diff --git a/brightray/CPPLINT.cfg b/brightray/CPPLINT.cfg
index 41ce31dcad96..88c6f99113d5 100644
--- a/brightray/CPPLINT.cfg
+++ b/brightray/CPPLINT.cfg
@@ -1 +1 @@
-filter=-legal/copyright,-runtime/references
+filter=-legal/copyright