diff --git a/packages/crypto/package.json b/packages/crypto/package.json
index f3ebc372..6c626d87 100644
--- a/packages/crypto/package.json
+++ b/packages/crypto/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "docs": "shx rm -rf docs && typedoc --options typedoc.js",
-    "lint": "eslint --max-warnings 0 \"**/*.{js,ts}\" && tslint -t verbose --project .",
+    "lint": "eslint --max-warnings 0 \"**/*.{js,ts}\"",
     "format": "prettier --write --loglevel warn \"./src/**/*.ts\"",
     "format-text": "prettier --write --prose-wrap always --print-width 80 \"./*.md\"",
     "test-node": "node jasmine-testrunner.js",
diff --git a/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.spec.ts b/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.spec.ts
index 5b2dd7ac..f1260dc5 100644
--- a/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.spec.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ describe("EnglishMnemonic", () => {
       const checksum = new Sha256(bip39EnglishTxt).digest();
       expect(checksum).toEqual(fromHex("2f5eed53a4727b4bf8880d8f3f199efc90e58503646d9ff8eff3a2ed3b24dbda"));
 
-      // tslint:disable-next-line: readonly-array
       const wordsFromSpec: string[] = [];
 
       let start = 0; // the start cursor marks the first byte of the word
@@ -31,8 +30,6 @@ describe("EnglishMnemonic", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable:no-unused-expression
-
   it("works for valid inputs", () => {
     expect(() => {
       new EnglishMnemonic(
@@ -234,8 +231,6 @@ describe("EnglishMnemonic", () => {
     ).toThrowError(/contains invalid word/i);
   });
 
-  // tslint:enable:no-unused-expression
-
   describe("toString", () => {
     it("works", () => {
       const original =
diff --git a/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.ts b/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.ts
index c2ce1da1..cceb99f0 100644
--- a/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.ts
+++ b/packages/crypto/src/englishmnemonic.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export class EnglishMnemonic {
     }
 
     // Throws with informative error message if mnemonic is not valid
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
     bip39.mnemonicToEntropy(mnemonic);
 
     this.data = mnemonic;
diff --git a/packages/crypto/src/hmac.ts b/packages/crypto/src/hmac.ts
index b5c72d31..5b3e7482 100644
--- a/packages/crypto/src/hmac.ts
+++ b/packages/crypto/src/hmac.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ export class Hmac<H extends HashFunction> implements HashFunction {
       key = new Uint8Array([...key, ...zeroPadding]);
     }
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-bitwise
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise
     this.oKeyPad = key.map((keyByte) => keyByte ^ 0x5c);
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-bitwise
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise
     this.iKeyPad = key.map((keyByte) => keyByte ^ 0x36);
     this.messageHasher = new hashFunctionConstructor();
     this.blockSize = blockSize;
diff --git a/packages/crypto/src/libsodium.spec.ts b/packages/crypto/src/libsodium.spec.ts
index cdbaee46..d29f28f8 100644
--- a/packages/crypto/src/libsodium.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/crypto/src/libsodium.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* tslint:disable:no-bitwise */
+/* eslint-disable no-bitwise */
 import { fromHex, toAscii } from "@iov/encoding";
 
 import {
diff --git a/packages/crypto/src/secp256k1.spec.ts b/packages/crypto/src/secp256k1.spec.ts
index 15a92707..6af91378 100644
--- a/packages/crypto/src/secp256k1.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/crypto/src/secp256k1.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* tslint:disable:no-bitwise */
+/* eslint-disable no-bitwise */
 import { fromHex } from "@iov/encoding";
 
 import { Secp256k1 } from "./secp256k1";
diff --git a/packages/crypto/tslint.json b/packages/crypto/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0946f209..00000000
--- a/packages/crypto/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tslint.json"
-}