diff --git a/static/.eslintrc.json b/static/.eslintrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9335eca72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/.eslintrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "env": {
+        "browser": true
+    },
+    "rules": {
+        "no-console": "error"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/static/js/.eslintrc.json b/static/js/.eslintrc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b99c1118dd..0000000000
--- a/static/js/.eslintrc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "env": {
-        "browser": true
-    }
-}
diff --git a/static/js/blueslip.js b/static/js/blueslip.js
index 80c58958df..2cc1e996f2 100644
--- a/static/js/blueslip.js
+++ b/static/js/blueslip.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+
 // System documented in https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/subsystems/logging.html
 
 // This must be included before the first call to $(document).ready
diff --git a/static/js/debug.js b/static/js/debug.js
index e5c0049755..7f60a07e0d 100644
--- a/static/js/debug.js
+++ b/static/js/debug.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+
 /* WARNING:
 
     This file is only included when Django's DEBUG = True and your
diff --git a/tools/linter_lib/custom_check.py b/tools/linter_lib/custom_check.py
index 9a4ad73eda..e2f09b2d68 100644
--- a/tools/linter_lib/custom_check.py
+++ b/tools/linter_lib/custom_check.py
@@ -156,13 +156,6 @@ js_rules = RuleList(
          'description': 'Write JS else statements on same line as }'},
         {'pattern': '^else if',
          'description': 'Write JS else statements on same line as }'},
-        {'pattern': 'console[.][a-z]',
-         'exclude': set(['static/js/blueslip.js',
-                         'frontend_tests/zjsunit',
-                         'frontend_tests/casper_lib/common.js',
-                         'frontend_tests/node_tests',
-                         'static/js/debug.js']),
-         'description': 'console.log and similar should not be used in webapp'},
         {'pattern': r'''[.]text\(["'][a-zA-Z]''',
          'description': 'Strings passed to $().text should be wrapped in i18n.t() for internationalization',
          'exclude': set(['frontend_tests/node_tests/'])},