diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..861cd148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+node_modules
+bower_components
+cover
+reports
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index be26f52e..2e078bf1 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -100,20 +100,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             }
         },
 
-        /**
-         * grunt eslint
-         *
-         * Runs the eslint linter against all the javascript files in our
-         * project, using the .eslintrc file shared with our IDE.
-         */
-        eslint: {
-            target: [
-                dir.source + '/**/*.js',
-                dir.test + '/**/*.js',
-                './*.js'
-            ]
-        },
-
         /**
          * grunt gitinfo
          *
@@ -486,14 +472,6 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
                 ],
                 tasks: ['html2js']
             },
-            eslint: {
-                files: [
-                    'Gruntfile.js',
-                    dir.source + '/**/*.js',
-                    dir.test + '/**/*.js'
-                ],
-                tasks: ['eslint']
-            },
             livereload: {
                 options: {
                     livereload: config.livereload.port
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0bf10ef6..ee3a4f5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.html",
   "scripts": {
     "clean": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt clean",
-    "lint": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt eslint",
+    "lint": "eslint ./",
     "test-unit": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt test:unit",
     "test-functional": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt test:functional",
     "test-integration": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt test:integration",
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "0.6.0",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "0.6.1",
     "grunt-env": "0.4.1",
-    "grunt-eslint": "7.0.1",
     "grunt-gitinfo": "^0.1.7",
     "grunt-html2js": "0.2.9",
     "grunt-karma": "0.12.2",