diff --git a/Makefile.js b/Makefile.js
index 480edc218bf..fc1d5b40c2b 100644
--- a/Makefile.js
+++ b/Makefile.js
@@ -837,7 +837,6 @@ target.checkRuleFiles = function() {
 
     echo("Validating rules");
 
-    const eslintRecommended = require("./conf/eslint-recommended").rules;
     const ruleTypes = require("./tools/rule-types.json");
     const ruleFiles = find("lib/rules/").filter(fileType("js"));
     let errors = 0;
@@ -846,15 +845,6 @@ target.checkRuleFiles = function() {
         const basename = path.basename(filename, ".js");
         const docFilename = `docs/rules/${basename}.md`;
 
-        /**
-         * Check if basename is present in eslint:recommended configuration.
-         * @returns {boolean} true if present
-         * @private
-         */
-        function isInConfig() {
-            return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(eslintRecommended, basename);
-        }
-
         /**
          * Check if basename is present in rule-types.json file.
          * @returns {boolean} true if present
@@ -896,12 +886,6 @@ target.checkRuleFiles = function() {
             }
         }
 
-        // check for recommended configuration
-        if (!isInConfig()) {
-            console.error("Missing eslint:recommended setting for %s in conf/eslint-recommended.js", basename);
-            errors++;
-        }
-
         // check for recommended configuration
         if (!isInRuleTypes()) {
             console.error("Missing setting for %s in tools/rule-types.json", basename);
diff --git a/conf/eslint-recommended.js b/conf/eslint-recommended.js
index ca0ca8fa95d..447a99638a4 100644
--- a/conf/eslint-recommended.js
+++ b/conf/eslint-recommended.js
@@ -6,274 +6,10 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
-/* eslint sort-keys: ["error", "asc"] */
+const builtInRules = require("../lib/built-in-rules-index");
 
