diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index d82af0667..b82d9a3b3 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ module.exports = {
     TEST_BASE_URL: true,
   },
 
-  // we need this to have support for dynamic imports
-  // although they are ecma stage 4 proposal -> currently being implemented in eslint
-  parser: 'babel-eslint',
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 'latest',
+  },
 
   rules: {
     // overwrite airbnb-base options
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index dfd5bacd4..8307ecc6d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2710,20 +2710,6 @@
         "follow-redirects": "^1.14.0"
       }
     },
-    "babel-eslint": {
-      "version": "10.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/babel-eslint/-/babel-eslint-10.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ifWaTHQ0ce+448CYop8AdrQiBsGrnC+bMgfyKFdi6EsPLTAWG+QfyDeM6OH+FmWnKvEq5NnBMLvlBUPKQZoDSg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
-        "@babel/code-frame": "^7.0.0",
-        "@babel/parser": "^7.7.0",
-        "@babel/traverse": "^7.7.0",
-        "@babel/types": "^7.7.0",
-        "eslint-visitor-keys": "^1.0.0",
-        "resolve": "^1.12.0"
-      }
-    },
     "babel-jest": {
       "version": "26.6.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/babel-jest/-/babel-jest-26.6.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8388900f..28e5441ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs": "^7.17.7",
     "@babel/register": "^7.17.7",
     "archiver": "^5.3.0",
-    "babel-eslint": "^10.1.0",
     "copyfiles": "^2.4.1",
     "eslint": "^7.32.0",
     "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "^14.2.1",