diff --git a/benchmark/src/__tests__/benchmark.integration.ts b/benchmark/src/__tests__/benchmark.integration.ts
index a3013d9602d7..09f28bf1d6f2 100644
--- a/benchmark/src/__tests__/benchmark.integration.ts
+++ b/benchmark/src/__tests__/benchmark.integration.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const DUMMY_STATS: EndpointStats = {
 
 describe('Benchmark (SLOW)', function() {
   // Unfortunately, the todo app requires one second to start
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
   this.timeout(5000);
   it('works', async () => {
     const bench = new Benchmark();
diff --git a/docs/site/Testing-your-application.md b/docs/site/Testing-your-application.md
index 7027a1236bbc..4a5cbfb6a769 100644
--- a/docs/site/Testing-your-application.md
+++ b/docs/site/Testing-your-application.md
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ const Dredd = require('dredd');
 
 describe('API (acceptance)', () => {
   let app: HelloWorldApplication;
-  // tslint:disable no-any
+  /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
   let dredd: any;
   before(initEnvironment);
   after(async () => {
diff --git a/examples/soap-calculator/src/__tests__/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts b/examples/soap-calculator/src/__tests__/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts
index ab1928d23cee..be9d92308292 100644
--- a/examples/soap-calculator/src/__tests__/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts
+++ b/examples/soap-calculator/src/__tests__/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe('Application', function() {
   let app: SoapCalculatorApplication;
   let client: Client;
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
   this.timeout(30000);
 
   before(givenAnApplication);
diff --git a/examples/todo/src/__tests__/acceptance/todo.acceptance.ts b/examples/todo/src/__tests__/acceptance/todo.acceptance.ts
index 2dd81a399bf0..58a97b7a858a 100644
--- a/examples/todo/src/__tests__/acceptance/todo.acceptance.ts
+++ b/examples/todo/src/__tests__/acceptance/todo.acceptance.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('TodoApplication', () => {
   it('creates a todo', async function() {
     // Set timeout to 30 seconds as `post /todos` triggers geocode look up
     // over the internet and it takes more than 2 seconds
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
     this.timeout(30000);
     const todo = givenTodo();
     const response = await client
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('TodoApplication', () => {
 
   it('creates an address-based reminder', async function() {
     // Increase the timeout to accommodate slow network connections
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
     this.timeout(30000);
 
     const todo = givenTodo({remindAtAddress: aLocation.address});
diff --git a/examples/todo/src/__tests__/helpers.ts b/examples/todo/src/__tests__/helpers.ts
index 245e0700bd65..cf4a7d82d86c 100644
--- a/examples/todo/src/__tests__/helpers.ts
+++ b/examples/todo/src/__tests__/helpers.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const aLocation = {
   address: '1 New Orchard Road, Armonk, 10504',
   geopoint: <GeoPoint>{y: 41.109653, x: -73.72467},
   get geostring() {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
     return `${this.geopoint.y},${this.geopoint.x}`;
   },
 };
diff --git a/examples/todo/src/__tests__/integration/services/geocoder.service.integration.ts b/examples/todo/src/__tests__/integration/services/geocoder.service.integration.ts
index 314235c83bff..47c9c753f5a8 100644
--- a/examples/todo/src/__tests__/integration/services/geocoder.service.integration.ts
+++ b/examples/todo/src/__tests__/integration/services/geocoder.service.integration.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 import {GeocoderDataSource} from '../../../datasources/geocoder.datasource';
 
 describe('GeoLookupService', function() {
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
   this.timeout(30 * 1000);
 
   let cachingProxy: HttpCachingProxy;
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/acceptance/app-run.acceptance.js b/packages/cli/test/acceptance/app-run.acceptance.js
index 694876151df2..e2d9ca46f494 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/acceptance/app-run.acceptance.js
+++ b/packages/cli/test/acceptance/app-run.acceptance.js
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ describe('app-generator (SLOW)', function() {
     // WARNING: It takes a while to run `lerna bootstrap`
     this.timeout(15 * 60 * 1000);
     process.chdir(rootDir);
-    await lernaBootstrap([appName, '@loopback/eslint-config']);
+    await lernaBootstrap([
+      appName,
+      '@loopback/build',
+      '@loopback/eslint-config',
+    ]);
   });
 
