diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4fb82cd7cb5..437897157f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Currently it is a thin layer on top of many amazing community projects, such as:
 * [webpack](https://webpack.github.io/) with [webpack-dev-server](https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server), [html-webpack-plugin](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin) and [style-loader](https://github.com/webpack/style-loader)
 * [Babel](http://babeljs.io/) with [preset-es2015](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-preset-es2015), [preset-es2016](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-preset-es2016), [preset-react](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-preset-react) and [transform-rest-spread](https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/transform-object-rest-spread/)
 * [Autoprefixer](https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer)
-* [ESLint](http://eslint.org/) with [eslint-config-airbnb](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript/tree/master/packages/eslint-config-airbnb)
+* [ESLint](http://eslint.org/)
 * and more.
 
 All of them are transient dependencies of the provided npm package.
diff --git a/config/.eslintrc b/config/.eslintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index b0c0c8bdac9..00000000000
--- a/config/.eslintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "airbnb"
-}
diff --git a/config/babel.dev.js b/config/babel.dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..746b215ea0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/babel.dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  cacheDirectory: true,
+  presets: ['es2015', 'es2016', 'react'],
+  plugins: ['transform-object-rest-spread']
+};
diff --git a/config/babel.prod.js b/config/babel.prod.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad4f120d19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/babel.prod.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  presets: ['es2015', 'es2016', 'react'],
+  plugins: [
+    'transform-object-rest-spread',
+    'transform-react-constant-elements'
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/config/eslint.js b/config/eslint.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..580893f5ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/eslint.js
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+// Inspired by https://github.com/airbnb/javascript but less opinionated.
+
+var OFF = 0; // rules that split the community (e.g. semicolons)
+var WARNING = 1; // style rules accepted by the majority of popular styleguides
+var ERROR = 2; // rules that prevent common mistakes
+
+module.exports = {
+  root: true,
+
+  plugins: ['react', 'import'],
+
+  env: {
+    es6: true,
+    commonjs: true,
+    browser: true
+  },
+
+  parserOptions: {
+    ecmaVersion: 6,
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    ecmaFeatures: {
+      jsx: true,
+      generators: true,
+      experimentalObjectRestSpread: true
+    }
+  },
+
+  settings: {
+    'import/ignore': [
+      'node_modules',
+      '\\.(json|css|jpg|png|gif|eot|svg|ttf|woff|woff2|mp4|webm)$',
+    ],
+    'import/extensions': ['.js'],
+    'import/resolver': {
+      node: {
+        extensions: ['.js', '.json']
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
+  rules: {
+    // http://eslint.org/docs/rules/
+    'array-callback-return': ERROR,
+    'arrow-spacing': [WARNING, { before: true, after: true }],
+    'block-scoped-var': WARNING,
+    'block-spacing': [WARNING, 'always'],
+    'brace-style': [WARNING, '1tbs', { allowSingleLine: true }],
+    'comma-spacing': [WARNING, { before: false, after: true }],
+    'comma-style': [WARNING, 'last'],
+    'computed-property-spacing': [WARNING, 'never'],
+    curly: [WARNING, 'multi-line'],
+    'default-case': [ERROR, { commentPattern: '^no default$' }],
+    'dot-notation': [WARNING, { allowKeywords: true }],
+    'dot-location': [ERROR, 'property'],
+    'eol-last': WARNING,
+    eqeqeq: [ERROR, 'allow-null'],
+    'generator-star-spacing': [WARNING, { before: false, after: true }],
+    'guard-for-in': ERROR,
+    'key-spacing': [WARNING, { beforeColon: false, afterColon: true }],
+    'keyword-spacing': [WARNING, {
+      before: true,
+      after: true,
+      overrides: {
+        return: { after: true },
+        throw: { after: true },
+        case: { after: true }
+      }
+    }],
+    'linebreak-style': [WARNING, 'unix'],
+    'new-cap': [ERROR, { newIsCap: true }],
+    'new-parens': ERROR,
+    'newline-per-chained-call': [WARNING, { ignoreChainWithDepth: 4 }],
+    'no-array-constructor': ERROR,
+    'no-caller': ERROR,
+    'no-case-declarations': WARNING,
+    'no-cond-assign': [ERROR, 'always'],
+    'no-confusing-arrow': [WARNING, {
+      allowParens: true,
+    }],
+    'no-console': OFF, // TODO: enable for production?
+    'no-constant-condition': WARNING,
+    'no-const-assign': ERROR,
+    'no-control-regex': ERROR,
+    'no-debugger': WARNING, // TODO: enable for production?
