diff --git a/.ng-dev/format.ts b/.ng-dev/format.ts
index 2dfdcd2334..aba5cd664c 100644
--- a/.ng-dev/format.ts
+++ b/.ng-dev/format.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const format: FormatConfig = {
       // Do not format generated ng-dev script
       '!dev-infra/ng-dev.js',
       '!dev-infra/build-worker.js',
+      '!dev-infra/commit-message-filter.js',
       // Do not format compliance test-cases since they must match generated code
       '!packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/test_cases/**/*.js',
       // Do not format the locale files which are checked-in for Google3, but generated using
diff --git a/dev-infra/commit-message-filter.js b/dev-infra/commit-message-filter.js
index abb734a839..d7660e206b 120000
--- a/dev-infra/commit-message-filter.js
+++ b/dev-infra/commit-message-filter.js
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-pr/merge/strategies/commit-message-filter.js
\ No newline at end of file
+//tslint:disable
+pr/merge/strategies/commit-message-filter.js