   it('passes `npm test` for the generated project', function() {
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/repository.integration.js b/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/repository.integration.js
index 82fa0ac8b771..34e9a51ac0d5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/repository.integration.js
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/repository.integration.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const SANDBOX_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '.sandbox');
 const sandbox = new TestSandbox(SANDBOX_PATH);
 
 describe('lb4 repository', function() {
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
   this.timeout(30000);
 
   beforeEach('reset sandbox', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/context/src/__tests__/acceptance/class-level-bindings.acceptance.ts b/packages/context/src/__tests__/acceptance/class-level-bindings.acceptance.ts
index 3a195ec3b77c..29ebe8ebb67d 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/__tests__/acceptance/class-level-bindings.acceptance.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/__tests__/acceptance/class-level-bindings.acceptance.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('Context bindings - Injecting dependencies of classes', () => {
     expect(instance).to.have.property('isAuthenticated', false);
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('creates instance synchronously when all dependencies are sync too', () => {
     ctx.bind('appName').to('CodeHub');
     class InfoController {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('Context bindings - Injecting dependencies of classes', () => {
     expect(instance).to.have.property('isAuthenticated', false);
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('creates instance synchronously when property/constructor dependencies are sync too', () => {
     ctx.bind('appName').to('CodeHub');
     ctx.bind('authenticated').to(false);
diff --git a/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/inject.unit.ts b/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/inject.unit.ts
index 75c4a3dd74d2..f2284570cfd3 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/inject.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/inject.unit.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 
 describe('function argument injection', () => {
   it('can decorate class constructor arguments', () => {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class TestClass {
       constructor(@inject('foo') foo: string) {}
     }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('function argument injection', () => {
   });
 
   it('can retrieve information about injected method arguments', () => {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class TestClass {
       test(@inject('foo') foo: string) {}
     }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('function argument injection', () => {
 
 describe('property injection', () => {
   it('can decorate properties', () => {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class TestClass {
       @inject('foo')
       foo: string;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ describe('property injection', () => {
 
   it('cannot decorate static properties', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class TestClass {
         @inject('foo')
         static foo: string;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe('property injection', () => {
 
   it('cannot decorate a method', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class TestClass {
         @inject('bar')
         foo() {}
diff --git a/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolution-session.unit.ts b/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolution-session.unit.ts
index 73c248804666..201e54e0d462 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolution-session.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolution-session.unit.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {ResolutionSession, Binding, Injection, inject} from '../..';
 
 describe('ResolutionSession', () => {
   class MyController {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     constructor(@inject('b') private b: string) {}
   }
   function givenInjection(): Injection {
diff --git a/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolver.unit.ts b/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolver.unit.ts
index b86389555741..4b6dc78418b8 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolver.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/__tests__/unit/resolver.unit.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe('constructor injection', () => {
     expect(t.fooBar).to.eql('FOO:BAR');
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('resolves constructor arguments with custom resolve function and no binding key', () => {
     class TestClass {
       constructor(
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe('constructor injection', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('will not report circular dependencies if a binding is injected twice', () => {
     const context = new Context();
     class XClass {}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ describe('async constructor injection', () => {
     expect(t.foo).to.eql('FOO');
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('resolves constructor arguments with custom async decorator', async () => {
     class TestClass {
       constructor(@customAsyncDecorator({x: 'bar'}) public fooBar: string) {}
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ describe('property injection', () => {
     expect(t.fooBar).to.eql('FOO:BAR');
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('resolves inject properties with custom resolve function and no binding key', () => {
     class TestClass {
       @inject('', {x: 'bar'}, (c: Context, injection: Injection) => {
diff --git a/packages/context/src/binding-key.ts b/packages/context/src/binding-key.ts
index 2aca919546a3..c27863b3d492 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/binding-key.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/binding-key.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 export type BindingAddress<T = unknown> = string | BindingKey<T>;
 
-// tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 export class BindingKey<ValueType> {
   static readonly PROPERTY_SEPARATOR = '#';
 
diff --git a/packages/context/src/resolution-session.ts b/packages/context/src/resolution-session.ts
index 573d84427c35..c868c97dc0b4 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/resolution-session.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/resolution-session.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const debugSession = debugModule('loopback:context:resolver:session');
 const getTargetName = DecoratorFactory.getTargetName;
 
 // NOTE(bajtos) The following import is required to satisfy TypeScript compiler
-// tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 import {BindingKey} from './binding-key';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/context/src/value-promise.ts b/packages/context/src/value-promise.ts
index 95a206634ffe..92597b56da8d 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/value-promise.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/value-promise.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export function resolveList<T, V>(
     result[index] = val;
   };
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-for-of
+  // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-for-of
   for (let ix = 0; ix < list.length; ix++) {
     const valueOrPromise = resolver(list[ix], ix, list);
     if (isPromiseLike(valueOrPromise)) {
diff --git a/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/__tests__/integration/http-caching-proxy.integration.ts b/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/__tests__/integration/http-caching-proxy.integration.ts
index 7375fd827e9b..0f742e5bab23 100644
--- a/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/__tests__/integration/http-caching-proxy.integration.ts
+++ b/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/__tests__/integration/http-caching-proxy.integration.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('HttpCachingProxy', () => {
 
   it('proxies HTTP requests', async function() {
     // Increase the timeout to accomodate slow network connections
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
     this.timeout(30000);
 
     await givenRunningProxy();
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('HttpCachingProxy', () => {
 
   it('proxies HTTPs requests (no tunneling)', async function() {
     // Increase the timeout to accomodate slow network connections
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-invalid-this
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-invalid-this */
     this.timeout(30000);
 
     await givenRunningProxy();
diff --git a/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/http-caching-proxy.ts b/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/http-caching-proxy.ts
index 599000f403a2..511fd076de8e 100644
--- a/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/http-caching-proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/http-caching-proxy/src/http-caching-proxy.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class HttpCachingProxy {
     clientRequest: IncomingMessage,
     clientResponse: ServerResponse,
   ) {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:await-promise
+    // eslint-disable-next-line await-promise
     const backendResponse = await makeRequest({
       resolveWithFullResponse: true,
       simple: false,
diff --git a/packages/metadata/src/__tests__/unit/decorator-factory.unit.ts b/packages/metadata/src/__tests__/unit/decorator-factory.unit.ts
index dc0755554c2a..4dceab2ae620 100644
--- a/packages/metadata/src/__tests__/unit/decorator-factory.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/metadata/src/__tests__/unit/decorator-factory.unit.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('ClassDecoratorFactory', () => {
     expect(() => {
       @classDecorator({x: 1})
       @classDecorator({y: 2})
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {}
     }).to.throw(
       /Decorator cannot be applied more than once on class MyController/,
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ describe('PropertyDecoratorFactory', () => {
 
   it('throws if applied more than once on the same property', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {
         @propertyDecorator({x: 1})
         @propertyDecorator({y: 2})
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ describe('PropertyDecoratorFactory for static properties', () => {
 
   it('throws if applied more than once on the same static property', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {
         @propertyDecorator({x: 1})
         @propertyDecorator({y: 2})
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ describe('MethodDecoratorFactory', () => {
 
   it('throws if applied more than once on the same method', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {
         @methodDecorator({x: 1})
         @methodDecorator({y: 2})
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ describe('MethodDecoratorFactory for static methods', () => {
 
   it('throws if applied more than once on the same static method', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {
         @methodDecorator({x: 1})
         @methodDecorator({y: 2})
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ describe('ParameterDecoratorFactory', () => {
 
   it('throws if applied more than once on the same parameter', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {
         myMethod(
           @parameterDecorator({x: 1})
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ describe('ParameterDecoratorFactory for a static method', () => {
 
   it('throws if applied more than once on the same parameter', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {
         static myMethod(
           @parameterDecorator({x: 1})
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ describe('MethodParameterDecoratorFactory with invalid decorations', () => {
 
