
+error: aborting due to 56 previous errors