diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0aab9e94a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "bitwise": false,
+  "camelcase": false,
+  "curly": true,
+  "eqeqeq": true,
+  "es3": true,
+  "forin": true,
+  "immed": true,
+  "latedef": true,
+  "newcap": true,
+  "noarg": true,
+  "noempty": false,
+  "nonew": true,
+  "plusplus": false,
+  "quotmark": false,
+  "regexp": false,
+  "undef": true,
+  "unused": false,
+  "strict": true,
+  "trailing": true,
+  "asi": false,
+  "boss": false,
+  "debug": false,
+  "eqnull": false,
+  "esnext": false,
+  "evil": false,
+  "expr": false,
+  "funcscope": false,
+  "globalstrict": false,
+  "iterator": false,
+  "lastsemic": false,
+  "laxbreak": false,
+  "laxcomma": false,
+  "loopfunc": false,
+  "moz": false,
+  "multistr": true,
+  "proto": false,
+  "regexdash": false,
+  "scripturl": false,
+  "smarttabs": false,
+  "shadow": false,
+  "sub": false,
+  "supernew": false,
+  "browser": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.settings/com.eclipsesource.jshint.ui.prefs b/.settings/com.eclipsesource.jshint.ui.prefs
index 786365c144f3..5d8e5b1f560c 100644
--- a/.settings/com.eclipsesource.jshint.ui.prefs
+++ b/.settings/com.eclipsesource.jshint.ui.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 excluded=Apps/Sandcastle/ThirdParty//*\:Source/ThirdParty//*\:Source/Workers/cesiumWorkerBootstrapper.js\:ThirdParty//*\:Tools/build.js
 included=//*.js
-options=bitwise \: false,\r\ncamelcase \: false,\r\ncurly \: true,\r\neqeqeq \: true,\r\nes3 \: true,\r\nforin \: true,\r\nimmed \: true,\r\nlatedef \: true,\r\nnewcap \: true,\r\nnoarg \: true,\r\nnoempty \: false,\r\nnonew \: true,\r\nplusplus \: false,\r\nquotmark \: false,\r\nregexp \: false,\r\nundef \: true,\r\nunused \: false,\r\nstrict \: true,\r\ntrailing \: true,\r\nasi \: false,\r\nboss \: false,\r\ndebug \: false,\r\neqnull \: false,\r\nesnext \: false,\r\nevil \: false,\r\nexpr \: false,\r\nfuncscope \: false,\r\nglobalstrict \: false,\r\niterator \: false,\r\nlastsemic \: false,\r\nlaxbreak \: false,\r\nlaxcomma \: false,\r\nloopfunc \: false,\r\nmoz \: false,\r\nmultistr \: true,\r\nproto \: false,\r\nregexdash \: false,\r\nscripturl \: false,\r\nsmarttabs \: false,\r\nshadow \: false,\r\nsub \: false,\r\nsupernew \: false,\r\nbrowser \: true
 projectSpecificOptions=true
diff --git a/Tools/buildTasks/createSandcastleJsHintOptions.js b/Tools/buildTasks/createSandcastleJsHintOptions.js
index 268e8e6917df..01bc9fa929cc 100644
--- a/Tools/buildTasks/createSandcastleJsHintOptions.js
+++ b/Tools/buildTasks/createSandcastleJsHintOptions.js
@@ -3,15 +3,9 @@ importClass(Packages.org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main); /*global Main*/
 Main.exec(['-e', '{}']);
 var load = Main.global.load;
 
-load(project.getProperty('tasksDirectory') + '/shared.js'); /*global forEachFile,readFileContents,writeFileContents,File,FileReader,FileWriter,FileUtils*/
+load(project.getProperty('tasksDirectory') + '/shared.js'); /*global forEachFile,readFileContents,writeFileContents,loadJsHintOptionsFile,File,FileReader,FileWriter,FileUtils*/
 
-function loadJsHintOptions() {
-    "use strict";
-    /*jshint evil:true*/
-    return eval('({' + attributes.get('jshintoptions') + '})');
-}
-
-var jsHintOptions = loadJsHintOptions();
+var jsHintOptions = loadJsHintOptionsFile(attributes.get('jshintoptionspath'));
 
 jsHintOptions.predef = ['require', 'console', 'Sandcastle', 'Cesium'];
 
diff --git a/Tools/buildTasks/runJsHint.js b/Tools/buildTasks/runJsHint.js
index 2d5d96e04105..de296e8c962f 100644
--- a/Tools/buildTasks/runJsHint.js
+++ b/Tools/buildTasks/runJsHint.js
@@ -3,24 +3,16 @@ importClass(Packages.org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main); /*global Main*/
 Main.exec(['-e', '{}']);
 var load = Main.global.load;
 
