diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 812637821841ce..d2cc8ea000ac3f 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ rules:
   assert-fail-single-argument: 2
   assert-throws-arguments: [2, { requireTwo: false }]
   new-with-error: [2, Error, RangeError, TypeError, SyntaxError, ReferenceError]
-  no-useless-regex-char-class-escape: [2, { override: ['[', ']'] }]
 
 # Global scoped method and vars
 globals:
diff --git a/tools/eslint-rules/no-useless-regex-char-class-escape.js b/tools/eslint-rules/no-useless-regex-char-class-escape.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e18077098daee2..00000000000000
--- a/tools/eslint-rules/no-useless-regex-char-class-escape.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @fileoverview Disallow useless escape in regex character class
- * Based on 'no-useless-escape' rule
- */
-'use strict';
-
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Rule Definition
-//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-const REGEX_CHARCLASS_ESCAPES = new Set('\\bcdDfnrsStvwWxu0123456789]');
-
-/**
- * Parses a regular expression into a list of regex character class list.
- * @param {string} regExpText raw text used to create the regular expression
- * @returns {Object[]} A list of character classes tokens with index and
- *   escape info
- * @example
- *
- * parseRegExpCharClass('a\\b[cd-]')
- *
- * returns:
- * [
- *   {
- *     empty: false,
- *     start: 4,
- *     end: 6,
- *     chars: [
- *       {text: 'c', index: 4, escaped: false},
- *       {text: 'd', index: 5, escaped: false},
- *       {text: '-', index: 6, escaped: false}
- *     ]
- *   }
- * ]
- */
-
-function parseRegExpCharClass(regExpText) {
-  const charList = [];
-  let charListIdx = -1;
-  const initState = {
-    escapeNextChar: false,
-    inCharClass: false,
-    startingCharClass: false
-  };
-
-  regExpText.split('').reduce((state, char, index) => {
-    if (!state.escapeNextChar) {
-      if (char === '\\') {
-        return Object.assign(state, { escapeNextChar: true });
-      }
-      if (char === '[' && !state.inCharClass) {
-        charListIdx += 1;
-        charList.push({ start: index + 1, chars: [], end: -1 });
-        return Object.assign(state, {
-          inCharClass: true,
-          startingCharClass: true
-        });
-      }
-      if (char === ']' && state.inCharClass) {
-        const charClass = charList[charListIdx];
-        charClass.empty = charClass.chars.length === 0;
-        if (charClass.empty) {
-          charClass.start = charClass.end = -1;
-        } else {
-          charList[charListIdx].end = index - 1;
-        }
-        return Object.assign(state, {
-          inCharClass: false,
-          startingCharClass: false
-        });
-      }
-    }
-    if (state.inCharClass) {
-      charList[charListIdx].chars.push({
-        text: char,
-        index, escaped:
-        state.escapeNextChar
-      });
-    }
-    return Object.assign(state, {
-      escapeNextChar: false,
-      startingCharClass: false
-    });
-  }, initState);
-
-  return charList;
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  meta: {
-    docs: {
-      description: 'disallow unnecessary regex characer class escape sequences',
-      category: 'Best Practices',
-      recommended: false
-    },
-    fixable: 'code',
-    schema: [{
-      'type': 'object',
-      'properties': {
-        'override': {
-          'type': 'array',
-          'items': { 'type': 'string' },
-          'uniqueItems': true
-        }
-      },
-      'additionalProperties': false
-    }]
-  },
-
-  create(context) {
-    const overrideSet = new Set(context.options.length ?
-                                context.options[0].override || [] :
-                                []);
-
-    /**
-     * Reports a node
-     * @param {ASTNode} node The node to report
-     * @param {number} startOffset The backslash's offset
-     *   from the start of the node
-     * @param {string} character The uselessly escaped character
-     *   (not including the backslash)
-     * @returns {void}
-     */
-    function report(node, startOffset, character) {
-      context.report({
-        node,
-        loc: {
-          line: node.loc.start.line,
-          column: node.loc.start.column + startOffset
-        },
-        message: 'Unnecessary regex escape in character' +
-                 ' class: \\{{character}}',
-        data: { character },
-        fix: (fixer) => {
-          const start = node.range[0] + startOffset;
-          return fixer.replaceTextRange([start, start + 1], '');
-        }
-      });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if a node has superflous escape character
-     *   in regex character class.
-     *
-     * @param {ASTNode} node - node to check.
-     * @returns {void}
-     */
-    function check(node) {
-      if (node.regex) {
-        parseRegExpCharClass(node.regex.pattern)
-          .forEach((charClass) => {
-            charClass
-              .chars
-              // The '-' character is a special case if is not at
-              // either edge of the character class. To account for this,
-              // filter out '-' characters that appear in the middle of a
-              // character class.
-              .filter((charInfo) => !(charInfo.text === '-' &&
-                                      (charInfo.index !== charClass.start &&
-                                       charInfo.index !== charClass.end)))
-
-              // The '^' character is a special case if it's at the beginning
-              // of the character class. To account for this, filter out '^'
-              // characters that appear at the start of a character class.
-              //
-              .filter((charInfo) => !(charInfo.text === '^' &&
-                                    charInfo.index === charClass.start))
-
-              // Filter out characters that aren't escaped.
-              .filter((charInfo) => charInfo.escaped)
-
-              // Filter out characters that are valid to escape, based on
-              // their position in the regular expression.
-              .filter((charInfo) => !REGEX_CHARCLASS_ESCAPES.has(charInfo.text))
-
-              // Filter out overridden character list.
-              .filter((charInfo) => !overrideSet.has(charInfo.text))
-
-              // Report all the remaining characters.
-              .forEach((charInfo) =>
-                report(node, charInfo.index, charInfo.text));
-          });
-      }
-    }
-
-    return {
-      Literal: check
-    };
-  }
-};