diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index f23a468a6b..2aed010487 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
 		"vars-on-top": "off",
 		"no-script-url": "off",
 		"import/newline-after-import": "off",
-		"no-bitwise": "off",
 
 		// TODO
 		"consistent-return": "off",
diff --git a/install/web.js b/install/web.js
index 6589d8bc5a..da63173139 100644
--- a/install/web.js
+++ b/install/web.js
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ async function copyCSS() {
 async function loadDefaults() {
 	const setupDefaultsPath = path.join(__dirname, '../setup.json');
 	try {
-		await fs.promises.access(setupDefaultsPath, fs.constants.F_OK | fs.constants.R_OK);
+		await fs.promises.access(setupDefaultsPath, fs.constants.F_OK + fs.constants.R_OK);
 	} catch (err) {
 		// setup.json not found or inaccessible, proceed with no defaults
 		if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
diff --git a/public/src/utils.js b/public/src/utils.js
index cfae8d6ceb..43c2bc9bd4 100644
--- a/public/src/utils.js
+++ b/public/src/utils.js
@@ -294,11 +294,13 @@
 
 	var utils = {
 		generateUUID: function () {
+			/* eslint-disable no-bitwise */
 			return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function (c) {
 				var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0;
 				var v = c === 'x' ? r : ((r & 0x3) | 0x8);
 				return v.toString(16);
 			});
+			/* eslint-enable no-bitwise */
 		},
 		// https://github.com/substack/node-ent/blob/master/index.js
 		decodeHTMLEntities: function (html) {
diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index c235d7cc54..18460ab188 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function expandObjBy(obj1, obj2) {
 		if (obj2.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
 			val2 = obj2[key];
 			val1 = obj1[key];
-			xorValIsArray = Array.isArray(val1) ^ Array.isArray(val2);
+			xorValIsArray = Array.isArray(val1) === Array.isArray(val2);
 			if (xorValIsArray || !obj1.hasOwnProperty(key) || typeof val2 !== typeof val1) {
 				obj1[key] = val2;
 				changed = true;