diff --git a/lint_blacklist.txt b/lint_blacklist.txt
index 790d2b83b..a1a44cb7d 100644
--- a/lint_blacklist.txt
+++ b/lint_blacklist.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ build/
 demos/
 external/
 tests/
+bower_components/
+node_modules/
 
 # TODO(kevinb) fix the lint in this file (there's lots of it)
 js/workers/pjs/processing-stubs.js