diff --git a/scripts/travis.sh b/scripts/travis.sh
index f349b06ad5..c4a06c1bd1 100755
--- a/scripts/travis.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,4 @@ npm run test
 ./.travis-test-riot.sh
 
 # run the linter, but exclude any files known to have errors or warnings.
-./node_modules/.bin/eslint --max-warnings 0 \
-    --ignore-path .eslintignore.errorfiles \
-    src test
+npm run lintwithexclusions