diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 48bcb2b59f..d85854ce1d 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         "no-div-regex": 2,
         "no-dupe-keys": 2,
         "no-else-return": 2,
-        "no-empty": 1,
+        "no-empty": 2,
         "no-empty-character-class": 2,
         "no-eq-null": 2,
         "no-eval": 2,
diff --git a/frontend_tests/casper_lib/common.js b/frontend_tests/casper_lib/common.js
index 23a19bdbbb..8b6e4fe142 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/casper_lib/common.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/casper_lib/common.js
@@ -337,4 +337,5 @@ return exports;
 try {
     exports.common = common;
 } catch (e) {
+    // continue regardless of error
 }
diff --git a/static/js/util.js b/static/js/util.js
index b709afbc03..6d6da9fa3a 100644
--- a/static/js/util.js
+++ b/static/js/util.js
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ exports.strcmp = (function () {
         var collator = new Intl.Collator();
         return collator.compare;
     } catch (e) {
+        // continue regardless of error
     }
 
     return function util_strcmp (a, b) {