   it('reports error if the # of decorations exceeeds the # of params', () => {
     expect(() => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class MyController {
         @methodParameterDecorator({x: 1}) // Causing error
         @methodParameterDecorator({x: 2}) // For a
diff --git a/packages/metadata/src/types.ts b/packages/metadata/src/types.ts
index 073e287830ed..686e06ae9925 100644
--- a/packages/metadata/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/metadata/src/types.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export type DecoratorType =
  * @typeparam T Type of the metadata value
  * @typeparam D Type of the decorator
  */
-// tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 export class MetadataAccessor<T, D extends DecoratorType = DecoratorType> {
   private constructor(public readonly key: string) {}
 
diff --git a/packages/openapi-v3-types/src/__tests__/unit/openapi-v3-spec-types.unit.ts b/packages/openapi-v3-types/src/__tests__/unit/openapi-v3-spec-types.unit.ts
index 32038995165d..32d7c7b08819 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v3-types/src/__tests__/unit/openapi-v3-spec-types.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v3-types/src/__tests__/unit/openapi-v3-spec-types.unit.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('openapi-v3-types unit tests', () => {
      * original OAS 3 definition. (Though some interfaces allow for extensibility).
      */
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class TestObject implements ExampleObject {
       summary: 'test object';
       description: 'test object';
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ describe('openapi-v3-types unit tests', () => {
       randomProperty: 'extension value';
     }
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class ReferenceTestObject implements ReferenceObject {
       $ref: '#def/reference-object';
     }
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class DiscriminatorTestObject implements DiscriminatorObject {
       propertyName: 'test';
       mapping: {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe('openapi-v3-types unit tests', () => {
       };
     }
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class XMLTestObject implements XmlObject {
       name: 'test';
       namespace: 'test';
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ describe('openapi-v3-types unit tests', () => {
       wrapped: false;
     }
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class TestExternalDocumentationObject
       implements ExternalDocumentationObject {
       url: 'https://test.com/test.html';
     }
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class TestISpecificationExtension implements ISpecificationExtension {
       test: 'test';
     }
diff --git a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/decorators/param/param.decorator.unit.ts b/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/decorators/param/param.decorator.unit.ts
index 2a749135de70..120d17e76241 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/decorators/param/param.decorator.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-v3/src/__tests__/unit/decorators/param/param.decorator.unit.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('Routing metadata for parameters', () => {
     it('reports error if an array parameter type is not Array', () => {
       expect.throws(
         () => {
-          // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+          /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
           class MyController {
             @get('/greet')
             greet(
diff --git a/packages/repository-json-schema/src/__tests__/unit/json-schema.unit.ts b/packages/repository-json-schema/src/__tests__/unit/json-schema.unit.ts
index e4547d144603..ef77166f059a 100644
--- a/packages/repository-json-schema/src/__tests__/unit/json-schema.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/repository-json-schema/src/__tests__/unit/json-schema.unit.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('JSON Schema type', () => {
      * Inspired by https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/blob/master/types/json-schema/json-schema-tests.ts
      */
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     const testSchema: JsonSchema = {
       $id: 'test',
       $ref: 'test/sub',
diff --git a/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-constructor-di.controller.ts b/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-constructor-di.controller.ts
index 2f60e0f677aa..3cd70c094bab 100644
--- a/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-constructor-di.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-constructor-di.controller.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-// tslint:disable:no-unused
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 
 import {EntityCrudRepository, repository} from '../..';
 import {Customer} from '../models/customer.model';
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {Customer} from '../models/customer.model';
 export class CustomerController {
   constructor(
     // Use constructor dependency injection
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     @repository('Customer', 'mongodbDataSource')
     private _repository: EntityCrudRepository<Customer, string>,
   ) {}
diff --git a/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-property-di.controller.ts b/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-property-di.controller.ts
index 01067217a5bf..663dd5682974 100644
--- a/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-property-di.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/examples/controllers/customer-with-property-di.controller.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
-// tslint:disable:no-unused
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 
 import {EntityCrudRepository, repository} from '../..';
 import {Customer} from '../models/customer.model';
diff --git a/packages/repository/examples/models/order.model.ts b/packages/repository/examples/models/order.model.ts
index bf48dc85196c..2aaa1f1b659f 100644
--- a/packages/repository/examples/models/order.model.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/examples/models/order.model.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import {belongsTo, Entity, model, property} from '../..';
 import {Customer} from './customer.model';
 
