diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/index.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/index.js
index c2c4fc9c30..8a4b10e23d 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/index.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/generator/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ module.exports = (api, { config, lintOn = [] }, _, invoking) => {
       lint: 'vue-cli-service lint'
     },
     eslintConfig,
-    devDependencies: {}
+    devDependencies: {
+      'eslint': '^5.16.0',
+      'eslint-plugin-vue': '^5.0.0'
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!api.hasPlugin('typescript')) {
+    pkg.devDependencies['babel-eslint'] = '^10.0.1'
   }
 
   const injectEditorConfig = (config) => {
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/index.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/index.js
index a93c459d34..5e09be065c 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/index.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ module.exports = (api, options) => {
     // Use loadModule to allow users to customize their ESLint dependency version.
     const { resolveModule, loadModule } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
     const cwd = api.getCwd()
-    const eslintPkg =
-      loadModule('eslint/package.json', cwd, true) ||
-      require('eslint/package.json')
+    const eslintPkg = loadModule('eslint/package.json', cwd, true)
 
     // eslint-loader doesn't bust cache when eslint config changes
     // so we have to manually generate a cache identifier that takes the config
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ module.exports = (api, options) => {
           .pre()
           .exclude
             .add(/node_modules/)
-            .add(require('path').dirname(require.resolve('@vue/cli-service')))
+            .add(path.dirname(require.resolve('@vue/cli-service')))
             .end()
           .test(/\.(vue|(j|t)sx?)$/)
           .use('eslint-loader')
@@ -55,10 +53,8 @@ module.exports = (api, options) => {
               emitWarning: allWarnings,
               // only emit errors in production mode.
               emitError: allErrors,
-              eslintPath: resolveModule('eslint', cwd) || require.resolve('eslint'),
-              formatter:
-                loadModule('eslint/lib/formatters/codeframe', cwd, true) ||
-                require('eslint/lib/formatters/codeframe')
+              eslintPath: resolveModule('eslint', cwd),
+              formatter: loadModule('eslint/lib/formatters/codeframe', cwd, true)
             })
     })
   }
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/package.json
index cdbc9b7914..9f80714d0b 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-eslint/package.json
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@vue/cli-shared-utils": "^3.6.0",
-    "babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
-    "eslint": "^5.8.0",
     "eslint-loader": "^2.1.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^5.0.0",
     "globby": "^9.2.0",
     "webpack": ">=4 < 4.29"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "eslint": ">= 1.6.0"
   }
 }