diff --git a/apps/oxlint/fixtures/auto_config_detection/oxlint.json b/apps/oxlint/fixtures/auto_config_detection/.oxlintrc.json
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/oxlint/fixtures/auto_config_detection/oxlint.json
rename to apps/oxlint/fixtures/auto_config_detection/.oxlintrc.json
diff --git a/apps/oxlint/src/command/lint.rs b/apps/oxlint/src/command/lint.rs
index 844f66e896058..e444cb9f623e3 100644
--- a/apps/oxlint/src/command/lint.rs
+++ b/apps/oxlint/src/command/lint.rs
@@ -63,11 +63,7 @@ pub struct BasicOptions {
     ///  * only `.json` extension is supported
     ///  * tries to be compatible with the ESLint v8's format
     ///
-    /// If not provided, Oxlint will look for the following files in the current working directory:
-    ///  * `oxlintrc.json`
-    ///  * `oxlint.json`
-    ///  * `.oxlintrc.json`
-    ///  * `.oxlint.json`
+    /// If not provided, Oxlint will look for `.oxlintrc.json` in the current working directory.
     #[bpaf(long, short, argument("./oxlintrc.json"))]
     pub config: Option<PathBuf>,
 
diff --git a/apps/oxlint/src/lint.rs b/apps/oxlint/src/lint.rs
index f4ef7fce319ea..644537e7d2779 100644
--- a/apps/oxlint/src/lint.rs
+++ b/apps/oxlint/src/lint.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ impl Runner for LintRunner {
 }
 
 impl LintRunner {
+    const DEFAULT_OXLINTRC: &'static str = ".oxlintrc.json";
+
     #[must_use]
     pub fn with_cwd(mut self, cwd: PathBuf) -> Self {
         self.cwd = cwd;
@@ -259,22 +261,13 @@ impl LintRunner {
         }
 
         // no config argument is provided,
-        // auto detect possible files from current work directory
-        let search_configs = &[
-            "oxlintrc.json",
-            "oxlint.json",
-            ".oxlintrc.json",
-            ".oxlint.json"
-        ];
-
-        for config_file in search_configs {
-            let mut config_path = cwd.to_path_buf();
-            config_path.push(config_file);
+        // auto detect default config file from current work directory
+        let mut config_path = cwd.to_path_buf();
+        config_path.push(Self::DEFAULT_OXLINTRC);
 
-            if let Ok(result) = Oxlintrc::from_file(&config_path) {
-                return Ok(result);
-            };
-        }
+        if let Ok(result) = Oxlintrc::from_file(&config_path) {
+            return Ok(result);
+        };
 
         Ok(Oxlintrc::default())
     }
diff --git a/tasks/website/src/linter/snapshots/cli.snap b/tasks/website/src/linter/snapshots/cli.snap
index 0edb318fe178b..e7653edd16d2a 100644
--- a/tasks/website/src/linter/snapshots/cli.snap
+++ b/tasks/website/src/linter/snapshots/cli.snap
@@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ snapshot_kind: text
 * only `.json` extension is supported
 * tries to be compatible with the ESLint v8's format
 
-  If not provided, Oxlint will look for the following files in the current working directory:
-* `oxlintrc.json`
-* `oxlint.json`
-* `.oxlintrc.json`
-* `.oxlint.json`
+  If not provided, Oxlint will look for `.oxlintrc.json` in the current working directory.
 - **`    --tsconfig`**=_`<./tsconfig.json>`_ &mdash; 
   TypeScript `tsconfig.json` path for reading path alias and project references for import plugin