diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 4d4e37ed2ae..d57ff41338a 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -34,66 +34,7 @@
 
     // Use typescript's no-redeclare for compatibility with overrides
     "no-redeclare": "off",
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-redeclare": ["error"],
-
-
-    // these are all the rules listed in the strict preset
-    // we should fix them one by one and mark them as errors
-    // once they're all fixed, we can remove them all and instead extend the strict preset
-    // with "extends": ["plugin:jsx-a11y/strict"]
-    "jsx-a11y/alt-text": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/anchor-has-content": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/aria-activedescendant-has-tabindex": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/aria-props": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/aria-proptypes": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/aria-role": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/aria-unsupported-elements": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/autocomplete-valid": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/heading-has-content": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/html-has-lang": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/img-redundant-alt": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/interactive-supports-focus": [
-      "off",
-      {
-        "tabbable": [
-          "button",
-          "checkbox",
-          "link",
-          "progressbar",
-          "searchbox",
-          "slider",
-          "spinbutton",
-          "switch",
-          "textbox"
-        ]
-      }
-    ],
-    "jsx-a11y/label-has-associated-control": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/media-has-caption": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/mouse-events-have-key-events": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-access-key": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-autofocus": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-distracting-elements": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-interactive-element-to-noninteractive-role": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-interactions": [
-      "off",
-      {
-        "body": ["onError", "onLoad"],
-        "iframe": ["onError", "onLoad"],
-        "img": ["onError", "onLoad"]
-      }
-    ],
-    "jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-to-interactive-role": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-tabindex": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-redundant-roles": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions": "off",
-    "jsx-a11y/role-has-required-aria-props": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/role-supports-aria-props": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/scope": "error",
-    "jsx-a11y/tabindex-no-positive": "error"
+    "@typescript-eslint/no-redeclare": ["error"]
   },
   "overrides": [
     {
@@ -117,6 +58,69 @@
         "no-redeclare": "error",
         "@typescript-eslint/no-redeclare": "off"
       }
+    },
+    {
+      "files": ["**/*"],
+      "excludedFiles": ["**/*.{spec,test}.{ts,tsx}"],
+      "rules": {
+        // these are all the rules listed in the strict preset
+        // we should fix them one by one and mark them as errors
+        // once they're all fixed, we can remove them all and instead extend the strict preset
+        // with "extends": ["plugin:jsx-a11y/strict"]
+        "jsx-a11y/alt-text": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/anchor-has-content": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/aria-activedescendant-has-tabindex": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/aria-props": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/aria-proptypes": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/aria-role": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/aria-unsupported-elements": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/autocomplete-valid": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/heading-has-content": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/html-has-lang": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/iframe-has-title": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/img-redundant-alt": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/interactive-supports-focus": [
+          "off",
+          {
+            "tabbable": [
+              "button",
+              "checkbox",
+              "link",
+              "progressbar",
+              "searchbox",
+              "slider",
+              "spinbutton",
+              "switch",
+              "textbox"
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "jsx-a11y/label-has-associated-control": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/media-has-caption": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/mouse-events-have-key-events": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-access-key": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-autofocus": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-distracting-elements": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-interactive-element-to-noninteractive-role": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-interactions": [
+          "off",
+          {
+            "body": ["onError", "onLoad"],
+            "iframe": ["onError", "onLoad"],
+            "img": ["onError", "onLoad"]
+          }
+        ],
+        "jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-to-interactive-role": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-tabindex": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-redundant-roles": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions": "off",
+        "jsx-a11y/role-has-required-aria-props": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/role-supports-aria-props": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/scope": "error",
+        "jsx-a11y/tabindex-no-positive": "error"
+      }
     }
   ]
 }