diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..390bf433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"browser" : true,
+	"evil": true,
+	"wsh": true,
+	"trailing": false,
+	"smarttabs": false,
+	"sub": true,
+	"supernew": true,
+	"laxbreak": true,
+	"eqeqeq": false,
+	"eqnull": true,
+	"loopfunc": true,
+	"boss": true,
+	"shadow": true
+}
diff --git a/projects/paperjs.sublime-project b/projects/paperjs.sublime-project
index 480eefdc..768b10bc 100644
--- a/projects/paperjs.sublime-project
+++ b/projects/paperjs.sublime-project
@@ -24,27 +24,6 @@
     "settings":
     {
         "tab_size": 4,
-        "translate_tabs_to_spaces": false,
-        // Note, these do not currently work on project settings, but are the
-        // settings used to develop paper.js
-        "javascript_linter": "jshint",
-        "jshint_options":
-        {
-            "evil": true,
-            "regexdash": true,
-            "browser": true,
-            "wsh": true,
-            "trailing": false,
-            "smarttabs": true,
-            "sub": true,
-            "supernew": true,
-            "laxbreak": true,
-            "eqeqeq": false,
-            "eqnull": true,
-            "loopfunc": true,
-            "boss": true,
-            "loopfunc": true,
-            "shadow": true
-        }
+        "translate_tabs_to_spaces": false
     }
 }