diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 8289f29aa..1fb1046a3 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 ^man-roxygen$
 ^LICENSE\.md$
 ^MAINTENANCE\.md$
-^\.lintr$
+^\.lintr\.R$
 ^notes$
 ^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
diff --git a/.lintr b/.lintr.R
similarity index 80%
rename from .lintr
rename to .lintr.R
index 46330ce92..e270138c7 100644
--- a/.lintr
+++ b/.lintr.R
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-linters: funs <- c(
+linters <- list(lintr::undesirable_function_linter(
+  fun = c(
     # Base messaging
     "message" = "use cli::cli_inform()",
     "warning" = "use cli::cli_warn()",
@@ -12,8 +13,6 @@ linters: funs <- c(
     "cli_alert_info" = "use cli::cli_inform()",
     "cli_alert_success" = "use cli::cli_inform()",
     "cli_alert_warning" = "use cli::cli_inform()"
-  )
-  list(lintr::undesirable_function_linter(
-    fun = funs,
-    symbol_is_undesirable = FALSE
-  ))
+  ),
+  symbol_is_undesirable = FALSE
+))