diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/.eslintrc.yml b/packages/google-cloud-language/.eslintrc.yml
index bed57fbc42c..65f1dce6c0c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/.eslintrc.yml
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/.eslintrc.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ rules:
   block-scoped-var: error
   eqeqeq: error
   no-warning-comments: warn
+  no-var: error
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/system-test/language_service_smoke_test.js b/packages/google-cloud-language/system-test/language_service_smoke_test.js
index eb13a4a2849..ab60d5b6ab1 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/system-test/language_service_smoke_test.js
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/system-test/language_service_smoke_test.js
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ describe('LanguageServiceSmokeTest', () => {
   it('successfully makes a call to the service', done => {
     const language = require('../src');
 
-    var client = new language.v1.LanguageServiceClient({
+    let client = new language.v1.LanguageServiceClient({
       // optional auth parameters.
     });
 
-    var content = 'Hello, world!';
-    var type = 'PLAIN_TEXT';
-    var document = {
+    let content = 'Hello, world!';
+    let type = 'PLAIN_TEXT';
+    let document = {
       content: content,
       type: type,
     };
     client
       .analyzeSentiment({document: document})
       .then(responses => {
-        var response = responses[0];
+        let response = responses[0];
         console.log(response);
       })
       .then(done)