diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
index 247eb593cc..7432b204dd 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/config.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { loadConfig } from '@backstage/config-loader';
  * Load configuration for a Backend
  */
 export async function loadBackendConfig() {
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
   const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
   const configs = await loadConfig({
     env: process.env.NODE_ENV ?? 'development',
diff --git a/packages/cli-common/src/paths.test.ts b/packages/cli-common/src/paths.test.ts
index 087f95af38..2278ee3581 100644
--- a/packages/cli-common/src/paths.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-common/src/paths.test.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 import { resolve as resolvePath } from 'path';
 import { findPaths, findRootPath, findOwnDir, findOwnRootDir } from './paths';
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli b/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli
index a065b8ac5a..5c127af2ec 100755
--- a/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli
+++ b/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 
 // Figure out whether we're running inside the backstage repo or as an installed dependency
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
 const isLocal = require('fs').existsSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'));
 
 if (!isLocal || process.env.BACKSTAGE_E2E_CLI_TEST) {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ if (!isLocal || process.env.BACKSTAGE_E2E_CLI_TEST) {
 } else {
   require('ts-node').register({
     transpileOnly: true,
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
     project: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../../tsconfig.json'),
     compilerOptions: {
       module: 'CommonJS',
diff --git a/packages/cli/config/eslint.backend.js b/packages/cli/config/eslint.backend.js
index 113ba55818..2c0b05c196 100644
--- a/packages/cli/config/eslint.backend.js
+++ b/packages/cli/config/eslint.backend.js
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ module.exports = {
         selector:
           'ImportDeclaration[source.value="winston"] ImportDefaultSpecifier',
       },
+      {
+        message:
+          "`__dirname` doesn't refer to the same dir in production builds, try `resolvePackagePath()` from `@backstage/backend-common` instead.",
+        selector: 'Identifier[name="__dirname"]',
+      },
     ],
   },
   overrides: [
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/config.ts
index 118cb1b40c..00a555eebe 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/config.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ export async function createBackendConfig(
     ],
     target: 'node' as const,
     node: {
+      /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
       __dirname: true,
       __filename: true,
       global: true,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/paths.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/paths.ts
index 06c8f2ab38..a17034344d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/paths.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/paths.ts
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 
 import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
 export const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
diff --git a/packages/create-app/bin/backstage-create-app b/packages/create-app/bin/backstage-create-app
index a065b8ac5a..467a0cae8f 100755
--- a/packages/create-app/bin/backstage-create-app
+++ b/packages/create-app/bin/backstage-create-app
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 const path = require('path');
 
 // Figure out whether we're running inside the backstage repo or as an installed dependency
diff --git a/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts b/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts
index 4f25dc9b9e..83e052c91b 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/src/createApp.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ async function moveApp(tempDir: string, destination: string, id: string) {
 }
 
 export default async (cmd: Command): Promise<void> => {
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
   const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
   const questions: Question[] = [
diff --git a/packages/docgen/bin/backstage-docgen b/packages/docgen/bin/backstage-docgen
index a065b8ac5a..467a0cae8f 100755
--- a/packages/docgen/bin/backstage-docgen
+++ b/packages/docgen/bin/backstage-docgen
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 const path = require('path');
 
 // Figure out whether we're running inside the backstage repo or as an installed dependency
diff --git a/packages/docgen/src/generate.ts b/packages/docgen/src/generate.ts
index 3587e2776b..66ee1a07a6 100644
--- a/packages/docgen/src/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/docgen/src/generate.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export async function generate(
     );
   }
 
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
   const rootDir = resolvePath(__dirname, '../../..');
   const srcDir = resolvePath(rootDir, 'packages', 'core-api', 'src');
   const targetDir = resolvePath(targetPath);
diff --git a/packages/docgen/src/index.ts b/packages/docgen/src/index.ts
index 866299151a..f41629e7fd 100644
--- a/packages/docgen/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docgen/src/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { generate } from './generate';
 
 const main = (argv: string[]) => {
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
   const pkgJson = fs.readJsonSync(resolvePath(__dirname, '../package.json'));
   program.name('docgen').version(pkgJson.version);
 
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/e2e-test.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/e2e-test.ts
index fe3a9f6bb4..2ead11c429 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/e2e-test.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/e2e-test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 import pgtools from 'pgtools';
 import { findPaths } from '@backstage/cli-common';
 
+/* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
 const paths = findPaths(__dirname);
 
 const templatePackagePaths = [
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/index.js b/packages/e2e-test/src/index.js
index 90f8030a0e..525f20cdd1 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 require('ts-node').register({
   transpileOnly: true,
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
   project: require('path').resolve(__dirname, '../../../tsconfig.json'),
   compilerOptions: {
     module: 'CommonJS',
diff --git a/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js b/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js
index 2c58144acc..136b3945da 100644
--- a/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js
+++ b/packages/storybook/.storybook/main.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'storybook-dark-mode/register',
   ],
   webpackFinal: async config => {
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
     const coreSrc = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../core/src');
 
     // Mirror config in packages/cli/src/lib/bundler
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/bin/techdocs-cli b/packages/techdocs-cli/bin/techdocs-cli
index ccc9c23beb..9818edf417 100755
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/bin/techdocs-cli
+++ b/packages/techdocs-cli/bin/techdocs-cli
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 const path = require('path');
 
 // Figure out whether we're running inside the backstage repo or as an installed dependency
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
index da196d10b8..824bdb84fc 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ const main = (argv: string[]) => {
 
       // Local Backstage Preview
       const techdocsPreviewBundlePath = path.join(
+        /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
         __dirname,
         '..',
         'dist',
diff --git a/plugins/app-backend/src/service/router.test.ts b/plugins/app-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
index 417fdc43b6..aed4280ca5 100644
--- a/plugins/app-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/app-backend/src/service/router.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { createRouter } from './router';
 jest.mock('../lib/config', () => ({ injectEnvConfig: jest.fn() }));
 
 global.__non_webpack_require__ = {
+  /* eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax */
   resolve: () => resolvePath(__dirname, '__fixtures__/app-dir/package.json'),
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
index 64edc5c294..d97a4014f6 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/techdocs/stages/publish/local.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
+/* eslint-disable no-restricted-syntax */
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';