diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md
index f4b23491774f..fe1a048c343e 100644
--- a/HACKING.md
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ pkg/lib/), you can also build all pages:
 
     ./build.js -w
 
-Note that this enables eslint by default -- if you want to disable it, run it
-with `-e`/`--no-eslint`.
-
 Reload cockpit in your browser after page is built. Press `Ctrl`-`C` to
 stop watch mode once you are done with changing the code.
 
@@ -232,7 +229,7 @@ The tests require at least `pytest` 7.0.0 or higher to run.
 Cockpit uses [ESLint](https://eslint.org/) to automatically check JavaScript
 code style in `.js` and `.jsx` files.
 
-The linter is executed on every build.
+The linter is executed as part of `test/static-code`.
 
 For developer convenience, the ESLint can be started explicitly by:
 
diff --git a/build.js b/build.js
index 19110eb42a75..51b95450ec08 100755
--- a/build.js
+++ b/build.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ const qunitOptions = {
 const parser = (await import('argparse')).default.ArgumentParser();
 parser.add_argument('-r', '--rsync', { help: "rsync bundles to ssh target after build", metavar: "HOST" });
 parser.add_argument('-w', '--watch', { action: 'store_true', help: "Enable watch mode" });
-parser.add_argument('-e', '--no-eslint', { action: 'store_true', help: "Disable eslint linting", default: production });
 parser.add_argument('onlydir', { nargs: '?', help: "The pkg/<DIRECTORY> to build (eg. base1, shell, ...)", metavar: "DIRECTORY" });
 const args = parser.parse_args();
 
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ async function build() {
     const cockpitPoEsbuildPlugin = (await import('./pkg/lib/cockpit-po-plugin.js')).cockpitPoEsbuildPlugin;
     const cockpitRsyncEsbuildPlugin = (await import('./pkg/lib/cockpit-rsync-plugin.js')).cockpitRsyncEsbuildPlugin;
     const cockpitTestHtmlPlugin = (await import('./pkg/lib/esbuild-test-html-plugin.js')).cockpitTestHtmlPlugin;
-    const eslintPlugin = (await import('./pkg/lib/esbuild-eslint-plugin.js')).eslintPlugin;
 
     const esbuildStylesPlugins = (await import('./pkg/lib/esbuild-common.js')).esbuildStylesPlugins;
 
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@ async function build() {
     ];
 
     const pkgPlugins = [
-        ...args.no_eslint ? [] : [eslintPlugin({ filter: /pkg\/.*\.(jsx?|js?)$/ })],
         cockpitJSResolvePlugin,
         ...esbuildStylesPlugins
     ];
@@ -181,7 +178,6 @@ async function build() {
             ...qunitOptions,
             entryPoints: testEntryPoints,
             plugins: [
-                ...args.no_eslint ? [] : [eslintPlugin({ filter: /pkg\/.*\.(jsx?|js?)$/ })],
                 cockpitTestHtmlPlugin({ testFiles: tests }),
             ],
         });
@@ -200,7 +196,6 @@ async function build() {
             ...qunitOptions,
             entryPoints: testEntryPoints,
             plugins: [
-                ...args.no_eslint ? [] : [eslintPlugin({ filter: /pkg\/.*\.(jsx?|js?)$/ })],
                 cockpitTestHtmlPlugin({ testFiles: tests }),
             ],
         });
diff --git a/pkg/lib/esbuild-eslint-plugin.js b/pkg/lib/esbuild-eslint-plugin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e78657cb19c7..000000000000
--- a/pkg/lib/esbuild-eslint-plugin.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// Replace with plugin from npmjs once they become good enough
-// Candidate 1: requires https://github.com/to-codando/esbuild-plugin-linter/issues/1 and https://github.com/to-codando/esbuild-plugin-linter/issues/3 to get fixed
-// Candidate 2: requires https://github.com/robinloeffel/esbuild-plugin-eslint/issues/4 and https://github.com/robinloeffel/esbuild-plugin-eslint/issues/5 to get fixed
-
-import { ESLint } from 'eslint';
-
-const NAME = 'eslintPlugin';
-
-export const eslintPlugin = ({ filter = /src\/.*\.(jsx?|js?)$/ } = {}) => ({
-    name: NAME,
-    setup(build) {
-        const filesToLint = [];
-        const eslint = new ESLint();
-
-        build.onLoad({ filter }, ({ path }) => {
-            filesToLint.push(path);
-        });
-
-        build.onEnd(async () => {
-            const result = await eslint.lintFiles(filesToLint);
-            const formatter = await eslint.loadFormatter('stylish');
-            const output = formatter.format(result);
-            if (output.length > 0) {
-                console.log(output); // eslint-disable no-console
-                return {
-                    errors: [{ pluginName: NAME, text: 'ESLint errors found' }]
-                };
-            }
-            return null;
-        });
-    },
-});