-// tslint:disable:no-unused
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 
 @model()
 class Order extends Entity {
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/model-and-relation.decorator.unit.ts b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/model-and-relation.decorator.unit.ts
index ea6a2e678289..bcf650bbd986 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/model-and-relation.decorator.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/model-and-relation.decorator.unit.ts
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ describe('model decorator', () => {
       it('throws when @property.array is used on a non-array property', () => {
         expect.throws(
           () => {
-            // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+            /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
             class Oops {
               @property.array(Product)
               product: Product;
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-di.decorator.unit.ts b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-di.decorator.unit.ts
index e6ba25624def..8a1dee85ba6b 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-di.decorator.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-di.decorator.unit.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe('repository class', () => {
 
   before(givenCtx);
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('supports referencing predefined repository by name via constructor', async () => {
     const myController = await ctx.get<StringBoundController>(
       'controllers.StringBoundController',
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-value-provider.decorator.unit.ts b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-value-provider.decorator.unit.ts
index 7a97ba95ef8e..c6a4342647b2 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-value-provider.decorator.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository-with-value-provider.decorator.unit.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('repository class', () => {
     ctx.bind('controllers.MyController').toClass(MyController);
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('supports referencing predefined repository by name via constructor', async () => {
     const myController = await ctx.get<MyController>(
       'controllers.MyController',
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository.decorator.unit.ts b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository.decorator.unit.ts
index fa05cb4c0ac1..fcd5e7bf3412 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository.decorator.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/decorator/repository.decorator.unit.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('repository decorator', () => {
     ctx.bind('controllers.MyController').toClass(MyController);
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('supports referencing predefined repository by name via constructor', async () => {
     const myController = await ctx.get<MyController>(
       'controllers.MyController',
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('repository decorator', () => {
     expect(myController.noteRepo).exactly(defaultRepo);
   });
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
   it('supports referencing predefined repository by name via property', async () => {
     const myController = await ctx.get<MyController>(
       'controllers.MyController',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('repository decorator', () => {
   it('throws not implemented for class-level @repository', () => {
     expect(() => {
       @repository('noteRepo')
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       class Controller1 {}
     }).to.throw(/not implemented/);
   });
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/model/model.unit.ts b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/model/model.unit.ts
index 3680fbfe4125..cebd89c147e6 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/model/model.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/model/model.unit.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe('model', () => {
     }
   }
 
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
   class User extends Entity {
     static definition = userDef;
     id: string;
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/repositories/relation.repository.unit.ts b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/repositories/relation.repository.unit.ts
index 2efddccce6af..1e1128008b07 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/repositories/relation.repository.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/__tests__/unit/repositories/relation.repository.unit.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('relation repository', () => {
      * interface. The TS Compiler will complain if the interface changes.
      */
 
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
     class TestHasManyEntityCrudRepository<T extends Entity>
       implements HasManyRepository<T> {
       create(
diff --git a/packages/repository/src/repositories/repository.ts b/packages/repository/src/repositories/repository.ts
index 31a24a132c9b..8de4673c980b 100644
--- a/packages/repository/src/repositories/repository.ts
+++ b/packages/repository/src/repositories/repository.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {CrudConnector} from '../connectors';
 import {Filter, Where} from '../query';
 import {EntityNotFoundError} from '../errors';
 
