diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 83630d1e..71e043e7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Suggests:
     knitr,
     lme4,
     lmtest,
-    lintr,
     nlme,
     nnet,
     officer,
@@ -89,3 +88,4 @@ Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
 Depends: 
     R (>= 2.10)
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
+Config/needs/development: lintr