 module.exports = {
-    rules: {
-        "accessor-pairs": "off",
-        "array-bracket-newline": "off",
-        "array-bracket-spacing": "off",
-        "array-callback-return": "off",
-        "array-element-newline": "off",
-        "arrow-body-style": "off",
-        "arrow-parens": "off",
-        "arrow-spacing": "off",
-        "block-scoped-var": "off",
-        "block-spacing": "off",
-        "brace-style": "off",
-        "callback-return": "off",
-        camelcase: "off",
-        "capitalized-comments": "off",
-        "class-methods-use-this": "off",
-        "comma-dangle": "off",
-        "comma-spacing": "off",
-        "comma-style": "off",
-        complexity: "off",
-        "computed-property-spacing": "off",
-        "consistent-return": "off",
-        "consistent-this": "off",
-        "constructor-super": "error",
-        curly: "off",
-        "default-case": "off",
-        "dot-location": "off",
-        "dot-notation": "off",
-        "eol-last": "off",
-        eqeqeq: "off",
-        "for-direction": "error",
-        "func-call-spacing": "off",
-        "func-name-matching": "off",
-        "func-names": "off",
-        "func-style": "off",
-        "function-paren-newline": "off",
-        "generator-star-spacing": "off",
-        "getter-return": "error",
-        "global-require": "off",
-        "guard-for-in": "off",
-        "handle-callback-err": "off",
-        "id-blacklist": "off",
-        "id-length": "off",
-        "id-match": "off",
-        "implicit-arrow-linebreak": "off",
-        indent: "off",
-        "indent-legacy": "off",
-        "init-declarations": "off",
-        "jsx-quotes": "off",
-        "key-spacing": "off",
-        "keyword-spacing": "off",
-        "line-comment-position": "off",
-        "linebreak-style": "off",
-        "lines-around-comment": "off",
-        "lines-around-directive": "off",
-        "lines-between-class-members": "off",
-        "max-classes-per-file": "off",
-        "max-depth": "off",
-        "max-len": "off",
-        "max-lines": "off",
-        "max-lines-per-function": "off",
-        "max-nested-callbacks": "off",
-        "max-params": "off",
-        "max-statements": "off",
-        "max-statements-per-line": "off",
-        "multiline-comment-style": "off",
-        "multiline-ternary": "off",
-        "new-cap": "off",
-        "new-parens": "off",
-        "newline-after-var": "off",
-        "newline-before-return": "off",
-        "newline-per-chained-call": "off",
-        "no-alert": "off",
-        "no-array-constructor": "off",
-        "no-async-promise-executor": "off",
-        "no-await-in-loop": "off",
-        "no-bitwise": "off",
-        "no-buffer-constructor": "off",
-        "no-caller": "off",
-        "no-case-declarations": "error",
-        "no-catch-shadow": "off",
-        "no-class-assign": "error",
-        "no-compare-neg-zero": "error",
-        "no-cond-assign": "error",
-        "no-confusing-arrow": "off",
-        "no-console": "error",
-        "no-const-assign": "error",
-        "no-constant-condition": "error",
-        "no-continue": "off",
-        "no-control-regex": "error",
-        "no-debugger": "error",
-        "no-delete-var": "error",
-        "no-div-regex": "off",
-        "no-dupe-args": "error",
-        "no-dupe-class-members": "error",
-        "no-dupe-keys": "error",
-        "no-duplicate-case": "error",
-        "no-duplicate-imports": "off",
-        "no-else-return": "off",
-        "no-empty": "error",
-        "no-empty-character-class": "error",
-        "no-empty-function": "off",
-        "no-empty-pattern": "error",
-        "no-eq-null": "off",
-        "no-eval": "off",
-        "no-ex-assign": "error",
-        "no-extend-native": "off",
-        "no-extra-bind": "off",
-        "no-extra-boolean-cast": "error",
-        "no-extra-label": "off",
-        "no-extra-parens": "off",
-        "no-extra-semi": "error",
-        "no-fallthrough": "error",
-        "no-floating-decimal": "off",
-        "no-func-assign": "error",
-        "no-global-assign": "error",
-        "no-implicit-coercion": "off",
-        "no-implicit-globals": "off",
-        "no-implied-eval": "off",
-        "no-inline-comments": "off",
-        "no-inner-declarations": "error",
-        "no-invalid-regexp": "error",
-        "no-invalid-this": "off",
-        "no-irregular-whitespace": "error",
-        "no-iterator": "off",
-        "no-label-var": "off",
-        "no-labels": "off",
-        "no-lone-blocks": "off",
-        "no-lonely-if": "off",
-        "no-loop-func": "off",
-        "no-magic-numbers": "off",
-        "no-misleading-character-class": "off",
-        "no-mixed-operators": "off",
-        "no-mixed-requires": "off",
-        "no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs": "error",
