diff --git a/.salt-lint b/.salt-lint
index 3f397d15c5eb4dafc04fe2753e182786163c131c..5fc390667f5cf7bc61c69e61825d13c1b2e87b8a 100644
--- a/.salt-lint
+++ b/.salt-lint
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # vim: ft=yaml
 ---
 exclude_paths: []
+rules: {}
 skip_list:
   # TODO: Formula-specific override to remove eventually
   #       A lot of attention is going to be needed to resolve the existing long lines