diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 9bd8e661237fd7..623c8f7bd2291d 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ NodePlugin.RULES_DIR = path.resolve(__dirname, 'tools', 'eslint-rules');
 
 const ModuleFindPath = Module._findPath;
 const hacks = [
-  'eslint-plugin-node-core',
-  'eslint-plugin-markdown',
-  'babel-eslint',
+  'eslint-plugin-node-core'
 ];
 Module._findPath = (request, paths, isMain) => {
   const r = ModuleFindPath(request, paths, isMain);
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dad5a3efd8bcae..43e3984290a801 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -135,3 +135,5 @@ deps/v8/gypfiles/Release/
 deps/v8/third_party/eu-strip/
 
 .DS_Store
+tools/node_modules/*
+node_modules/*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3c9bdf6f765e4..50229bbe92ed3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ out/doc/api/assets/%: doc/api_assets/% out/doc/api/assets
 
 
 run-npm-ci = $(PWD)/$(NPM) ci
+run-npm-task = $(PWD)/$(NPM) run
 
 LINK_DATA = out/doc/apilinks.json
 gen-api = tools/doc/generate.js --node-version=$(FULLVERSION) \
@@ -1172,8 +1173,7 @@ lint-md: | tools/.mdlintstamp
 
 LINT_JS_TARGETS = .eslintrc.js benchmark doc lib test tools
 
-run-lint-js = tools/node_modules/eslint/bin/eslint.js --cache \
-	--report-unused-disable-directives --ext=.js,.mjs,.md $(LINT_JS_TARGETS)
+run-lint-js = $(call available-node,$(run-npm-ci)) && $(call available-node,$(run-npm-task) lint)
 run-lint-js-fix = $(run-lint-js) --fix
 
 .PHONY: lint-js-fix
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..530a14b715d1e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "node-core",
+  "author": "The Amazing Node.js Contributors",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Base tools to help manage node core",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint --cache --report-unused-disable-directives --ext=.js,.mjs,.md .eslintrc.js benchmark doc lib test tools"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "babel-eslint": "8.2.1",
+    "eslint": "5.14.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-markdown": "1.0.0",
+    "glob": "7.1.3",
+    "js-yaml": "3.12.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/doc/common.js b/tools/doc/common.js
index 86daae6cfc6d56..8a5f33731f8335 100644
--- a/tools/doc/common.js
+++ b/tools/doc/common.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const yaml =
-  require(`${__dirname}/../node_modules/eslint/node_modules/js-yaml`);
+const yaml = require(`js-yaml`);
 
 function isYAMLBlock(text) {
   return /^<!-- YAML/.test(text);
diff --git a/tools/lint-js.js b/tools/lint-js.js
index 4a7c2f08c324c8..2dafda13e5a7ac 100644
--- a/tools/lint-js.js
+++ b/tools/lint-js.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const totalCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;
 
 const CLIEngine = require('eslint').CLIEngine;
-const glob = require('eslint/node_modules/glob');
+const glob = require('glob');
 
 const cliOptions = {
   rulePaths: rulesDirs,
diff --git a/tools/update-babel-eslint.sh b/tools/update-babel-eslint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 59a02090c5e57e..00000000000000
--- a/tools/update-babel-eslint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Shell script to update babel-eslint in the source tree to the latest release.
-
-# Depends on npm, npx, and node being in $PATH.
-
-# This script must be be in the tools directory when it runs because it uses
-# $BASH_SOURCE[0] to determine directories to work in.
-
-cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"
-rm -rf node_modules/babel-eslint
-mkdir babel-eslint-tmp
-cd babel-eslint-tmp
-npm init --yes
-
-npm install --global-style --no-bin-links --production --no-package-lock babel-eslint@latest
-
-# Use dmn to remove some unneeded files.
-npx dmn@2.0.0 -f clean
-# Use removeNPMAbsolutePaths to remove unused data in package.json.
-# This avoids churn as absolute paths can change from one dev to another.
-npx removeNPMAbsolutePaths@1.0.4 .
-
-cd ..
-mv babel-eslint-tmp/node_modules/babel-eslint node_modules/babel-eslint
-rm -rf babel-eslint-tmp/
diff --git a/tools/update-eslint.sh b/tools/update-eslint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a2f5f4401e892..00000000000000
--- a/tools/update-eslint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Shell script to update ESLint in the source tree to the latest release.
-
-# Depends on npm, npx, and node being in $PATH.
-
-# This script must be be in the tools directory when it runs because it uses
-# $BASH_SOURCE[0] to determine directories to work in.
-
-cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"
-rm -rf node_modules/eslint
-mkdir eslint-tmp
-cd eslint-tmp
-npm init --yes
-
-npm install --global-style --no-bin-links --production --no-package-lock eslint@latest
-cd node_modules/eslint
-
-npm install --no-bin-links --production --no-package-lock eslint-plugin-markdown@next
-cd ../..
-
-# Use dmn to remove some unneeded files.
-npx dmn@2.1.0 -f clean
-# Use removeNPMAbsolutePaths to remove unused data in package.json.
-# This avoids churn as absolute paths can change from one dev to another.
-npx removeNPMAbsolutePaths@1.0.4 .
-
-cd ..
-mv eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint node_modules/eslint
-rm -rf eslint-tmp/
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index 9877fb110b3195..af1dbe2dab478e 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -626,9 +626,9 @@ goto exit
 :lint-js
 if defined lint_js_ci goto lint-js-ci
 if not defined lint_js goto lint-md-build
-if not exist tools\node_modules\eslint goto no-lint
 echo running lint-js
-%config%\node tools\node_modules\eslint\bin\eslint.js --cache --report-unused-disable-directives --rule "linebreak-style: 0" --ext=.js,.mjs,.md .eslintrc.js benchmark doc lib test tools
+%npm_exe% install
+%npm_exe% run lint
 goto lint-md-build
 
 :lint-js-ci