diff --git a/components/plugins/lib.rs b/components/plugins/lib.rs
index eca3feef5f1..43995876599 100644
--- a/components/plugins/lib.rs
+++ b/components/plugins/lib.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
     reg.register_late_lint_pass(box lints::unrooted_must_root::UnrootedPass::new());
     reg.register_late_lint_pass(box lints::privatize::PrivatizePass);
     reg.register_late_lint_pass(box lints::inheritance_integrity::InheritancePass);
-    reg.register_late_lint_pass(box lints::transmute_type::TransmutePass);
     reg.register_early_lint_pass(box lints::ban::BanPass);
     reg.register_attribute("_dom_struct_marker".to_string(), Whitelisted);
     reg.register_attribute("allow_unrooted_interior".to_string(), Whitelisted);
diff --git a/components/plugins/lints/mod.rs b/components/plugins/lints/mod.rs
index 31c6b90737b..3bdff2003eb 100644
--- a/components/plugins/lints/mod.rs
+++ b/components/plugins/lints/mod.rs
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@
 pub mod ban;
 pub mod inheritance_integrity;
 pub mod privatize;
-pub mod transmute_type;
 pub mod unrooted_must_root;
diff --git a/components/plugins/lints/transmute_type.rs b/components/plugins/lints/transmute_type.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 15e760291f9..00000000000
--- a/components/plugins/lints/transmute_type.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
-
-use rustc::hir;
-use rustc::lint::{LateContext, LintPass, LintArray, LateLintPass, LintContext};
-
-declare_lint!(TRANSMUTE_TYPE_LINT, Allow,
-              "Warn and report types being transmuted");
-
-/// Lint for auditing transmutes
-///
-/// This lint (off by default, enable with `-W transmute-type-lint`) warns about all the transmutes
-/// being used, along with the types they transmute to/from.
-pub struct TransmutePass;
-
-impl LintPass for TransmutePass {
-    fn get_lints(&self) -> LintArray {
-        lint_array!(TRANSMUTE_TYPE_LINT)
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, 'tcx> LateLintPass<'a, 'tcx> for TransmutePass {
-    fn check_expr(&mut self, cx: &LateContext, ex: &hir::Expr) {
-        match ex.node {
-            hir::ExprCall(ref expr, ref args) => {
-                match expr.node {
-                    hir::ExprPath(hir::QPath::Resolved(_, ref path)) => {
-                        if path.segments.last()
-                                        .map_or(false, |ref segment| &*segment.name.as_str() == "transmute") &&
-                           args.len() == 1 {
-                            cx.span_lint(TRANSMUTE_TYPE_LINT, ex.span,
-                                         &format!("Transmute to {:?} from {:?} detected",
-                                                  cx.tables.expr_ty(ex),
-                                                  cx.tables.expr_ty(&args.get(0).unwrap())
-                                        ));
-                        }
-                    }
-                    _ => {}
-                }
-            }
-            _ => {}
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/compiletest/plugin/compile-fail/transmute_type.rs b/tests/compiletest/plugin/compile-fail/transmute_type.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 42bdd8c8c0f..00000000000
--- a/tests/compiletest/plugin/compile-fail/transmute_type.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
-
-#![feature(plugin)]
-#![plugin(plugins)]
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-#![deny(transmute_type_lint)]
-
-use std::mem::{self, transmute};
-
-
-fn main() {
-    let _: &[u8] = unsafe { transmute("Rust") };
-    //~^ ERROR Transmute to &[u8] from &'static str detected
-
-    let _: &[u8] = unsafe { mem::transmute("Rust") };
-    //~^ ERROR Transmute to &[u8] from &'static str detected
-}