diff --git a/CPPLINT.cfg b/CPPLINT.cfg
index 159042dba0b48..81869c92be64c 100644
--- a/CPPLINT.cfg
+++ b/CPPLINT.cfg
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ set noparent
 linelength=100
 includeorder=standardcfirst
 filter=-build/c++11               # we do allow C++11
-filter=-build/c++17               # we allow <filesystem>
 filter=-build/namespaces_literals # we allow using namespace for literals
 filter=-runtime/references        # we consider passing non-const references to be ok
 filter=-whitespace/braces         # we wrap open curly braces for namespaces, classes and functions
 filter=-whitespace/indent         # we don't indent keywords like public, protected and private with one space
-filter=-whitespace/newline        # we allow the developer to decide about newline at the end of file (it's clashing with clang-format)
 filter=-whitespace/parens         # we allow closing parenthesis to be on the next line
 filter=-whitespace/semicolon      # we allow the developer to decide about whitespace after a semicolon
 filter=-build/header_guard        # we automatically fix the names of header guards using pre-commit