diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/scripts/tsToJS.js b/packages/create-redwood-app/scripts/tsToJS.js
index 6ce9e5f4b6c0..e4880fe6a02c 100644
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/scripts/tsToJS.js
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/scripts/tsToJS.js
@@ -121,3 +121,13 @@ const seedFile = fs
 fs.writeFileSync(seedFilePath, seedFile)
 
 console.groupEnd()
+
+console.group('Updating lint ignore line in auth.js')
+
+const authFilePath = path.join(JS_TEMPLATE_PATH, 'api', 'src', 'lib', 'auth.js')
+const authFile = fs
+  .readFileSync(authFilePath, 'utf-8')
+  .replace('@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars', 'no-unused-vars')
+fs.writeFileSync(authFilePath, authFile)
+
+console.groupEnd()
diff --git a/packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/src/lib/auth.js b/packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/src/lib/auth.js
index ef6d8c9d10d8..c55e5f7535e6 100644
--- a/packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/src/lib/auth.js
+++ b/packages/create-redwood-app/templates/js/api/src/lib/auth.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const hasRole = ({ roles }) => {
 // in ./api/src/directives/requireAuth
 
 // Roles are passed in by the requireAuth directive if you have auth setup
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 export const requireAuth = ({ roles }) => {
   return isAuthenticated()
 }