diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index f54843bc..00c00199 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
       'error',
       // we are only using this rule to check for unused arguments since TS
       // catches unused variables but not args.
-      { varsIgnorePattern: '.*', args: 'after-used' }
+      { varsIgnorePattern: '.*', args: 'after-used', argsIgnorePattern: '^_' }
     ],
     // most of the codebase are expected to be env agnostic
     'no-restricted-globals': ['error', ...DOMGlobals, ...NodeGlobals],