-// tslint:disable:no-unused
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
 
 export interface Repository<T extends Model> {}
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ export class CrudRepositoryImpl<T extends Entity, ID>
       );
     } else {
       // FIXME: populate inst with all properties
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       const inst = data;
       const where = this.entityClass.buildWhereForId(id);
       const result = await this.updateAll(data, where, options);
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.application/rest.application.unit.ts b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.application/rest.application.unit.ts
index b6789ec24a2f..7b68abab41f4 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.application/rest.application.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.application/rest.application.unit.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {expect} from '@loopback/testlab';
 describe('RestApplication', () => {
   describe('throws', () => {
     it('when attempting to bind another server', () => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       const app = new RestApplication();
       expect.throws(
         () => {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('RestApplication', () => {
     });
 
     it('when attempting to bind an array of servers', () => {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       const app = new RestApplication();
       expect.throws(
         () => {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('RestApplication', () => {
       class OtherRestComponent extends RestComponent {}
       expect.throws(
         () => {
-          // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+          /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
           const app = new RestApplication();
           app.component(RestComponent);
           app.component(OtherRestComponent);
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.component.unit.ts b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.component.unit.ts
index b6a6321445f4..aac0ce280d13 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.component.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.component.unit.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('RestComponent', () => {
         expect(logError.length).to.equal(3); // (err, statusCode, request)
       });
 
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line max-len */
       it('can be customized by extending RestComponent', async () => {
         let lastLog = 'logError() was not called';
 
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
index f9f6e939c54b..6593a25019dd 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ export interface RestServerOptions {
   apiExplorer?: ApiExplorerOptions;
   requestBodyParser?: RequestBodyParserOptions;
   sequence?: Constructor<SequenceHandler>;
-  // tslint:disable-next-line:no-any
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
   expressSettings?: {[name: string]: any};
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/types.ts b/packages/rest/src/types.ts
index 8de07b89524e..504291843ff3 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/types.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ export type OperationArgs = any[];
  * operation results from other "any" typed values.
  */
 export type OperationRetval = any;
-// tslint:enable:no-any
 
 export type GetFromContext = (key: string) => Promise<BoundValue>;
 export type BindElement = (key: string) => Binding;
diff --git a/packages/testlab/src/__tests__/unit/to-json.test.ts b/packages/testlab/src/__tests__/unit/to-json.test.ts
index 6ac0bc8fb028..ae99487f083a 100644
--- a/packages/testlab/src/__tests__/unit/to-json.test.ts
+++ b/packages/testlab/src/__tests__/unit/to-json.test.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('toJSON', () => {
 
   it('handles classes with custom toJSON', () => {
     class Customer {
-      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
       private __data: object;
 
       constructor(public id: string, public email: string) {
diff --git a/packages/testlab/src/shot.ts b/packages/testlab/src/shot.ts
index e916384e9a41..b00c8a54b682 100644
--- a/packages/testlab/src/shot.ts
+++ b/packages/testlab/src/shot.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import * as express from 'express';
 
 export {inject, ShotRequestOptions};
 
-// tslint:disable-next-line:variable-name
+// eslint-disable-next-line variable-name
 const ShotRequest: ShotRequestCtor = require('shot/lib/request');
 type ShotRequestCtor = new (options: ShotRequestOptions) => IncomingMessage;
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function stubServerRequest(
   return stub;
 }
 
-// tslint:disable-next-line:variable-name
+// eslint-disable-next-line variable-name
 const ShotResponse: ShotResponseCtor = require('shot/lib/response');
 export type ShotCallback = (response: ResponseObject) => void;
 
diff --git a/packages/testlab/src/to-json.ts b/packages/testlab/src/to-json.ts
index 433ccf0d82f3..cf6633d2648f 100644
--- a/packages/testlab/src/to-json.ts
+++ b/packages/testlab/src/to-json.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ export function toJSON(value: object): object;
 // In practice, they should not be necessary, as they simply return the input
 // value without any modifications.
 
-// tslint:disable-next-line:unified-signatures
+// eslint-disable-next-line unified-signatures
 export function toJSON(value: undefined): undefined;
 export function toJSON(value: null): null;
 export function toJSON(value: number): number;
 export function toJSON(value: boolean): boolean;
-// tslint:disable-next-line:unified-signatures
+// eslint-disable-next-line unified-signatures
 export function toJSON(value: string): string;
 
 export function toJSON<T>(value: T) {