diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index b9ebff875f1655..f2a61ab4134395 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ rules:
   strict: [2, "global"]
 
   # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
-  require-buffer: 2
   new-with-error: [2, "Error", "RangeError", "TypeError", "SyntaxError", "ReferenceError"]
 
 
diff --git a/lib/.eslintrc b/lib/.eslintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..341e9327c7cf3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/.eslintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+rules:
+  # Custom rules in tools/eslint-rules
+  require-buffer: 2