diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index d6864ff9..fdc9887d 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     // NOTE(bajtos) we should eventually remove this override
     // and fix all of those 100+ violations
     "one-var": "off",
-    "no-unused-expressions": "off",
-    "strict": ["warn", "global"]
+    "no-unused-expressions": "off"
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index f46cd227..edd93905 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+// Turning on strict for this file breaks lots of test cases;
+// disabling strict for this file
+/* eslint-disable strict */
+
 /*!
  * Module exports class Model
  */
diff --git a/lib/datasource.js b/lib/datasource.js
index 08366d43..1b6e008a 100644
--- a/lib/datasource.js
+++ b/lib/datasource.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+// Turning on strict for this file breaks lots of test cases;
+// disabling strict for this file
+/* eslint-disable strict */
+
 /*!
  * Module dependencies
  */
diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index d1e6b440..9df46a1e 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+// Turning on strict for this file breaks lots of test cases;
+// disabling strict for this file
+/* eslint-disable strict */
+
 /*!
  * Module exports class Model
  */
diff --git a/lib/relation-definition.js b/lib/relation-definition.js
index 4d1f1769..342ffe40 100644
--- a/lib/relation-definition.js
+++ b/lib/relation-definition.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+// Turning on strict for this file breaks lots of test cases;
+// disabling strict for this file
+/* eslint-disable strict */
+
 /*!
  * Dependencies
  */