diff --git a/.eslintrc.yml b/.eslintrc.yml
index e1a973e370..604690f21c 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.yml
+++ b/.eslintrc.yml
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ overrides:
       '@typescript-eslint/prefer-readonly': error
       '@typescript-eslint/prefer-readonly-parameter-types': off # TODO consider
       '@typescript-eslint/prefer-reduce-type-parameter': error
-      '@typescript-eslint/prefer-regexp-exec': error
+      '@typescript-eslint/prefer-regexp-exec': off
       '@typescript-eslint/prefer-ts-expect-error': error
       '@typescript-eslint/prefer-string-starts-ends-with': off # TODO switch to error after IE11 drop
       '@typescript-eslint/promise-function-async': off
diff --git a/src/language/location.js b/src/language/location.js
index 4695d52e71..b4d4fa4bb6 100644
--- a/src/language/location.js
+++ b/src/language/location.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import type { Source } from './source';
 
+const LineRegExp = /\r\n|[\n\r]/g;
+
 /**
  * Represents a location in a Source.
  */
@@ -13,13 +15,16 @@ export type SourceLocation = {
  * line and column as a SourceLocation.
  */
 export function getLocation(source: Source, position: number): SourceLocation {
-  const lineRegexp = /\r\n|[\n\r]/g;
+  let lastLineStart = 0;
   let line = 1;
-  let column = position + 1;
-  let match;
-  while ((match = lineRegexp.exec(source.body)) && match.index < position) {
+
+  for (const match of source.body.matchAll(LineRegExp)) {
+    if (match.index >= position) {
+      break;
+    }
+    lastLineStart = match.index + match[0].length;
     line += 1;
-    column = position + 1 - (match.index + match[0].length);
   }
-  return { line, column };
+
+  return { line, column: position + 1 - lastLineStart };
 }