diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..25cfa9f413f4b868c9f25bd8fe899cc61dac402d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+	"browser": true,
+	"esversion": 6
+}
diff --git a/src/js/DefaultRules.tw b/src/js/DefaultRules.tw
index 4b12db53351d98e44cc00618dc60cc5d4a704b65..b19c765ba3c8e10e83e20fe7ebbf1398506585d3 100644
--- a/src/js/DefaultRules.tw
+++ b/src/js/DefaultRules.tw
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 :: DefaultRules [script]
-// jshint esversion: 6
-// jshint browser: true
 // this code applies RA rules onto slaves
 
 window.DefaultRules = (function() {
diff --git a/src/js/rulesAssistantOptions.tw b/src/js/rulesAssistantOptions.tw
index 800a5b35ddf09b7dfc7ce896dae08f1baf91c10f..e39176d9a4f469ce3a6ac4d63ae5dff2b5efe0a3 100644
--- a/src/js/rulesAssistantOptions.tw
+++ b/src/js/rulesAssistantOptions.tw
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 :: Rules Assistant Options [script]
-// jshint esversion: 6
-// jshint browser: true
 // rewrite of the rules assistant options page in javascript
 // uses an object-oriented widget pattern
 // wrapped in a closure so as not to polute the global namespace