diff --git a/src/logic/equiv/basic.lean b/src/logic/equiv/basic.lean
index 25b4b421b8435..d4d647a945220 100644
--- a/src/logic/equiv/basic.lean
+++ b/src/logic/equiv/basic.lean
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ universes u v w z
 variables {α : Sort u} {β : Sort v} {γ : Sort w}
 
 /-- `α ≃ β` is the type of functions from `α → β` with a two-sided inverse. -/
-@[nolint has_inhabited_instance]
 structure equiv (α : Sort*) (β : Sort*) :=
 (to_fun    : α → β)
 (inv_fun   : β → α)