diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index fcf9df0c46..c0ee671fe4 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ include:
 
 OpenLayers 3 follows [Google's JavaScript Style
 Guide](http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javascriptguide.xml).
-This is checked using the [Closure
-Linter](https://developers.google.com/closure/utilities/) in strict mode.  You
+This is checked using [ESLint](http://eslint.org/), you
 can run the linter locally on your machine before committing using the `lint`
 target: