diff --git a/clippy_dev/Cargo.lock b/clippy_dev/Cargo.lock
index 8731a7c86..2d94755ba 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/Cargo.lock
+++ b/clippy_dev/Cargo.lock
@@ -48,10 +48,24 @@ name = "clippy_dev"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 2.32.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "itertools 0.7.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "either 1.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -187,6 +201,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum atty 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9a7d5b8723950951411ee34d271d99dddcc2035a16ab25310ea2c8cfd4369652"
 "checksum bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "228047a76f468627ca71776ecdebd732a3423081fcf5125585bcd7c49886ce12"
 "checksum clap 2.32.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b957d88f4b6a63b9d70d5f454ac8011819c6efa7727858f458ab71c756ce2d3e"
+"checksum either 1.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3be565ca5c557d7f59e7cfcf1844f9e3033650c929c6566f511e8005f205c1d0"
+"checksum itertools 0.7.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f58856976b776fedd95533137617a02fb25719f40e7d9b01c7043cd65474f450"
 "checksum lazy_static 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ca488b89a5657b0a2ecd45b95609b3e848cf1755da332a0da46e2b2b1cb371a7"
 "checksum libc 0.2.43 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "76e3a3ef172f1a0b9a9ff0dd1491ae5e6c948b94479a3021819ba7d860c8645d"
 "checksum memchr 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a3b4142ab8738a78c51896f704f83c11df047ff1bda9a92a661aa6361552d93d"
diff --git a/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml b/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
index 010380907..503dd53aa 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clippy_dev/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ authors = ["Philipp Hansch <dev@phansch.net>"]
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = "~2.32"
+itertools = "0.7"
 regex = "1"
 lazy_static = "1.0"
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/lib.rs b/clippy_dev/src/lib.rs
index e1de1bec5..8eabf3a97 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 extern crate regex;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate itertools;
 
 use regex::Regex;
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
@@ -47,8 +50,9 @@ impl Lint {
         lints.iter().filter(|l| l.deprecation.is_none()).cloned().collect::<Vec<Lint>>()
     }
 
-    pub fn in_lint_group(group: &str, lints: &[Lint]) -> Vec<Lint> {
-        lints.iter().filter(|l| l.group == group).cloned().collect::<Vec<Lint>>()
+    /// Returns the lints in a HashMap, grouped by the different lint groups
+    pub fn by_lint_group(lints: &[Lint]) -> HashMap<String, Vec<Lint>> {
+        lints.iter().map(|lint| (lint.group.to_string(), lint.clone())).into_group_map()
     }
 }
 
@@ -141,13 +145,19 @@ fn test_active_lints() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_in_lint_group() {
+fn test_by_lint_group() {
     let lints = vec![
-        Lint::new("ptr_arg", "style", "really long text", None, "module_name"),
-        Lint::new("doc_markdown", "pedantic", "single line", None, "module_name"),
+        Lint::new("should_assert_eq", "group1", "abc", None, "module_name"),
+        Lint::new("should_assert_eq2", "group2", "abc", None, "module_name"),
+        Lint::new("incorrect_match", "group1", "abc", None, "module_name"),
     ];
-    let expected = vec![
-        Lint::new("ptr_arg", "style", "really long text", None, "module_name")
-    ];
-    assert_eq!(expected, Lint::in_lint_group("style", &lints));
+    let mut expected: HashMap<String, Vec<Lint>> = HashMap::new();
+    expected.insert("group1".to_string(), vec![
+        Lint::new("should_assert_eq", "group1", "abc", None, "module_name"),
+        Lint::new("incorrect_match", "group1", "abc", None, "module_name"),
+    ]);
+    expected.insert("group2".to_string(), vec![
+        Lint::new("should_assert_eq2", "group2", "abc", None, "module_name")
+    ]);
+    assert_eq!(expected, Lint::by_lint_group(&lints));
 }
diff --git a/clippy_dev/src/main.rs b/clippy_dev/src/main.rs
index 7bf6eb012..6b55a7b7b 100644
--- a/clippy_dev/src/main.rs
+++ b/clippy_dev/src/main.rs
@@ -28,26 +28,18 @@ fn main() {
 
 fn print_lints() {
     let lint_list = collect_all();
-    let print_clippy_lint_groups: [&str; 7] = [
-        "correctness",
-        "style",
-        "complexity",
-        "perf",
-        "pedantic",
-        "nursery",
-        "restriction"
-    ];
-    // We could use itertools' group_by to make this much more concise:
-    for group in &print_clippy_lint_groups {
-        println!("\n## {}", group);
+    let grouped_by_lint_group = Lint::by_lint_group(&lint_list);
 
-        let mut group_lints = Lint::in_lint_group(group, &lint_list);
-        group_lints.sort_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name));
+    for (lint_group, mut lints) in grouped_by_lint_group {
+        if lint_group == "Deprecated" { continue; }
+        println!("\n## {}", lint_group);
 
-        for lint in group_lints {
-            if lint.deprecation.is_some() { continue; }
+        lints.sort_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name));
+
+        for lint in lints {
             println!("* [{}]({}#{}) ({})", lint.name, clippy_dev::DOCS_LINK.clone(), lint.name, lint.desc);
         }
     }
+
     println!("there are {} lints", Lint::active_lints(&lint_list).len());
 }