diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
index 79ed65fc1..5ff1e697d 100644
--- a/.jshintrc
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     "node": true,
     "quotmark": "double",
     "smarttabs": true,
-    "strict": true,
     "trailing": true,
     "undef": true,
     "unused": true