diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
index fec7bf3b273e..1f0a749112a1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #![feature(label_break_value)]
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![feature(rustc_diagnostic_macros)]
-#![feature(type_alias_enum_variants)]
+#![cfg_attr(bootstrap, feature(type_alias_enum_variants))]
 
 #![recursion_limit="256"]
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs
index c4d841ede079..33b12374bb56 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/astconv.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::iter;
 use std::slice;
 
-use super::{check_type_alias_enum_variants_enabled};
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashSet;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -1599,7 +1598,6 @@ impl<'o, 'tcx> dyn AstConv<'tcx> + 'o {
                 });
                 if let Some(variant_def) = variant_def {
                     if permit_variants {
-                        check_type_alias_enum_variants_enabled(tcx, span);
                         tcx.check_stability(variant_def.def_id, Some(hir_ref_id), span);
                         return Ok((qself_ty, DefKind::Variant, variant_def.def_id));
                     } else {
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/mod.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/mod.rs
index b492197870b7..b8b65279fe76 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/mod.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use rustc::infer::{self, InferOk};
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax_pos::Span;
 
-use crate::{check_type_alias_enum_variants_enabled};
 use self::probe::{IsSuggestion, ProbeScope};
 
 pub fn provide(providers: &mut ty::query::Providers<'_>) {
@@ -417,8 +416,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
                     tcx.hygienic_eq(method_name, vd.ident, adt_def.did)
                 });
                 if let Some(variant_def) = variant_def {
-                    check_type_alias_enum_variants_enabled(tcx, span);
-
                     // Braced variants generate unusable names in value namespace (reserved for
                     // possible future use), so variants resolved as associated items may refer to
                     // them as well. It's ok to use the variant's id as a ctor id since an
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs
index 79674e4baeba..aafe7408e6c0 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/lib.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ use rustc::lint;
 use rustc::middle;
 use rustc::session;
 use rustc::util::common::ErrorReported;
-use rustc::session::config::{EntryFnType, nightly_options};
+use rustc::session::config::EntryFnType;
 use rustc::traits::{ObligationCause, ObligationCauseCode, TraitEngine, TraitEngineExt};
 use rustc::ty::subst::SubstsRef;
 use rustc::ty::{self, Ty, TyCtxt};
@@ -124,21 +124,6 @@ pub struct TypeAndSubsts<'tcx> {
     ty: Ty<'tcx>,
 }
 
-fn check_type_alias_enum_variants_enabled<'tcx>(tcx: TyCtxt<'tcx>, span: Span) {
-    if !tcx.features().type_alias_enum_variants {
-        let mut err = tcx.sess.struct_span_err(
-            span,
-            "enum variants on type aliases are experimental"
-        );
-        if nightly_options::is_nightly_build() {
-            help!(&mut err,
-                "add `#![feature(type_alias_enum_variants)]` to the \
-                crate attributes to enable");
-        }
-        err.emit();
-    }
-}
-
 fn require_c_abi_if_c_variadic(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, decl: &hir::FnDecl, abi: Abi, span: Span) {
     if decl.c_variadic && !(abi == Abi::C || abi == Abi::Cdecl) {
         let mut err = struct_span_err!(tcx.sess, span, E0045,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
index 004323301a22..2f88eb239bc4 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
@@ -532,9 +532,6 @@ declare_features! (
     // Allows using `reason` in lint attributes and the `#[expect(lint)]` lint check.
     (active, lint_reasons, "1.31.0", Some(54503), None),
 
-    // Allows paths to enum variants on type aliases.
-    (active, type_alias_enum_variants, "1.31.0", Some(49683), None),
-
     // Allows exhaustive integer pattern matching on `usize` and `isize`.
     (active, precise_pointer_size_matching, "1.32.0", Some(56354), None),
 
@@ -849,6 +846,8 @@ declare_features! (
     (accepted, extern_crate_self, "1.34.0", Some(56409), None),
     // Allows arbitrary delimited token streams in non-macro attributes.
     (accepted, unrestricted_attribute_tokens, "1.34.0", Some(55208), None),
+    // Allows paths to enum variants on type aliases including `Self`.
+    (accepted, type_alias_enum_variants, "1.37.0", Some(49683), None),
     // Allows using `#[repr(align(X))]` on enums with equivalent semantics
     // to wrapping an enum in a wrapper struct with `#[repr(align(X))]`.
     (accepted, repr_align_enum, "1.37.0", Some(57996), None),