diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
index a73f174ef3a2..9ca88196f36b 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
@@ -46,16 +46,8 @@ trait AllScalaSettings extends CommonScalaSettings, VerboseSettings, WarningSett
   /* Path related settings */
   val semanticdbTarget: Setting[String] = PathSetting("-semanticdb-target", "Specify an alternative output directory for SemanticDB files.", "")
 
-  val deprecation: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-deprecation", "Emit warning and location for usages of deprecated APIs.", aliases = List("--deprecation"))
-  val explainTypes: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-explain-types", "Explain type errors in more detail (deprecated, use -explain instead).", aliases = List("--explain-types"))
-    // this setting is necessary for cross compilation, since it is mentioned in sbt-tpolecat, for instance
-    // it is otherwise subsumed by -explain, and should be dropped as soon as we can.
-  val explain: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-explain", "Explain errors in more detail.", aliases = List("--explain"))
-  val feature: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-feature", "Emit warning and location for usages of features that should be imported explicitly.", aliases = List("--feature"))
   val source: Setting[String] = ChoiceSetting("-source", "source version", "source version", List("3.0", "3.1", "future", "3.0-migration", "future-migration"), "3.0", aliases = List("--source"))
-  val unchecked: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-unchecked", "Enable additional warnings where generated code depends on assumptions.", initialValue = true, aliases = List("--unchecked"))
   val uniqid: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-uniqid", "Uniquely tag all identifiers in debugging output.", aliases = List("--unique-id"))
-  val language: Setting[List[String]] = MultiStringSetting("-language", "feature", "Enable one or more language features.", aliases = List("--language"))
   val rewrite: Setting[Option[Rewrites]] = OptionSetting[Rewrites]("-rewrite", "When used in conjunction with a `...-migration` source version, rewrites sources to migrate to new version.", aliases = List("--rewrite"))
   val fromTasty: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-from-tasty", "Compile classes from tasty files. The arguments are .tasty or .jar files.", aliases = List("--from-tasty"))
 
@@ -88,7 +80,6 @@ trait CommonScalaSettings extends PluginSettings:
   self: SettingGroup =>
 
   /* Path related settings */
-  val release: Setting[String] = ChoiceSetting("-release", "release", "Compile code with classes specific to the given version of the Java platform available on the classpath and emit bytecode for this version.", ScalaSettings.supportedReleaseVersions, "", aliases = List("--release"))
   val bootclasspath: Setting[String] = PathSetting("-bootclasspath", "Override location of bootstrap class files.", Defaults.scalaBootClassPath, aliases = List("--boot-class-path"))
   val extdirs: Setting[String] = PathSetting("-extdirs", "Override location of installed extensions.", Defaults.scalaExtDirs, aliases = List("--extension-directories"))
   val javabootclasspath: Setting[String] = PathSetting("-javabootclasspath", "Override java boot classpath.", Defaults.javaBootClassPath, aliases = List("--java-boot-class-path"))
@@ -106,6 +97,16 @@ trait CommonScalaSettings extends PluginSettings:
   val pageWidth: Setting[Int] = IntSetting("-pagewidth", "Set page width", ScalaSettings.defaultPageWidth, aliases = List("--page-width"))
   val silentWarnings: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-nowarn", "Silence all warnings.", aliases = List("--no-warnings"))
 
+  val release: Setting[String] = ChoiceSetting("-release", "release", "Compile code with classes specific to the given version of the Java platform available on the classpath and emit bytecode for this version.", ScalaSettings.supportedReleaseVersions, "", aliases = List("--release"))
+  val deprecation: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-deprecation", "Emit warning and location for usages of deprecated APIs.", aliases = List("--deprecation"))
+  val feature: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-feature", "Emit warning and location for usages of features that should be imported explicitly.", aliases = List("--feature"))
+  val explain: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-explain", "Explain errors in more detail.", aliases = List("--explain"))
+  // -explain-types setting is necessary for cross compilation, since it is mentioned in sbt-tpolecat, for instance
+  // it is otherwise subsumed by -explain, and should be dropped as soon as we can.
+  val explainTypes: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-explain-types", "Explain type errors in more detail (deprecated, use -explain instead).", aliases = List("--explain-types", "-explaintypes"))
+  val unchecked: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-unchecked", "Enable additional warnings where generated code depends on assumptions.", initialValue = true, aliases = List("--unchecked"))
+  val language: Setting[List[String]] = MultiStringSetting("-language", "feature", "Enable one or more language features.", aliases = List("--language"))
+
   /* Other settings */
   val encoding: Setting[String] = StringSetting("-encoding", "encoding", "Specify character encoding used by source files.", Properties.sourceEncoding, aliases = List("--encoding"))
   val usejavacp: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-usejavacp", "Utilize the java.class.path in classpath resolution.", aliases = List("--use-java-class-path"))