diff --git a/packages/connect/src/utils/assert.ts b/packages/connect/src/utils/assert.ts
index f8241aacb4..b5d5283bdc 100644
--- a/packages/connect/src/utils/assert.ts
+++ b/packages/connect/src/utils/assert.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { assert as sharedAssert } from '@0xproject/assert';
-// We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
+// HACK: We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-variable
 import { Schema, schemas } from '@0xproject/json-schemas';
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-variable
diff --git a/packages/contract-wrappers/src/utils/assert.ts b/packages/contract-wrappers/src/utils/assert.ts
index da6697b087..842b16fa0c 100644
--- a/packages/contract-wrappers/src/utils/assert.ts
+++ b/packages/contract-wrappers/src/utils/assert.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { assert as sharedAssert } from '@0xproject/assert';
-// We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
+// HACK: We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
 import { Schema } from '@0xproject/json-schemas'; // tslint:disable-line:no-unused-variable
 import { isValidSignatureAsync } from '@0xproject/order-utils';
 import { ECSignature } from '@0xproject/types'; // tslint:disable-line:no-unused-variable
diff --git a/packages/order-utils/src/assert.ts b/packages/order-utils/src/assert.ts
index b4b57d02ac..15b4a024f4 100644
--- a/packages/order-utils/src/assert.ts
+++ b/packages/order-utils/src/assert.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { assert as sharedAssert } from '@0xproject/assert';
-// We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
-// tslint:disable:no-unused-variable
+// HACK: We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
+// tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-variable
 import { Schema } from '@0xproject/json-schemas';
 import { ECSignature, SignatureType } from '@0xproject/types';
 import { BigNumber } from '@0xproject/utils';
diff --git a/packages/order-watcher/src/utils/assert.ts b/packages/order-watcher/src/utils/assert.ts
index 5d7f727168..fc85de9580 100644
--- a/packages/order-watcher/src/utils/assert.ts
+++ b/packages/order-watcher/src/utils/assert.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { assert as sharedAssert } from '@0xproject/assert';
-// We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
-// tslint:disable:no-unused-variable
+// HACK: We need those two unused imports because they're actually used by sharedAssert which gets injected here
+// tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-variable
 import { Schema } from '@0xproject/json-schemas';
 import { ECSignature } from '@0xproject/types';
 import { BigNumber } from '@0xproject/utils';