diff --git a/src/rules/converters/newline-before-return.ts b/src/rules/converters/newline-before-return.ts
index 3e6916a2f..102362ec0 100644
--- a/src/rules/converters/newline-before-return.ts
+++ b/src/rules/converters/newline-before-return.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export const convertNewlineBeforeReturn: RuleConverter = () => {
             {
                 ruleName: "padding-line-between-statements",
                 ruleArguments: [
-                    "error",
                     {
                         blankLine: "always",
                         prev: "*",
diff --git a/src/rules/converters/semicolon.ts b/src/rules/converters/semicolon.ts
index ec75e7db8..51d1ea55a 100644
--- a/src/rules/converters/semicolon.ts
+++ b/src/rules/converters/semicolon.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export const convertSemicolon: RuleConverter = tslintRule => {
                 : [
                       {
                           ruleArguments: [
-                              "error",
                               {
                                   multiline: {
                                       delimiter: getMultilineDelimiter(tslintRule.ruleArguments[0]),
diff --git a/src/rules/converters/tests/newline-before-return.test.ts b/src/rules/converters/tests/newline-before-return.test.ts
index 97f8dc75a..d216ce63c 100644
--- a/src/rules/converters/tests/newline-before-return.test.ts
+++ b/src/rules/converters/tests/newline-before-return.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ describe(convertNewlineBeforeReturn, () => {
                 {
                     ruleName: "padding-line-between-statements",
                     ruleArguments: [
-                        "error",
                         {
                             blankLine: "always",
                             next: "return",
diff --git a/src/rules/converters/tests/semicolon.test.ts b/src/rules/converters/tests/semicolon.test.ts
index 55c96ffdf..f7cb30a49 100644
--- a/src/rules/converters/tests/semicolon.test.ts
+++ b/src/rules/converters/tests/semicolon.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ describe(convertSemicolon, () => {
                 },
                 {
                     ruleArguments: [
-                        "error",
                         {
                             multiline: {
                                 delimiter: "semi",
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@ describe(convertSemicolon, () => {
                 },
                 {
                     ruleArguments: [
-                        "error",
                         {
                             multiline: {
                                 delimiter: "none",
@@ -77,7 +75,6 @@ describe(convertSemicolon, () => {
                 {
                     ruleName: "@typescript-eslint/member-delimiter-style",
                     ruleArguments: [
-                        "error",
                         {
                             multiline: {
                                 delimiter: "semi",
@@ -111,7 +108,6 @@ describe(convertSemicolon, () => {
                 {
                     ruleName: "@typescript-eslint/member-delimiter-style",
                     ruleArguments: [
-                        "error",
                         {
                             multiline: {
                                 delimiter: "none",