diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 02485f9e4ab2..a8bc7d5db587 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
     "build-tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "debug:test": "node --inspect-brk ./bin/devkit-admin test",
     "debug:test-large": "node --inspect-brk ./bin/devkit-admin test --large --spec-reporter",
-    "fix": "node ./bin/devkit-admin lint --fix",
-    "lint": "node ./bin/devkit-admin lint",
+    "lint": "tslint --project tsconfig.json",
     "templates": "node ./bin/devkit-admin templates",
     "validate": "node ./bin/devkit-admin validate",
     "validate-commits": "./bin/devkit-admin validate-commits",
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index a5dc3b45bdc3..f970712d4aa2 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ Flags:
 * `--githubTokenFile=<path>`. Reads the githubToken from a file instead of the command line (for CI).
 * `--stdout`. Skip the whole release note process and output the markdown to stdout instead.
 
-## lint
-
-Runs tslint on the whole repo.
-
-Flags:
-
-* `--fix`. Also applies fixes.
-
 ## packages
 
 Outputs a JSON containing all informations from the package script (main files, repo names, versions, deps, etc).
diff --git a/scripts/lint.ts b/scripts/lint.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d15c10d1d8a..000000000000
--- a/scripts/lint.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
- */
-// tslint:disable:no-implicit-dependencies
-// tslint:disable:no-console
-import { logging } from '@angular-devkit/core';
-import { ParsedArgs } from 'minimist';
-import * as path from 'path';
-import { Configuration, ILinterOptions, Linter, findFormatter } from 'tslint';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
-
-function _buildRules(logger: logging.Logger) {
-  const tsConfigPath = path.join(__dirname, '../etc/rules/tsconfig.json');
-  const configFile = ts.readConfigFile(tsConfigPath, ts.sys.readFile);
-
-  const parsedTsConfig = ts.parseJsonConfigFileContent(
-    configFile.config,
-    ts.sys,
-    path.dirname(tsConfigPath),
-  );
-  const lintRulesProgram = ts.createProgram(parsedTsConfig.fileNames, parsedTsConfig.options);
-  const result = lintRulesProgram.emit();
-
-  if (result.emitSkipped) {
-    const host: ts.FormatDiagnosticsHost = {
-      getCurrentDirectory: () => ts.sys.getCurrentDirectory(),
-      getNewLine: () => ts.sys.newLine,
-      getCanonicalFileName: (fileName: string) => fileName,
-    };
-    logger.fatal(ts.formatDiagnostics(result.diagnostics, host));
-    process.exit(100);
-  }
-}
-
-export default async function(options: ParsedArgs, logger: logging.Logger) {
-  _buildRules(logger);
-
-  const lintOptions: ILinterOptions = {
-    fix: options.fix,
-  };
-
-  const program = Linter.createProgram(path.join(__dirname, '../tsconfig.json'));
-  const linter = new Linter(lintOptions, program);
-  const tsLintPath = path.join(__dirname, '../tslint.json');
-  const tsLintConfig = Configuration.loadConfigurationFromPath(tsLintPath);
-
-  // Console is used directly by tslint, and when finding a rule that doesn't exist it's considered
-  // a warning by TSLint but _only_ shown on the console and impossible to see through the API.
-  // In order to see any warnings that happen from TSLint itself, we hook into console.warn() and
-  // record any calls.
-  const oldWarn = console.warn;
-  let warnings = false;
-  console.warn = (...args) => {
-    warnings = true;
-    oldWarn(...args);
-  };
-
-  program.getRootFileNames().forEach(fileName => {
-    linter.lint(fileName, ts.sys.readFile(fileName) || '', tsLintConfig);
-  });
-
-  console.warn = oldWarn;
-
-  const result = linter.getResult();
-  const Formatter = findFormatter('codeFrame');
-  if (!Formatter) {
-    throw new Error('Cannot find lint formatter.');
-  }
-  const formatter = new Formatter();
-
-  if (result.errorCount > 0) {
-    logger.error(formatter.format(result.failures));
-    logger.info(`Errors:   ${result.errorCount}`);
-    if (result.warningCount > 0) {
-      logger.info(`Warnings: ${result.warningCount}`);
-    }
-
-    return 2;
-  } else if (result.warningCount > 0) {
-    logger.warn(formatter.format(result.failures));
-    logger.info(`Warnings: ${result.warningCount}`);
-
-    return 1;
-  } else if (warnings) {
-    logger.warn('TSLint found warnings, but code is okay. See above.');
-
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}