diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index d3a6c73241f1ff..9aa90c6366232d 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+/* eslint-env node */
+
 const Module = require('module');
 const path = require('path');
 
@@ -31,7 +33,6 @@ Module._findPath = (request, paths, isMain) => {
 module.exports = {
   root: true,
   plugins: ['markdown', 'node-core'],
-  env: { node: true, es6: true },
   parser: 'babel-eslint',
   parserOptions: { sourceType: 'script' },
   overrides: [
diff --git a/benchmark/.eslintrc.yaml b/benchmark/.eslintrc.yaml
index f8585fd7065f88..7de962dc9002af 100644
--- a/benchmark/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/benchmark/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Benchmark-specific linter rules
 
+env:
+  node: true
+  es6: true
+
 rules:
   comma-dangle:
     - error
diff --git a/lib/.eslintrc.yaml b/lib/.eslintrc.yaml
index 029d7ad177f468..2ec4dc80480e83 100644
--- a/lib/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/lib/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+env:
+  es6: true
+
 rules:
   prefer-object-spread: error
   no-buffer-constructor: error
@@ -19,10 +22,11 @@ rules:
     - selector: "CallExpression[callee.object.name='Error'][callee.property.name='captureStackTrace']"
       message: "Please use `require('internal/errors').hideStackFrames()` instead."
   # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
-  node-core/require-globals: error
   node-core/lowercase-name-for-primitive: error
   node-core/non-ascii-character: error
 globals:
+  Intl: false
+  # Assertions
   CHECK: false
   CHECK_EQ: false
   CHECK_GE: false
@@ -37,5 +41,21 @@ globals:
   DCHECK_LE: false
   DCHECK_LT: false
   DCHECK_NE: false
+  # Parameters passed to internal modules
+  global: false
+  require: false
+  process: false
+  exports: false
+  module: false
   internalBinding: false
   primordials: false
+  # Globals
+  # TODO(joyeecheung): if possible, get these in native modules
+  # through `require` instead of grabbing them from the global proxy.
+  clearTimeout: false
+  setTimeout: false
+  clearInterval: false
+  setInterval: false
+  setImmediate: false
+  clearImmediate: false
+  console: false
diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index 24a24f369be17f..ae4ef870723f67 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -654,9 +654,10 @@ Buffer.prototype.equals = function equals(otherBuffer) {
   return _compare(this, otherBuffer) === 0;
 };
 
+let INSPECT_MAX_BYTES = 50;
 // Override how buffers are presented by util.inspect().
 Buffer.prototype[customInspectSymbol] = function inspect(recurseTimes, ctx) {
-  const max = exports.INSPECT_MAX_BYTES;
+  const max = INSPECT_MAX_BYTES;
   const actualMax = Math.min(max, this.length);
   const remaining = this.length - max;
   let str = this.hexSlice(0, actualMax).replace(/(.{2})/g, '$1 ').trim();
@@ -1089,19 +1090,25 @@ if (internalBinding('config').hasIntl) {
   };
 }
 
-module.exports = exports = {
+module.exports = {
   Buffer,
   SlowBuffer,
   transcode,
-  INSPECT_MAX_BYTES: 50,
-
   // Legacy
   kMaxLength,
   kStringMaxLength
 };
 
-Object.defineProperty(exports, 'constants', {
-  configurable: false,
-  enumerable: true,
-  value: constants
+Object.defineProperties(module.exports, {
+  constants: {
+    configurable: false,
+    enumerable: true,
+    value: constants
+  },
+  INSPECT_MAX_BYTES: {
+    configurable: true,
+    enumerable: true,
+    get() { return INSPECT_MAX_BYTES; },
+    set(val) { INSPECT_MAX_BYTES = val; }
+  }
 });
diff --git a/lib/crypto.js b/lib/crypto.js
index e80c7a8327df98..44d4800624e291 100644
--- a/lib/crypto.js
+++ b/lib/crypto.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function createVerify(algorithm, options) {
   return new Verify(algorithm, options);
 }
 
-module.exports = exports = {
+module.exports = {
   // Methods
   createCipheriv,
   createDecipheriv,
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function getFipsForced() {
   return 1;
 }
 
-Object.defineProperties(exports, {
+Object.defineProperties(module.exports, {
   createCipher: {
     enumerable: false,
     value: deprecate(createCipher,
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js
index d8dcd653920818..ffcc931334f861 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/loaders.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ const internalBindingWhitelist = new SafeSet([
 let internalBinding;
 {
   const bindingObj = Object.create(null);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-global-assign
   internalBinding = function internalBinding(module) {
     let mod = bindingObj[module];
     if (typeof mod !== 'object') {
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
index df727ff3c88a45..85c3557a812152 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ function normalizeReferrerURL(referrer) {
   return new URL(referrer).href;
 }
 
