diff --git a/changelog.d/maintenance/stale-eslint-suppressions-20260911.md b/changelog.d/maintenance/stale-eslint-suppressions-20260911.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c1c6e0903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/maintenance/stale-eslint-suppressions-20260911.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **chore(quality):** drop two ESLint suppression entries whose violations no longer exist, so `eslint --suppressions-location` stops rejecting every commit that touches the surrounding files
diff --git a/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json b/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
index be1a5785f0..49ab6842ff 100644
--- a/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -568,11 +568,6 @@
       "count": 1
     }
   },
-  "open-sse/services/imageCombo.ts": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": {
-      "count": 1
-    }
-  },
   "open-sse/services/inAppLoginService.ts": {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
       "count": 2
@@ -2806,11 +2801,6 @@
       "count": 10
     }
   },
-  "tests/unit/chat-helpers.test.ts": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
-      "count": 13
-    }
-  },
   "tests/unit/chat-rate-limit-body-lock.test.ts": {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
       "count": 2