diff --git a/local-cli/.eslintrc b/local-cli/.eslintrc
index dbc1c54db..6f2bcc4db 100644
--- a/local-cli/.eslintrc
+++ b/local-cli/.eslintrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "rules": {
     "extra-arrow-initializer": 0,
+    "no-alert": 0,
     "no-console-disallow": 0
   },
   "env": {
diff --git a/packager/.eslintrc b/packager/.eslintrc
index 58ef8ed61..b3702489b 100644
--- a/packager/.eslintrc
+++ b/packager/.eslintrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "rules": {
     "extra-arrow-initializer": 0,
+    "no-alert": 0,
     "no-console-disallow": 0
   }
 }