diff --git a/eslint/.eslintrc.js b/eslint/.eslintrc.js
index bfca875b2..1e68993d0 100644
--- a/eslint/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/eslint/.eslintrc.js
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ module.exports = {
     // Custom rule for ensuring that images and text use scenery node
     'no-html-constructors': 2,
 
+    // enforce one true brace style
+    'brace-style': [ 'error', 'stroustrup', { allowSingleLine: true } ],
+
     // Custom rule for avoiding instanceof Array.
     'no-instanceof-array': 2,
 
@@ -267,6 +270,14 @@ module.exports = {
     // require or disallow space before blocks
     'space-before-blocks': 'error',
 
+    // require or disallow space before function opening parenthesis
+    // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/space-before-function-paren
+    'space-before-function-paren': [ 'error', {
+      anonymous: 'never',
+      named: 'never',
+      asyncArrow: 'always'
+    } ],
+
     // require or disallow spaces inside parentheses
     'space-in-parens': [ 'error', 'always' ],
 
diff --git a/eslint/format_eslintrc.js b/eslint/format_eslintrc.js
index 615b2940a..a16f28588 100644
--- a/eslint/format_eslintrc.js
+++ b/eslint/format_eslintrc.js
@@ -36,13 +36,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // enforce spacing inside single-line blocks
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/block-spacing
-    'block-spacing': [ 'error', 'always' ],
-
-    // enforce one true brace style
-    'brace-style': [ 'error', 'stroustrup', { allowSingleLine: true } ],
-
-    // require camel case names
-    camelcase: [ 'error', { properties: 'never', ignoreDestructuring: false } ],
+    // Leave it off because Webstorm doesn't add spacing to `() => {this.pLDChanged = true;}` to make it `() => { this.pLDChanged = true; }
+    // TODO: perhaps update webstorm rules, https://github.com/phetsims/phet-info/issues/150
+    // 'block-spacing': [ 'error', 'always' ],
 
     // enforce or disallow capitalization of the first letter of a comment
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/capitalized-comments
@@ -60,7 +56,8 @@ module.exports = {
     } ],
 
     // enforce newline at the end of file, with no multiple empty lines
-    'eol-last': [ 'error', 'never' ],
+    // TODO: add to knit picky rules, https://github.com/phetsims/phet-info/issues/150
+    // 'eol-last': [ 'error', 'never' ],
 
     // requires function names to match the name of the variable or property to which they are
     // assigned
@@ -346,10 +343,6 @@ module.exports = {
     // TODO: enable, semver-major when eslint 5 is dropped
     'prefer-exponentiation-operator': 'off',
 
-    // Prefer use of an object spread over Object.assign
-    // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-object-spread
-    'prefer-object-spread': 'error',
-
     // do not require jsdoc
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/require-jsdoc
     'require-jsdoc': 'off',
@@ -360,14 +353,6 @@ module.exports = {
     // sort variables within the same declaration block
     'sort-vars': 'off',
 
-    // require or disallow space before function opening parenthesis
-    // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/space-before-function-paren
-    'space-before-function-paren': [ 'error', {
-      anonymous: 'never',
-      named: 'never',
-      asyncArrow: 'always'
-    } ],
-
     // require or disallow a space immediately following the // or /* in a comment
     // https://eslint.org/docs/rules/spaced-comment
     // TODO: https://github.com/phetsims/phet-info/issues/150