diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index c44c19a1..f170c0fb 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 	"rules": {
 		"camelcase": "off",
 		"eqeqeq": "warn",
-		"jsdoc/require-param": "warn",
-		"jsdoc/require-param-type": "warn",
-		"jsdoc/require-returns": "warn",
 		"max-len": "off",
 		"no-console": "off",
 		"no-global-assign": "warn",
@@ -27,8 +24,6 @@
 		"no-shadow": "off",
 		"no-undef": "warn",
 		"no-underscore-dangle": "off",
-		"no-unused-vars": "warn",
-		"no-use-before-define": "warn",
 		"security/detect-non-literal-regexp": "off",
 		"security/detect-unsafe-regex": "off",
 		"unicorn/prefer-string-slice": "off"
diff --git a/src/modules/core.js b/src/modules/core.js
index 10cacba7..67fe61ec 100644
--- a/src/modules/core.js
+++ b/src/modules/core.js
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@
 		 * If there is no match, return false
 		 *
 		 * @param {string} string string to parse
-		 * @param mwstyle
+		 * @param {boolean} mwstyle convert to a mediawiki-style timestamp?
 		 * @return {Date|number}
 		 */
 		parseForTimestamp: function ( string, mwstyle ) {
diff --git a/src/modules/submissions.js b/src/modules/submissions.js
index 72343c87..6c2f949b 100644
--- a/src/modules/submissions.js
+++ b/src/modules/submissions.js
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@
 	 * specified by `new`
 	 *
 	 * @param {string} newCode
+	 * @return {string}
 	 */
 	AFCH.Text.prototype.updateAfcTemplates = function ( newCode ) {
 		this.removeAfcTemplates();
@@ -1332,6 +1333,8 @@
 				);
 
 			// Show a link to the next random submissions
+			// We need "new" here because Element uses "this." and needs the right context.
+			// eslint-disable-next-line no-new
 			new AFCH.status.Element( 'Continue to next $1 or $2 »', {
 				$1: AFCH.makeLinkElementToCategory( 'Pending AfC submissions', 'random submission' ),
 				$2: AFCH.makeLinkElementToCategory( 'AfC pending submissions by age/0 days ago', 'zero-day-old submission' )
diff --git a/tests/scaffold.js b/tests/scaffold.js
index 59723a23..bfed2d94 100644
--- a/tests/scaffold.js
+++ b/tests/scaffold.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * the actual tests themselves.
  */
 
+/* eslint-env jest, node */
+
 jest.autoMockOff();
 
 fs = require( 'fs' );