+    'no-delete-var': ERROR,
+    'no-dupe-args': ERROR,
+    'no-dupe-class-members': ERROR,
+    'no-dupe-keys': ERROR,
+    'no-duplicate-case': ERROR,
+    'no-duplicate-imports': WARNING,
+    'no-empty': [WARNING, {
+      allowEmptyCatch: true
+    }],
+    'no-empty-character-class': ERROR,
+    'no-empty-pattern': ERROR,
+    'no-eval': ERROR,
+    'no-ex-assign': ERROR,
+    'no-extend-native': ERROR,
+    'no-extra-bind': ERROR,
+    'no-extra-boolean-cast': WARNING,
+    'no-extra-label': ERROR,
+    'no-extra-semi': WARNING,
+    'no-fallthrough': ERROR,
+    'no-func-assign': ERROR,
+    'no-implied-eval': ERROR,
+    'no-invalid-this': WARNING,
+    'no-invalid-regexp': ERROR,
+    'no-irregular-whitespace': WARNING,
+    'no-iterator': ERROR,
+    'no-label-var': ERROR,
+    'no-labels': [ERROR, { allowLoop: false, allowSwitch: false }],
+    'no-lone-blocks': ERROR,
+    'no-loop-func': ERROR,
+    'no-mixed-operators': [ERROR, {
+      groups: [
+        ['+', '-', '*', '/', '%', '**'],
+        ['&', '|', '^', '~', '<<', '>>', '>>>'],
+        ['==', '!=', '===', '!==', '>', '>=', '<', '<='],
+        ['&&', '||'],
+        ['in', 'instanceof']
+      ],
+      allowSamePrecedence: false
+    }],
+    'no-multi-spaces': WARNING,
+    'no-multi-str': ERROR,
+    'no-multiple-empty-lines': [WARNING, { max: 2, maxEOF: 1 }],
+    'no-native-reassign': ERROR,
+    'no-negated-in-lhs': ERROR,
+    'no-nested-ternary': WARNING,
+    'no-new': ERROR,
+    'no-new-func': ERROR,
+    'no-new-object': ERROR,
+    'no-new-symbol': ERROR,
+    'no-new-wrappers': ERROR,
+    'no-obj-calls': ERROR,
+    'no-octal': ERROR,
+    'no-octal-escape': ERROR,
+    'no-prototype-builtins': WARNING,
+    'no-redeclare': ERROR,
+    'no-regex-spaces': ERROR,
+    'no-restricted-syntax': [
+      ERROR,
+      'LabeledStatement',
+      'WithStatement',
+    ],
+    'no-return-assign': ERROR,
+    'no-script-url': ERROR,
+    'no-self-assign': ERROR,
+    'no-self-compare': ERROR,
+    'no-sequences': ERROR,
+    'no-shadow': WARNING,
+    'no-shadow-restricted-names': ERROR,
+    'no-spaced-func': WARNING,
+    'no-sparse-arrays': ERROR,
+    'no-this-before-super': ERROR,
+    'no-throw-literal': ERROR,
+    'no-trailing-spaces': WARNING,
+    'no-undef': ERROR,
+    'no-unexpected-multiline': ERROR,
+    'no-unneeded-ternary': [WARNING, { defaultAssignment: false }],
+    'no-unreachable': ERROR,
+    'no-unsafe-finally': WARNING,
+    'no-unused-expressions': ERROR,
+    'no-unused-labels': ERROR,
+    'no-unused-vars': [ERROR, { vars: 'local', args: 'after-used' }],
+    'no-use-before-define': [ERROR, 'nofunc'],
+    'no-useless-computed-key': ERROR,
+    'no-useless-concat': ERROR,
+    'no-useless-constructor': ERROR,
+    'no-useless-escape': ERROR,
+    'no-useless-rename': [ERROR, {
+      ignoreDestructuring: false,
+      ignoreImport: false,
+      ignoreExport: false,
+    }],
+    'no-var': WARNING,
+    'no-with': ERROR,
+    'no-whitespace-before-property': ERROR,
+    'object-property-newline': [WARNING, {
+      allowMultiplePropertiesPerLine: true,
+    }],
+    'operator-assignment': [ERROR, 'always'],
+    radix: ERROR,
+    'require-yield': ERROR,
+    'rest-spread-spacing': [ERROR, 'never'],
+    'semi-spacing': [WARNING, { before: false, after: true }],
+    'space-before-blocks': WARNING,
+    'space-before-function-paren': [WARNING, { anonymous: 'always', named: 'never' }],
+    'space-in-parens': [WARNING, 'never'],
+    'space-infix-ops': WARNING,
+    'space-unary-ops': [WARNING, {
+      words: true,
+      nonwords: false,
+      overrides: {},
+    }],
+    'spaced-comment': [WARNING, 'always', {
+      exceptions: ['-', '+'],
+      markers: ['=', '!']