-load(project.getProperty('tasksDirectory') + '/shared.js'); /*global forEachFile,readFileContents,writeFileContents,File,FileReader,FileWriter,FileUtils*/
+load(project.getProperty('tasksDirectory') + '/shared.js'); /*global forEachFile,readFileContents,writeFileContents,loadJsHintOptionsFile,File,FileReader,FileWriter,FileUtils*/
 
 /*global window:true*/
 var window = window || {};
 
-var jsHintPath = attributes.get('jshintpath');
-load(jsHintPath); /*global JSHINT*/
+load(attributes.get('jshintpath')); /*global JSHINT*/
 
-function loadJsHintOptions() {
-    "use strict";
-    /*jshint evil:true*/
-    return eval('({' + attributes.get('jshintoptions') + '})');
-}
-
-var jsHintOptions = loadJsHintOptions();
+var jsHintOptions = loadJsHintOptionsFile(attributes.get('jshintoptionspath'));
 
-var sandcastleJsHintOptionsPath = attributes.get('sandcastlejshintoptionspath');
-load(sandcastleJsHintOptionsPath);/*global sandcastleJsHintOptions*/
+load(attributes.get('sandcastlejshintoptionspath')); /*global sandcastleJsHintOptions*/
 
 var errors = [];
 
diff --git a/Tools/buildTasks/shared.js b/Tools/buildTasks/shared.js
index 92e3674edadd..8b0414edb02c 100644
--- a/Tools/buildTasks/shared.js
+++ b/Tools/buildTasks/shared.js
@@ -48,4 +48,10 @@ function writeFileContents(filename, contents, writeIfUnchanged) {
         writer.write(contents);
         writer.close();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+function loadJsHintOptionsFile(path) {
+    "use strict";
+    /*jshint evil:true*/
+    return eval('(' + readFileContents(path) + ')');
+}
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 24ff80506822..682e92002a9e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 			<demos dir="${galleryDirectory}" includes="**/*.html" />
 		</createGalleryList>
 
-		<createSandcastleJsHintOptions output="${sandcastleDirectory}/jsHintOptions.js" jshintoptions="${jsHintEclipseSettings.options}" />
+		<createSandcastleJsHintOptions output="${sandcastleDirectory}/jsHintOptions.js" jshintoptionspath="${jsHintOptionsPath}" />
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="combine" depends="build,combineJavaScript" description="Combines all source files into a single stand-alone script.">
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 	<property name="jsdoc3Directory" location="${toolsDirectory}/jsdoc3" />
 	<property name="webProxyDirectory" location="${toolsDirectory}/proxy" />
 	<property name="jsHintPath" location="${thirdPartyDirectory}/jshint-2.1.2/jshint-2.1.2.js" />
+	<property name="jsHintOptionsPath" location=".jshintrc" />
 
 	<!-- properties controlling documentation source-->
 	<property name="githubRepoLink" value="https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/" />
@@ -184,21 +185,19 @@
 
 	<scriptdef name="createSandcastleJsHintOptions" language="javascript" src="${tasksDirectory}/createSandcastleJsHintOptions.js" manager="bsf" classpathref="javascriptClassPath" loaderref="javascript.loader">
 		<attribute name="output" />
-		<attribute name="jshintoptions" />
+		<attribute name="jshintoptionspath" />
 	</scriptdef>
 
 	<scriptdef name="runJsHint" language="javascript" src="${tasksDirectory}/runJsHint.js" manager="bsf" classpathref="javascriptClassPath" loaderref="javascript.loader">
 		<attribute name="jshintpath" />
-		<attribute name="jshintoptions" />
+		<attribute name="jshintoptionspath" />
 		<attribute name="sandcastlejshintoptionspath" />
 		<attribute name="failureproperty" />
 		<element name="sourcefiles" type="fileset" />
 	</scriptdef>
 
-	<property file="${basedir}/.settings/com.eclipsesource.jshint.ui.prefs" prefix="jsHintEclipseSettings" />
-
 	<target name="jsHint" depends="build" description="Runs JSHint on the entire source tree.">
-		<runJsHint jshintpath="${jsHintPath}" jshintoptions="${jsHintEclipseSettings.options}" sandcastlejshintoptionspath="${sandcastleDirectory}/jsHintOptions.js" failureproperty="jsHint.failure">
+		<runJsHint jshintpath="${jsHintPath}" jshintoptionspath="${jsHintOptionsPath}" sandcastlejshintoptionspath="${sandcastleDirectory}/jsHintOptions.js" failureproperty="jsHint.failure">
 			<sourcefiles dir="${basedir}">
 				<include name="Source/**/*.js" />
 				<exclude name="Source/Shaders/**" />