diff --git a/build/lib/tslint/allowAsyncRule.js b/build/lib/tslint/allowAsyncRule.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a27d2870779..00000000000
--- a/build/lib/tslint/allowAsyncRule.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-var __extends = (this && this.__extends) || (function () {
-    var extendStatics = Object.setPrototypeOf ||
-        ({ __proto__: [] } instanceof Array && function (d, b) { d.__proto__ = b; }) ||
-        function (d, b) { for (var p in b) if (b.hasOwnProperty(p)) d[p] = b[p]; };
-    return function (d, b) {
-        extendStatics(d, b);
-        function __() { this.constructor = d; }
-        d.prototype = b === null ? Object.create(b) : (__.prototype = b.prototype, new __());
-    };
-})();
-Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-var ts = require("typescript");
-var Lint = require("tslint");
-var Rule = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
-    __extends(Rule, _super);
-    function Rule() {
-        return _super !== null && _super.apply(this, arguments) || this;
-    }
-    Rule.prototype.apply = function (sourceFile) {
-        var allowed = this.getOptions().ruleArguments[0];
-        return this.applyWithWalker(new AsyncRuleWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions(), allowed));
-    };
-    return Rule;
-}(Lint.Rules.AbstractRule));
-exports.Rule = Rule;
-var AsyncRuleWalker = /** @class */ (function (_super) {
-    __extends(AsyncRuleWalker, _super);
-    function AsyncRuleWalker(file, opts, allowed) {
-        var _this = _super.call(this, file, opts) || this;
-        _this.allowed = allowed;
-        return _this;
-    }
-    AsyncRuleWalker.prototype.visitMethodDeclaration = function (node) {
-        this.visitFunctionLikeDeclaration(node);
-    };
-    AsyncRuleWalker.prototype.visitFunctionDeclaration = function (node) {
-        this.visitFunctionLikeDeclaration(node);
-    };
-    AsyncRuleWalker.prototype.visitFunctionLikeDeclaration = function (node) {
-        var _this = this;
-        var flags = ts.getCombinedModifierFlags(node);
-        if (!(flags & ts.ModifierFlags.Async)) {
-            return;
-        }
-        var path = node.getSourceFile().path;
-        var pathParts = path.split(/\\|\//);
-        if (pathParts.some(function (part) { return _this.allowed.some(function (allowed) { return part === allowed; }); })) {
-            return;
-        }
-        var message = "You are not allowed to use async function in this layer. Allowed layers are: [" + this.allowed + "]";
-        this.addFailureAtNode(node, message);
-    };
-    return AsyncRuleWalker;
-}(Lint.RuleWalker));
diff --git a/build/lib/tslint/allowAsyncRule.ts b/build/lib/tslint/allowAsyncRule.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e61765bf53d..00000000000
--- a/build/lib/tslint/allowAsyncRule.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
-import * as Lint from 'tslint';
-
-export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
-	public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
-		const allowed = this.getOptions().ruleArguments[0] as string[];
-		return this.applyWithWalker(new AsyncRuleWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions(), allowed));
-	}
-}
-
-class AsyncRuleWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
-
-	constructor(file: ts.SourceFile, opts: Lint.IOptions, private allowed: string[]) {
-		super(file, opts);
-	}
-
-	protected visitMethodDeclaration(node: ts.MethodDeclaration): void {
-		this.visitFunctionLikeDeclaration(node);
-	}
-
-	protected visitFunctionDeclaration(node: ts.FunctionDeclaration): void {
-		this.visitFunctionLikeDeclaration(node);
-	}
-
-	private visitFunctionLikeDeclaration(node: ts.FunctionLikeDeclaration) {
-		const flags = ts.getCombinedModifierFlags(node);
-
-		if (!(flags & ts.ModifierFlags.Async)) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		const path = (node.getSourceFile() as any).path;
-		const pathParts = path.split(/\\|\//);
-
-		if (pathParts.some(part => this.allowed.some(allowed => part === allowed))) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		const message = `You are not allowed to use async function in this layer. Allowed layers are: [${this.allowed}]`;
-		this.addFailureAtNode(node, message);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 6bcc49e7bd9..d4df6618424 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -391,16 +391,6 @@
 			}
 		],
 		"duplicate-imports": true,
-		"allow-async": [
-			true,
-			[
-				"node",
-				"electron-main",
-				"electron-browser",
-				"extensions",
-				"smoke"
-			]
-		],
 		"translation-remind": true
 	}
 }
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