7 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments/tests.rs
index 61bb2468e79..f88b534a0c1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_ast/src/util/comments/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), allow(rustc::symbol_intern_string_literal))]
+
 use rustc_span::create_default_session_globals_then;
 
 use super::*;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/tests.rs
index 5c10fa46971..953e48a6d33 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), allow(rustc::symbol_intern_string_literal))]
+
 use rustc_data_structures::stable_hasher::Hash64;
 use rustc_span::def_id::{DefPathHash, StableCrateId};
 use rustc_span::edition::Edition;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/tests.rs
index 7fbf381a8d3..186dec5904b 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lint/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lint/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), allow(rustc::symbol_intern_string_literal))]
+
 use rustc_span::{Symbol, create_default_session_globals_then};
 
 use crate::levels::parse_lint_and_tool_name;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs
index decaecd2682..1813960dad0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), allow(rustc::symbol_intern_string_literal))]
+
 use std::assert_matches::assert_matches;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::iter::Peekable;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
index efe266f5290..b13b68c266a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_parse/src/parser/tokenstream/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), allow(rustc::symbol_intern_string_literal))]
+
 use rustc_ast::token::{self, IdentIsRaw};
 use rustc_ast::tokenstream::{TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use rustc_span::{BytePos, Span, Symbol, create_default_session_globals_then};
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/edit_distance/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/edit_distance/tests.rs
index c9c7a1f1bf2..9540f934d7e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/edit_distance/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/edit_distance/tests.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![cfg_attr(not(bootstrap), allow(rustc::symbol_intern_string_literal))]
+
 use super::*;
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs
index 38abca8b8da..226b7e2f232 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cargo.rs
@@ -1035,12 +1035,7 @@ impl Builder<'_> {
             rustflags.arg("-Wrustc::internal");
             // cfg(bootstrap) - remove this check when lint is in bootstrap compiler
             if stage != 0 {
-                // Lint is allow by default so downstream tools don't get a lit
-                // they can do nothing about
-                // We shouldn't be preinterning symbols used by tests
-                if cmd_kind != Kind::Test {
-                    rustflags.arg("-Drustc::symbol_intern_string_literal");
-                }
+                rustflags.arg("-Drustc::symbol_intern_string_literal");
             }
             // FIXME(edition_2024): Change this to `-Wrust_2024_idioms` when all
             // of the individual lints are satisfied.