diff --git a/edit/lint-defaults-stylelint.js b/edit/lint-defaults-stylelint.js
index 0b12052c..b75bf6f4 100644
--- a/edit/lint-defaults-stylelint.js
+++ b/edit/lint-defaults-stylelint.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ window.linterConfig.defaults.stylelint = (defaultSeverity => ({
     'property-no-unknown': [true, defaultSeverity],
     'selector-pseudo-class-no-unknown': [true, defaultSeverity],
     'selector-pseudo-element-no-unknown': [true, defaultSeverity],
-    'selector-type-no-unknown': [true, defaultSeverity],
+    'selector-type-no-unknown': false, // for scss/less/stylus-lang
     'string-no-newline': [true, defaultSeverity],
     'unit-no-unknown': [true, defaultSeverity],
 
diff --git a/js/prefs.js b/js/prefs.js
index 9e2e1c3a..bcaef15c 100644
--- a/js/prefs.js
+++ b/js/prefs.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var prefs = new function Prefs() {
       indent_conditional: true,
     },
     'editor.lintDelay': 500,        // lint gutter marker update delay, ms
-    'editor.linter': 'csslint',     // 'csslint' or 'stylelint' or ''
+    'editor.linter': 'stylelint',     // 'csslint' or 'stylelint' or ''
     'editor.lintReportDelay': 4500, // lint report update delay, ms
     'editor.matchHighlight': 'token', // token = token/word under cursor even if nothing is selected
                                       // selection = only when something is selected