diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index c4a3f80010c..914c0d76a7a 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         "no-sequences": "off",
         "no-shadow": "off",
         "no-sparse-arrays": "error",
-        "no-template-curly-in-string": "off",
+        "no-template-curly-in-string": "error",
         "no-throw-literal": "error",
         "no-trailing-spaces": "error",
         "no-undef-init": "error",
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/printer.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/printer.ts
index 8e217aa6a3a..0dcf32672d4 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/printer.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/printer.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace ts {
             printsCorrectly("removeComments", { removeComments: true }, printer => printer.printFile(sourceFile));
 
             // github #14948
-            // tslint:disable-next-line no-invalid-template-strings
+            // eslint-disable-next-line no-template-curly-in-string
             printsCorrectly("templateLiteral", {}, printer => printer.printFile(createSourceFile("source.ts", "let greeting = `Hi ${name}, how are you?`;", ScriptTarget.ES2017)));
 
             // github #18071
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/colorization.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/colorization.ts
index 71ba8bad394..91730af33a6 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/colorization.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/colorization.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-// tslint:disable no-invalid-template-strings (lots of tests use quoted code)
+// lots of tests use quoted code
+/* eslint-disable no-template-curly-in-string */
 
 interface ClassificationEntry {
     value: any;
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts
index c119aadb34e..198d1cb3262 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/organizeImports.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ D();
                 },
                 libFile);
 
-            // tslint:disable no-invalid-template-strings
+            /* eslint-disable no-template-curly-in-string */
             testOrganizeImports("MoveToTop_Invalid",
                 {
                     path: "/test.ts",
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ D();
 `,
                 },
                 libFile);
-            // tslint:enable no-invalid-template-strings
+            /* eslint-enable no-template-curly-in-string */
 
             testOrganizeImports("CoalesceMultipleModules",
                 {
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ export * from "lib";
                     },
                     libFile);
 
-                // tslint:disable no-invalid-template-strings
+                /* eslint-disable no-template-curly-in-string */
                 testOrganizeExports("MoveToTop_Invalid",
                     {
                         path: "/test.ts",
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ export { D } from "lib";
 `,
                     },
                     libFile);
-                // tslint:enable no-invalid-template-strings
+                /* eslint-enable no-template-curly-in-string */
 
                 testOrganizeExports("MoveToTop_WithImportsFirst",
                     {