diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
index 196f78c2e1..ba2af920da 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "confusing-browser-globals": "^1.0.10",
     "object.assign": "^4.1.2",
-    "object.entries": "^1.1.5",
-    "semver": "^6.3.0"
+    "object.entries": "^1.1.5"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/style.js b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/style.js
index 2973b258ac..4fad26be00 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/style.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/rules/style.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-const semver = require('semver');
-const eslintPkg = require('eslint/package.json');
-
 module.exports = {
   rules: {
     // enforce line breaks after opening and before closing array brackets
@@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // require line breaks inside function parentheses if there are line breaks between parameters
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/function-paren-newline
-    'function-paren-newline': ['error', semver.satisfies(eslintPkg.version, '>= 6') ? 'multiline-arguments' : 'consistent'],
+    'function-paren-newline': ['error', 'multiline-arguments'],
 
     // disallow specified identifiers
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/id-denylist