diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 905f2a39ddf..ffc34e9a954 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /build/**
 /coverage/**
-/docs/**
-!/docs/.eleventy.js
+/docs/*
+!/docs/*.js
+!/docs/tools/
 /jsdoc/**
 /templates/**
 /tests/bench/**
diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index f504850ad57..cd47323f3e9 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     overrides: [
         {
-            files: ["tools/*.js"],
+            files: ["tools/*.js", "docs/tools/*.js"],
             rules: {
-                "no-console": "off"
+                "no-console": "off",
+                "n/no-process-exit": "off"
             }
         },
         {
diff --git a/docs/postcss.config.js b/docs/postcss.config.js
index 319fa67a5bc..128e741f027 100644
--- a/docs/postcss.config.js
+++ b/docs/postcss.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+"use strict";
+
 module.exports = {
     plugins: [
-      require('autoprefixer'),
-      require('cssnano')
+        require("autoprefixer"),
+        require("cssnano")
     ],
     map: false
-  }
+};
diff --git a/docs/tools/validate-links.js b/docs/tools/validate-links.js
index 5c1ca43578d..4d88ee7526a 100644
--- a/docs/tools/validate-links.js
+++ b/docs/tools/validate-links.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"use strict";
+
 const path = require("path");
 const TapRender = require("@munter/tap-render");
 const spot = require("tap-spot");
@@ -16,13 +18,19 @@ const skipPatterns = [
     "/team",
     "/donate",
     "/docs/latest",
-    `src="null"`,
+    'src="null"'
 ];
 
-const skipFilter = (report) =>
-    Object.values(report).some((value) =>
-        skipPatterns.some((pattern) => String(value).includes(pattern))
-    );
+/**
+ * Filter function to mark tests as skipped.
+ * Tests for which this function returns `true' are not considered failed.
+ * @param {Object} report hyperlink's test report for a link.
+ * @returns {boolean} `true` if the report contains any of `skipPatterns`.
+ */
+function skipFilter(report) {
+    return Object.values(report).some(value =>
+        skipPatterns.some(pattern => String(value).includes(pattern)));
+}
 
 (async () => {
     try {
@@ -35,7 +43,7 @@ const skipFilter = (report) =>
                 internalOnly: true,
                 pretty: true,
                 concurrency: 25,
-                skipFilter,
+                skipFilter
             },
             tapRenderInstance
         );
diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 2a9907aa075..dfed655ec36 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ module.exports = [
             "build/**",
             "coverage/**",
             "docs/*",
-            "!docs/.eleventy.js",
+            "!docs/*.js",
+            "!docs/tools/",
             "jsdoc/**",
             "templates/**",
             "tests/bench/**",
@@ -119,9 +120,10 @@ module.exports = [
         }
     },
     {
-        files: ["tools/*.js"],
+        files: ["tools/*.js", "docs/tools/*.js"],
         rules: {
-            "no-console": "off"
+            "no-console": "off",
+            "n/no-process-exit": "off"
         }
     },
     {
diff --git a/tools/fetch-docs-links.js b/tools/fetch-docs-links.js
index d29dff1b3a0..9cdd05aab1a 100644
--- a/tools/fetch-docs-links.js
+++ b/tools/fetch-docs-links.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ async function fetchLinkMeta(url) {
                         console.error("Could not fetch data for", url);
                         console.error(ex.message);
                         console.error(ex.stack);
-                        process.exit(1); // eslint-disable-line n/no-process-exit -- used in tools
+                        process.exit(1);
                     }
                 }
             }