-module.exports = exports = {
+module.exports = {
   addBuiltinLibsToObject,
   builtinLibs,
   makeRequireFunction,
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index a508c3cead113c..f6b3082760dbe2 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ function timestamp() {
 }
 
 // Log is just a thin wrapper to console.log that prepends a timestamp
-function log() {
-  console.log('%s - %s', timestamp(), exports.format.apply(exports, arguments));
+function log(...args) {
+  console.log('%s - %s', timestamp(), format(...args));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function getSystemErrorName(err) {
 }
 
 // Keep the `exports =` so that various functions can still be monkeypatched
-module.exports = exports = {
+module.exports = {
   _errnoException: errnoException,
   _exceptionWithHostPort: exceptionWithHostPort,
   _extend,
diff --git a/test/.eslintrc.yaml b/test/.eslintrc.yaml
index 1140cff966a5c4..49c55de6b8ad0c 100644
--- a/test/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/test/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Test-specific linter rules
 
+env:
+  node: true
+  es6: true
+
 rules:
   # ECMAScript 6
   # http://eslint.org/docs/rules/#ecmascript-6
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eslint-require-buffer.js b/test/parallel/test-eslint-require-buffer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e0abd0c2d8d524..00000000000000
--- a/test/parallel/test-eslint-require-buffer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const common = require('../common');
-if (!common.hasCrypto)
-  common.skip('missing crypto');
-
-common.skipIfEslintMissing();
-
-const RuleTester = require('../../tools/node_modules/eslint').RuleTester;
-const rule = require('../../tools/eslint-rules/require-globals');
-const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
-  parserOptions: { ecmaVersion: 6 },
-  env: { node: true }
-});
-
-const message = "Use const { Buffer } = require('buffer'); " +
-                'at the beginning of this file';
-
-const useStrict = '\'use strict\';\n\n';
-const bufferModule = 'const { Buffer } = require(\'buffer\');\n';
-const mockComment = '// Some Comment\n//\n// Another Comment\n\n';
-const useBuffer = 'Buffer;';
-ruleTester.run('require-globals', rule, {
-  valid: [
-    'foo',
-    'const Buffer = require("Buffer"); Buffer;',
-    'const { Buffer } = require(\'buffer\'); Buffer;',
-  ],
-  invalid: [
-    {
-      code: useBuffer,
-      errors: [{ message }],
-      output: bufferModule + useBuffer,
-    },
-    {
-      code: useStrict + useBuffer,
-      errors: [{ message }],
-      output: useStrict + bufferModule + useBuffer,
-    },
-    {
-      code: mockComment + useBuffer,
-      errors: [{ message }],
-      output: mockComment + bufferModule + useBuffer,
-    },
-    {
-      code: mockComment + useStrict + useBuffer,
-      errors: [{ message }],
-      output: mockComment + useStrict + bufferModule + useBuffer,
-    },
-  ]
-});
diff --git a/tools/.eslintrc.yaml b/tools/.eslintrc.yaml
index ea518d2afb83ad..ffc36c66bdfc9d 100644
--- a/tools/.eslintrc.yaml
+++ b/tools/.eslintrc.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+env:
+  node: true
+  es6: true
+
 rules:
   comma-dangle:
     - error
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/require-globals.js b/tools/eslint-rules/require-globals.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bc49ff6c8746ed..00000000000000
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/require-globals.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-// This rule makes sure that no Globals are going to be used in /lib.
-// That could otherwise result in problems with the repl.
-
-module.exports = function(context) {
-
-  function flagIt(msg, fix) {
-    return (reference) => {
-      context.report({
-        node: reference.identifier,
-        message: msg,
-        fix: (fixer) => {
-          const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();
-
-          const useStrict = /'use strict';\n\n?/g;
-          const hasUseStrict = !!useStrict.exec(sourceCode.text);
-          const firstLOC = sourceCode.ast.range[0];
-          const rangeNeedle = hasUseStrict ? useStrict.lastIndex : firstLOC;
-
-          return fixer.insertTextBeforeRange([rangeNeedle], `${fix}\n`);
-        }
-      });
-    };
-  }
-
-  return {
-    'Program:exit': function() {
-      const globalScope = context.getScope();
-      let variable = globalScope.set.get('Buffer');
-      if (variable) {
-        const fix = "const { Buffer } = require('buffer');";
-        const msg = `Use ${fix} at the beginning of this file`;
-        variable.references.forEach(flagIt(msg, fix));
-      }
-      variable = globalScope.set.get('URL');
-      if (variable) {
-        const fix = "const { URL } = require('url');";
-        const msg = `Use ${fix} at the beginning of this file`;
-        variable.references.forEach(flagIt(msg, fix));
-      }
-      variable = globalScope.set.get('URLSearchParams');
-      if (variable) {
-        const fix = "const { URLSearchParams } = require('url');";
-        const msg = `Use ${fix} at the beginning of this file`;
-        variable.references.forEach(flagIt(msg, fix));
-      }
-    }
-  };
-};