diff --git a/.lintr b/.lintr
index 7d89de3fd..89ba36d38 100644
--- a/.lintr
+++ b/.lintr
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ linters: all_linters(
       `<<-` = NULL
     )),
     unnecessary_concatenation_linter(allow_single_expression = FALSE),
+    cyclocomp_linter = if (requireNamespace("cyclocomp", quietly = TRUE)) cyclocomp_linter(),
     absolute_path_linter = NULL,
     library_call_linter = NULL,
     nonportable_path_linter = NULL,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 86e834f92..93bef360a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ## Bug fixes
 
 * `Lint()`, and thus all linters, ensures that the returned object's `message` attribute is consistently a simple character string (and not, for example, an object of class `"glue"`; #2740, @MichaelChirico).
-* Files with encoding inferred from settings read more robustly under `lint(parse_settings = TRUE)` (#2803, @MichaelChirico).
+* Files with encoding inferred from settings read more robustly under `lint(parse_settings = TRUE)` (#2803, @MichaelChirico). Thanks also to @bastistician for detecting a regression caused by the initial change for users of Emacs (#2847).
 * `assignment_linter()` no longer errors if `"%<>%"` is an allowed operator (#2850, @AshesITR).
 
 ## Changes to default linters
diff --git a/R/lint.R b/R/lint.R
index 362336407..37c44621e 100644
--- a/R/lint.R
+++ b/R/lint.R
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ lint <- function(filename, linters = NULL, ..., cache = FALSE, parse_settings =
 
   needs_tempfile <- missing(filename) || re_matches(filename, rex(newline))
   inline_data <- !is.null(text) || needs_tempfile
-  parse_settings <- !inline_data && isTRUE(parse_settings)
 
-  if (parse_settings) {
+  if (isTRUE(parse_settings)) {
     read_settings(filename)
     on.exit(reset_settings(), add = TRUE)
   }
diff --git a/R/settings.R b/R/settings.R
index 48ffcf602..c106ffbd4 100644
--- a/R/settings.R
+++ b/R/settings.R
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 read_settings <- function(filename, call = parent.frame()) {
   reset_settings()
 
+  # doing lint(text=) should read settings from the current directory, required e.g. for Emacs, #2847
+  if (missing(filename)) filename <- "./any_local_file"
   config_file <- find_config(filename)
   default_encoding <- find_default_encoding(filename)
   if (!is.null(default_encoding)) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-backport_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-backport_linter.R
index e445c4404..5404d39bb 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-backport_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-backport_linter.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 test_that("backport_linter produces error when R version misspecified", {
   expect_error(
-    lint(text = "numToBits(2)", linters = backport_linter(420L)),
+    lint(text = "numToBits(2)", linters = backport_linter(420L), parse_settings = FALSE),
     "`r_version` must be an R version number"
   )
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-cyclocomp_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-cyclocomp_linter.R
index 391973c2f..37f17bb0d 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-cyclocomp_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-cyclocomp_linter.R
@@ -69,5 +69,9 @@ test_that("a null linter is returned, with warning, if cyclocomp is unavailable"
     linter <- cyclocomp_linter(1L)
   })
 
-  expect_error(lint(text = "if (TRUE) 1 else 2", linters = linter), "disabled", fixed = TRUE)
+  expect_error(
+    lint(text = "if (TRUE) 1 else 2", linters = linter, parse_settings = FALSE),
+    "disabled",
+    fixed = TRUE
+  )
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-lint.R b/tests/testthat/test-lint.R
index 983c5e0c4..6b91af8f2 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-lint.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-lint.R
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ test_that("lint() results from file or text should be consistent", {
   file <- normalize_path(file)
 
   lint_from_file <- lint(file, linters = linters)
-  lint_from_lines <- lint(linters = linters, text = lines)
-  lint_from_text <- lint(linters = linters, text = text)
+  lint_from_lines <- lint(linters = linters, text = lines, parse_settings = FALSE)
+  lint_from_text <- lint(linters = linters, text = text, parse_settings = FALSE)
 
   # Remove file before linting to ensure that lint works and do not
   # assume that file exists when both filename and text are supplied.
   expect_identical(unlink(file), 0L)
-  lint_from_text2 <- lint(file, linters = linters, text = text)
+  lint_from_text2 <- lint(file, linters = linters, text = text, parse_settings = FALSE)
 
   expect_length(lint_from_file, 2L)
   expect_length(lint_from_lines, 2L)
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ test_that("old compatibility usage errors", {
   )
 
   expect_error(
-    lint("a <- 1\n", linters = function(two, arguments) NULL),
+    lint("a <- 1\n", linters = function(two, arguments) NULL, parse_settings = FALSE),
     error_msg
   )
 
   expect_error(
-    lint("a <- 1\n", linters = "equals_na_linter"),
+    lint("a <- 1\n", linters = "equals_na_linter", parse_settings = FALSE),
     error_msg
   )
 })
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ test_that("typo in argument name gives helpful error", {
   expect_error(lint("xxx", litners = identity), "Found unknown arguments in `...`: `litners`")
 })
 
-
 test_that("gitlab_output() writes expected report", {
   skip_if_not_installed("jsonlite")
 
@@ -279,3 +278,11 @@ test_that("gitlab_output() writes expected report", {
     ))
   )
 })
+
+test_that("settings are picked up under lint(text=)", {
+  .lintr <- withr::local_tempfile(lines = "linters: list(assignment_linter())")
+  withr::local_options(lintr.linter_file = .lintr)
+
+  # lint '=', but not the operator spacing
+  expect_length(lint(text = "a=1"), 1L)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-methods.R b/tests/testthat/test-methods.R
index f8aef14e1..e7db32570 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-methods.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-methods.R
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ test_that("as.data.frame.lints", {
 })
 
 test_that("summary.lints() works (no lints)", {
-  no_lints <- lint("x <- 1\n", linters = assignment_linter())
+  no_lints <- lint("x <- 1\n", linters = assignment_linter(), parse_settings = FALSE)
   no_lint_summary <- summary(no_lints)
   expect_s3_class(no_lint_summary, "data.frame")
   expect_identical(nrow(no_lint_summary), 0L)
 })
 
 test_that("summary.lints() works (lints found)", {
-  has_lints <- lint("x = 1\n", linters = assignment_linter())
+  has_lints <- lint("x = 1\n", linters = assignment_linter(), parse_settings = FALSE)
   has_lint_summary <- summary(has_lints)
 
   expect_s3_class(has_lint_summary, "data.frame")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-spaces_left_parentheses_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-spaces_left_parentheses_linter.R
index ce854828c..976bf0f00 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-spaces_left_parentheses_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-spaces_left_parentheses_linter.R
@@ -93,7 +93,11 @@ test_that("doesn't produce a warning", {
     }
   ")
 
-  expect_no_warning(lint(text = complex_lines, linters = spaces_left_parentheses_linter()))
+  expect_no_warning(lint(
+    text = complex_lines,
+    linters = spaces_left_parentheses_linter(),
+    parse_settings = FALSE
+  ))
 })
 
 test_that("lints vectorize", {