diff --git a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
index 06887da68d9..5c2ced04e78 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/toml/mod.rs
@@ -2510,7 +2510,14 @@ fn prepare_toml_for_publish(
     let example = prepare_targets_for_publish(me.example.as_ref(), "example")?;
     let test = prepare_targets_for_publish(me.test.as_ref(), "test")?;
     let bench = prepare_targets_for_publish(me.bench.as_ref(), "benchmark")?;
-
+    let lints = me.lints.clone().and_then(|mut lints| {
+        lints.lints.remove("cargo");
+        if lints.lints.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(lints)
+        }
+    });
     let all = |_d: &manifest::TomlDependency| true;
     let mut manifest = manifest::TomlManifest {
         package: Some(package),
@@ -2561,7 +2568,7 @@ fn prepare_toml_for_publish(
         workspace: None,
         badges: me.badges.clone(),
         cargo_features: me.cargo_features.clone(),
-        lints: me.lints.clone(),
+        lints,
         _unused_keys: Default::default(),
     };
     strip_features(&mut manifest);
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/package.rs b/tests/testsuite/package.rs
index 5c48f56a534..515aba6fb85 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/package.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/package.rs
@@ -3715,3 +3715,76 @@ path = "benches/bench_foo.rs"
         )],
     );
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn strip_cargo_lints() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+cargo-features = ["test-dummy-unstable"]
+
+[package]
+name = "foo"
+version = "0.0.1"
+edition = "2015"
+license = "MIT"
+description = "foo"
+documentation = "docs.rs/foo"
+authors = []
+im-a-teapot = true
+
+[lints.cargo]
+im-a-teapot = "warn"
+    "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("package -Zcargo-lints")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["cargo-lints", "test-dummy-unstable"])
+        .with_stdout("")
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[PACKAGING] foo v0.0.1 ([CWD])
+[VERIFYING] foo v0.0.1 ([CWD])
+[COMPILING] foo v0.0.1 ([CWD][..])
+[FINISHED] `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in [..]
+[PACKAGED] 3 files, [..] ([..] compressed)
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+
+    let f = File::open(&p.root().join("target/package/foo-0.0.1.crate")).unwrap();
+    validate_crate_contents(
+        f,
+        "foo-0.0.1.crate",
+        &["Cargo.toml", "Cargo.toml.orig", "src/lib.rs"],
+        &[(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"# THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY CARGO
+#
+# When uploading crates to the registry Cargo will automatically
+# "normalize" Cargo.toml files for maximal compatibility
+# with all versions of Cargo and also rewrite `path` dependencies
+# to registry (e.g., crates.io) dependencies.
+#
+# If you are reading this file be aware that the original Cargo.toml
+# will likely look very different (and much more reasonable).
+# See Cargo.toml.orig for the original contents.
+
+cargo-features = ["test-dummy-unstable"]
+
+[package]
+edition = "2015"
+name = "foo"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = []
+im-a-teapot = true
+description = "foo"
+documentation = "docs.rs/foo"
+license = "MIT"
+"#,
+        )],
+    );
+}