diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 3a40be12..93534c07 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     comma-dangle: [2, never]
     comma-spacing: [2, {before: false, after: true}]
     comma-style: [2, last]
-    complexity: [1, 25] ###
+    complexity: [1, 10] ###
     computed-property-spacing: [2, never]
     consistent-return: 2
     consistent-this: [2, self]
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
     max-depth: [1, 4]
     max-len: [0, 80, 4]
     max-nested-callbacks: [1, 3]
-    max-params: [1, 5] ###
-    max-statements: [1, 80] ###
+    max-params: [1, 4] ###
+    max-statements: [1, 30] ###
     new-cap: 0
     new-parens: 2
     newline-after-var: 0
diff --git a/src/.eslintrc b/src/.eslintrc
index a7634f9f..9e95c423 100644
--- a/src/.eslintrc
+++ b/src/.eslintrc
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
   rules:
-    max-params: [1, 10]
     no-console: 1
     prefer-reflect: 0
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/util/naturalCmp.js b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/util/naturalCmp.js
index 491f40ee..8b6731bb 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/util/naturalCmp.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/js/lib/util/naturalCmp.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const dre = /(^([\w ]+,?[\w ]+)?[\w ]+,?[\w ]+\d+:\d+(:\d+)?[\w ]?|^\d{1,4}[\/\-
 const reHex = /^0x[0-9a-f]+$/i;
 const reLeadingZero = /^0/;
 
+/* eslint-disable complexity */
 const naturalCmp = (val1, val2) => {
     // convert all to strings strip whitespace
     const x = String(val1).replace(reStrip, '');
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ const naturalCmp = (val1, val2) => {
 
     return 0;
 };
+/* eslint-enable */
 
 module.exports = {
     naturalCmp