-        "no-multi-assign": "off",
-        "no-multi-spaces": "off",
-        "no-multi-str": "off",
-        "no-multiple-empty-lines": "off",
-        "no-native-reassign": "off",
-        "no-negated-condition": "off",
-        "no-negated-in-lhs": "off",
-        "no-nested-ternary": "off",
-        "no-new": "off",
-        "no-new-func": "off",
-        "no-new-object": "off",
-        "no-new-require": "off",
-        "no-new-symbol": "error",
-        "no-new-wrappers": "off",
-        "no-obj-calls": "error",
-        "no-octal": "error",
-        "no-octal-escape": "off",
-        "no-param-reassign": "off",
-        "no-path-concat": "off",
-        "no-plusplus": "off",
-        "no-process-env": "off",
-        "no-process-exit": "off",
-        "no-proto": "off",
-        "no-prototype-builtins": "off",
-        "no-redeclare": "error",
-        "no-regex-spaces": "error",
-        "no-restricted-globals": "off",
-        "no-restricted-imports": "off",
-        "no-restricted-modules": "off",
-        "no-restricted-properties": "off",
-        "no-restricted-syntax": "off",
-        "no-return-assign": "off",
-        "no-return-await": "off",
-        "no-script-url": "off",
-        "no-self-assign": "error",
-        "no-self-compare": "off",
-        "no-sequences": "off",
-        "no-shadow": "off",
-        "no-shadow-restricted-names": "off",
-        "no-spaced-func": "off",
-        "no-sparse-arrays": "error",
-        "no-sync": "off",
-        "no-tabs": "off",
-        "no-template-curly-in-string": "off",
-        "no-ternary": "off",
-        "no-this-before-super": "error",
-        "no-throw-literal": "off",
-        "no-trailing-spaces": "off",
-        "no-undef": "error",
-        "no-undef-init": "off",
-        "no-undefined": "off",
-        "no-underscore-dangle": "off",
-        "no-unexpected-multiline": "error",
-        "no-unmodified-loop-condition": "off",
-        "no-unneeded-ternary": "off",
-        "no-unreachable": "error",
-        "no-unsafe-finally": "error",
-        "no-unsafe-negation": "error",
-        "no-unused-expressions": "off",
-        "no-unused-labels": "error",
-        "no-unused-vars": "error",
-        "no-use-before-define": "off",
-        "no-useless-call": "off",
-        "no-useless-catch": "off",
-        "no-useless-computed-key": "off",
-        "no-useless-concat": "off",
-        "no-useless-constructor": "off",
-        "no-useless-escape": "error",
-        "no-useless-rename": "off",
-        "no-useless-return": "off",
-        "no-var": "off",
-        "no-void": "off",
-        "no-warning-comments": "off",
-        "no-whitespace-before-property": "off",
-        "no-with": "off",
-        "nonblock-statement-body-position": "off",
-        "object-curly-newline": "off",
-        "object-curly-spacing": "off",
-        "object-property-newline": "off",
-        "object-shorthand": "off",
-        "one-var": "off",
-        "one-var-declaration-per-line": "off",
-        "operator-assignment": "off",
-        "operator-linebreak": "off",
-        "padded-blocks": "off",
-        "padding-line-between-statements": "off",
-        "prefer-arrow-callback": "off",
-        "prefer-const": "off",
-        "prefer-destructuring": "off",
-        "prefer-numeric-literals": "off",
-        "prefer-object-spread": "off",
-        "prefer-promise-reject-errors": "off",
-        "prefer-reflect": "off",
-        "prefer-rest-params": "off",
-        "prefer-spread": "off",
-        "prefer-template": "off",
-        "quote-props": "off",
-        quotes: "off",
-        radix: "off",
-        "require-atomic-updates": "off",
-        "require-await": "off",
-        "require-jsdoc": "off",
-        "require-unicode-regexp": "off",
-        "require-yield": "error",
-        "rest-spread-spacing": "off",
-        semi: "off",
-        "semi-spacing": "off",
-        "semi-style": "off",
-        "sort-imports": "off",
-        "sort-keys": "off",
-        "sort-vars": "off",
-        "space-before-blocks": "off",
-        "space-before-function-paren": "off",
-        "space-in-parens": "off",
-        "space-infix-ops": "off",
-        "space-unary-ops": "off",
-        "spaced-comment": "off",
-        strict: "off",
-        "switch-colon-spacing": "off",
-        "symbol-description": "off",
-        "template-curly-spacing": "off",
-        "template-tag-spacing": "off",
-        "unicode-bom": "off",
-        "use-isnan": "error",
-        "valid-jsdoc": "off",
-        "valid-typeof": "error",
-        "vars-on-top": "off",
-        "wrap-iife": "off",
-        "wrap-regex": "off",
-        "yield-star-spacing": "off",
-        yoda: "off"
-    }
+    rules: Object.assign({}, ...Object.keys(builtInRules).map(ruleId => ({
+        [ruleId]: builtInRules[ruleId].meta.docs.recommended ? "error" : "off"
+    })))
 };