diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools.yml b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
index c5d1d7eb1143b0..d4f7a5d68c858e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools.yml
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@ jobs:
                 echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
                 ./update-eslint.sh
               fi
-          - id: "@babel/eslint-parser"
-            run: |
-              cd tools
-              NEW_VERSION=$(npm view @babel/eslint-parser dist-tags.latest)
-              CURRENT_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./node_modules/@babel/eslint-parser/package.json').version")
-              if [ "$NEW_VERSION" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
-                echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-                ./update-babel-eslint.sh
-              fi
           - id: "lint-md-dependencies"
             run: |
               cd tools/lint-md
diff --git a/tools/update-babel-eslint.sh b/tools/update-babel-eslint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fa6c0b0ee41546..00000000000000
--- a/tools/update-babel-eslint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Shell script to update babel-eslint in the source tree to the latest release.
-
-# This script must be be in the tools directory when it runs because it uses
-# $0 to determine directories to work in.
-
-set -e
-
-cd "$( dirname "${0}" )" || exit
-rm -rf node_modules/@babel
-mkdir babel-eslint-tmp
-cd babel-eslint-tmp || exit
-
-ROOT="$PWD/../.."
-[ -z "$NODE" ] && NODE="$ROOT/out/Release/node"
-[ -x "$NODE" ] || NODE=`command -v node`
-NPM="$ROOT/deps/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
-
-"$NODE" "$NPM" init --yes
-"$NODE" "$NPM" install --global-style --no-bin-links --ignore-scripts --no-package-lock @babel/core @babel/eslint-parser @babel/plugin-syntax-import-assertions
-
-# Use dmn to remove some unneeded files.
-"$NODE" "$NPM" exec -- dmn@2.2.2 -f clean
-# Use removeNPMAbsolutePaths to remove unused data in package.json.
-# This avoids churn as absolute paths can change from one dev to another.
-"$NODE" "$NPM" exec -- removeNPMAbsolutePaths@1.0.4 .
-
-cd ..
-mv babel-eslint-tmp/node_modules/@babel node_modules/@babel
-rm -rf babel-eslint-tmp/
diff --git a/tools/update-eslint.sh b/tools/update-eslint.sh
index 5f87680597fb18..137130148c282d 100755
--- a/tools/update-eslint.sh
+++ b/tools/update-eslint.sh
@@ -5,23 +5,24 @@
 # This script must be in the tools directory when it runs because it uses the
 # script source file path to determine directories to work in.
 
-set -e
+set -ex
 
 cd "$( dirname "$0" )" || exit
-rm -rf node_modules/eslint node_modules/eslint-plugin-markdown
+rm -rf node_modules/eslint
 (
+    rm -rf eslint-tmp
     mkdir eslint-tmp
     cd eslint-tmp || exit
 
     ROOT="$PWD/../.."
     [ -z "$NODE" ] && NODE="$ROOT/out/Release/node"
-    [ -x "$NODE" ] || NODE=`command -v node`
+    [ -x "$NODE" ] || NODE=$(command -v node)
     NPM="$ROOT/deps/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
 
     "$NODE" "$NPM" init --yes
 
-    "$NODE" "$NPM" install --global-style --no-bin-links --ignore-scripts --no-package-lock eslint eslint-plugin-markdown
-
+    "$NODE" "$NPM" install --global-style --no-bin-links --ignore-scripts eslint
+    (cd node_modules/eslint && "$NODE" "$NPM" install --no-bin-links --ignore-scripts --production --omit=peer eslint-plugin-markdown @babel/core @babel/eslint-parser @babel/plugin-syntax-import-assertions)
     # Use dmn to remove some unneeded files.
     "$NODE" "$NPM" exec -- dmn@2.2.2 -f clean
     # Use removeNPMAbsolutePaths to remove unused data in package.json.
@@ -30,5 +31,4 @@ rm -rf node_modules/eslint node_modules/eslint-plugin-markdown
 )
 
 mv eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint node_modules/eslint
-mv eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint-plugin-markdown node_modules/eslint-plugin-markdown
 rm -rf eslint-tmp/