diff --git a/lib/internal/readline.js b/lib/internal/readline.js
index 60fe946560..9f1884ad0e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 // Regex used for ansi escape code splitting
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
 // Adopted from https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex/blob/master/index.js
 // License: MIT, authors: @sindresorhus, Qix-, and arjunmehta
 // Matches all ansi escape code sequences in a string