diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 8156c11f4..dd1052aae 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
   parser: "@typescript-eslint/parser",
   parserOptions: {
     ecmaVersion: 12,
+    project: "./tsconfig.eslint.json",
   },
   rules: {
     "prettier/prettier": ["warn"],
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ module.exports = {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": ["error", { ignoreRestSiblings: true }],
     "chai-expect/missing-assertion": 2,
     "no-duplicate-imports": "error",
+    //    "require-await": "error",
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises": ["error"],
   },
   settings: {
     node: {
diff --git a/tsconfig.eslint.json b/tsconfig.eslint.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5e062b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.eslint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "include": [
+    "./src",
+    "index.ts",
+    "./scripts",
+    "./test",
+    ".eslintrc.js" // ESLint's config must be included
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 965f90a0b..018e1ff70 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "strictNullChecks": false,
     "noImplicitAny": false
   },
-  "include": ["./src", "index.ts", "./scripts", "./test"],
+  "include": ["./src", "index.ts", "./scripts"],
   "files": ["./hardhat.config.ts"],
   "watchOptions": {
     "watchFile": "useFsEventsOnParentDirectory",
diff --git a/tsconfig.test.json b/tsconfig.test.json
index 0fdfad4bb..d4985cb9b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.test.json
+++ b/tsconfig.test.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "strict": false
   },
   "include": ["./test", "./src"]
 }