+    }],
+    strict: [ERROR, 'never'],
+    'template-curly-spacing': WARNING,
+    'unicode-bom': [ERROR, 'never'],
+    'use-isnan': ERROR,
+    'valid-typeof': ERROR,
+    'yield-star-spacing': [WARNING, 'after'],
+    yoda: WARNING,
+
+    // https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import/blob/master/docs/rules/
+
+    'import/default': ERROR,
+    'import/export': ERROR,
+    'import/imports-first': WARNING,
+    'import/named': ERROR,
+    'import/namespace': ERROR,
+    'import/no-amd': ERROR,
+    'import/no-commonjs': WARNING,
+    'import/no-duplicates': ERROR,
+    'import/no-extraneous-dependencies': ERROR,
+    'import/no-named-as-default': ERROR,
+    'import/no-named-as-default-member': ERROR,
+    'import/no-unresolved': [ERROR, { commonjs: true }],
+
+    // https://github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react/tree/master/docs/rules
+    'react/jsx-equals-spacing': [ERROR, 'never'],
+    'react/jsx-handler-names': [WARNING, {
+      eventHandlerPrefix: 'handle',
+      eventHandlerPropPrefix: 'on',
+    }],
+    'react/jsx-key': WARNING,
+    'react/jsx-no-duplicate-props': [ERROR, { ignoreCase: true }],
+    'react/jsx-no-undef': ERROR,
+    'react/jsx-pascal-case': [ERROR, {
+      allowAllCaps: true,
+      ignore: [],
+    }],
+    'react/jsx-space-before-closing': WARNING,
+    'react/jsx-uses-react': [ERROR, { pragma: 'React' }],
+    'react/jsx-uses-vars': ERROR,
+    'react/no-deprecated': ERROR,
+    'react/no-did-mount-set-state': [WARNING, 'allow-in-func'],
+    'react/no-did-update-set-state': [WARNING, 'allow-in-func'],
+    'react/no-direct-mutation-state': ERROR,
+    'react/no-is-mounted': ERROR,
+    'react/no-multi-comp': [WARNING, { ignoreStateless: true }],
+    'react/no-string-refs': WARNING,
+    'react/prefer-es6-class': OFF, // TODO: revisit after updating docs
+    'react/prefer-stateless-function': OFF, // TODO: revisit after updating docs
+    'react/react-in-jsx-scope': ERROR,
+    'react/require-render-return': ERROR,
+    'react/wrap-multilines': [WARNING, {
+      declaration: true,
+      assignment: true,
+      return: true
+    }]
+  }
+};
diff --git a/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index a57f226a867..18420f7b7e9 100644
--- a/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ var relative = isInNodeModules ? '../../..' : '..';
 module.exports = {
   devtool: 'eval',
   entry: [
-    './src/index.js',
-    'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:3000'
+    'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:3000',
+    './src/index.js'
   ],
   output: {
     // Next line is not used in dev but WebpackDevServer crashes without it:
@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ module.exports = {
         test: /\.js$/,
         include: path.resolve(__dirname, relative, 'src'),
         loader: 'babel',
-        query: {
-          cacheDirectory: true,
-          presets: ['es2015', 'es2016', 'react'],
-          plugins: ['transform-object-rest-spread']
-        }
+        query: require('./babel.dev')
       },
       {
         test: /\.css$/,
@@ -68,7 +64,8 @@ module.exports = {
     ]
   },
   eslint: {
-    configFile: path.join(__dirname, '.eslintrc')
+    configFile: path.join(__dirname, 'eslint.js'),
+    useEslintrc: false
   },
   postcss: function() {
     return [autoprefixer];
diff --git a/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 0c2e215a589..5eca60c59d4 100644
--- a/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -39,13 +39,7 @@ module.exports = {
         test: /\.js$/,
         include: path.resolve(__dirname, relative, 'src'),
         loader: 'babel',
-        query: {
-          presets: ['es2015', 'es2016', 'react'],
-          plugins: [
-            'transform-object-rest-spread',
-            'transform-react-constant-elements'
-          ]
-        }
+        query: require('./babel.prod')
       },
       {
         test: /\.css$/,
@@ -67,7 +61,10 @@ module.exports = {
     ]
   },
   eslint: {
-    configFile: path.join(__dirname, '.eslintrc')
+    // TODO: consider separate config for production,
+    // e.g. to enable no-console and no-debugger only in prod.
+    configFile: path.join(__dirname, 'eslint.js'),
+    useEslintrc: false
   },
   postcss: function() {
     return [autoprefixer];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b338be57d2..1379ed15e5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.9.0",
     "babel-preset-es2016": "^6.11.3",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.11.1",
-    "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "cross-spawn": "^4.0.0",
-    "eslint": "^2.13.1",
-    "eslint-config-airbnb": "^9.0.1",
+    "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
+    "eslint": "^3.1.1",
     "eslint-loader": "^1.4.1",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.10.3",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^1.5.5",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^5.2.2",
     "file-loader": "^0.9.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.22.0",
diff --git a/scripts/eject.js b/scripts/eject.js
index 2bb42bc9cfe..7955f15cbcc 100644
--- a/scripts/eject.js
+++ b/scripts/eject.js
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ prompt('Are you sure you want to eject? This action is permanent. [y/N]', functi
   var hostPath = path.join(selfPath, '..', '..');
 
   var files = [
-    path.join('config', '.eslintrc'),
+    path.join('config', 'babel.dev.js'),
+    path.join('config', 'babel.prod.js'),
+    path.join('config', 'eslint.js'),
     path.join('config', 'webpack.config.dev.js'),
     path.join('config', 'webpack.config.prod.js'),
     path.join('scripts', 'build.js'),