diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 91f44f272a645..e064f3eae3e1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     - run:  npm ci
 
     - name: Linter
-      run:  npm run lint:ci
+      run:  npm run lint
 
   browser-integration:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
index 7f527a93a0b57..d422b2f8e1a99 100644
--- a/Gulpfile.js
+++ b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -372,9 +372,6 @@ const lint = eslint(".");
 lint.displayName = "lint";
 task("lint", lint);
 task("lint").description = "Runs eslint on the compiler and scripts sources.";
-task("lint").flags = {
-    "   --ci": "Runs eslint additional rules",
-};
 
 const buildCancellationToken = () => buildProject("src/cancellationToken");
 const cleanCancellationToken = () => cleanProject("src/cancellationToken");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6ad6f556ae6a0..d21e3030d1b01 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
         "clean": "gulp clean",
         "gulp": "gulp",
         "lint": "gulp lint",
-        "lint:ci": "gulp lint --ci",
         "setup-hooks": "node scripts/link-hooks.js"
     },
     "browser": {
diff --git a/scripts/build/options.js b/scripts/build/options.js
index 2c2d7c7b0a1db..8fe0bc5593ace 100644
--- a/scripts/build/options.js
+++ b/scripts/build/options.js
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 const minimist = require("minimist");
 const os = require("os");
 
+const ci = ["1", "true"].includes(process.env.CI);
+
 /** @type {CommandLineOptions} */
 module.exports = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
-    boolean: ["dirty", "light", "colors", "lint", "lkg", "soft", "fix", "failed", "keepFailed", "force", "built"],
+    boolean: ["dirty", "light", "colors", "lint", "lkg", "soft", "fix", "failed", "keepFailed", "force", "built", "ci"],
     string: ["browser", "tests", "break", "host", "reporter", "stackTraceLimit", "timeout", "shards", "shardId"],
     alias: {
         /* eslint-disable quote-props */
@@ -33,12 +35,13 @@ module.exports = minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
         reporter: process.env.reporter || process.env.r,
         lint: process.env.lint || true,
         fix: process.env.fix || process.env.f,
-        workers: process.env.workerCount || ((os.cpus().length - (process.env.CI ? 0 : 1)) || 1),
+        workers: process.env.workerCount || ((os.cpus().length - (ci ? 0 : 1)) || 1),
         failed: false,
         keepFailed: false,
         lkg: true,
         dirty: false,
-        built: false
+        built: false,
+        ci,
     }
 });
 
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ if (module.exports.built) {
  * @property {string|number} timeout
  * @property {boolean} failed
  * @property {boolean} keepFailed
+ * @property {boolean} ci
  *
  * @typedef {import("minimist").ParsedArgs & TypedOptions} CommandLineOptions
  */
diff --git a/scripts/build/tests.js b/scripts/build/tests.js
index be5592faf8a1d..4dd76c1f62e69 100644
--- a/scripts/build/tests.js
+++ b/scripts/build/tests.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ async function runConsoleTests(runJs, defaultReporter, runInParallel, watchMode)
             errorStatus = exitCode;
             error = new Error(`Process exited with status code ${errorStatus}.`);
         }
-        else if (process.env.CI === "true") {
+        else if (cmdLineOptions.ci) {
             // finally, do a sanity check and build the compiler with the built version of itself
             log.info("Starting sanity check build...");
             // Cleanup everything except lint rules (we'll need those later and would rather not waste time rebuilding them)