diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 03eb2d0f4a7e329ac3ded837eee853e30c9dc149..42158f30feea34a437df3e5b73354b0478e38535 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -3,13 +3,7 @@ module.exports = {
   extends: ['react-app'],
   rules: {
     'prettier/prettier': 'error',
-    'no-unused-vars': [
-      'warn',
-      {
-        argsIgnorePattern: '.*', // to keep backwards-compatibility; TODO: consider removing this too
-        varsIgnorePattern: '^_'
-      }
-    ],
+    'no-unused-vars': 'off', // TODO: re-enable once issues are fixed
     'no-loop-func': 'off',
     'no-restricted-globals': 'off',