diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 4030a3e65..1739ed5fb 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -80,27 +80,18 @@ module.exports = function( grunt ) {
 			}
 		},
 		jshint: {
-			src: {
-				src: "src/**/*.js",
+			all: {
+				src: [
+					"src/**/*.js", "Gruntfile.js", "test/**/*.js", "build/tasks/*",
+					"build/{bower-install,release-notes,release}.js"
+				],
 				options: {
-					jshintrc: "src/.jshintrc"
+					jshintrc: true
 				}
 			},
 			dist: {
 				src: "dist/jquery.js",
 				options: srcHintOptions
-			},
-			grunt: {
-				src: [ "Gruntfile.js", "build/tasks/*", "build/{bower-install,release-notes,release}.js" ],
-				options: {
-					jshintrc: ".jshintrc"
-				}
-			},
-			tests: {
-				src: "test/**/*.js",
-				options: {
-					jshintrc: "test/.jshintrc"
-				}
 			}
 		},
 		jscs: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03fb510de..b3fa511ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "grunt-bowercopy": "~0.4.1",
     "grunt-cli": "~0.1.11",
     "grunt-compare-size": "~0.4.0",
-    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.7.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~0.7.1",
     "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.2.7",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.5.3",
     "grunt-git-authors": "~1.2.0",