diff --git a/packages/generators/app/lib/create-project.js b/packages/generators/app/lib/create-project.js
index 00891a0a06..99435ded3c 100644
--- a/packages/generators/app/lib/create-project.js
+++ b/packages/generators/app/lib/create-project.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module.exports = async function createProject(scope, { client, connection, depen
 
     if (useTypescript) {
       const tsJSONDir = join(__dirname, 'resources', 'json', 'ts');
-      const files = ['tsconfig-admin.json.js', 'tsconfig-server.json.js', 'tslint.json.js'];
+      const files = ['tsconfig-admin.json.js', 'tsconfig-server.json.js'];
 
       files.forEach(file => {
         const srcPath = join(tsJSONDir, file);
diff --git a/packages/generators/app/lib/resources/json/ts/tslint.json.js b/packages/generators/app/lib/resources/json/ts/tslint.json.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7da8a02a0f..0000000000
--- a/packages/generators/app/lib/resources/json/ts/tslint.json.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-module.exports = () => ({
-  extends: 'tslint:recommended',
-});