diff --git a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/package.json b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/package.json
index 844e5eaf..308632aa 100644
--- a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@salesforce/code-analyzer-eslint-engine",
   "description": "Plugin package that adds 'eslint' as an engine into Salesforce Code Analyzer",
-  "version": "0.34.0",
+  "version": "0.35.0-SNAPSHOT",
   "author": "The Salesforce Code Analyzer Team",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "homepage": "https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/salesforce-code-analyzer/overview",
diff --git a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/base-config.ts b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/base-config.ts
index 7f9a98eb..b963977e 100644
--- a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/base-config.ts
+++ b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/base-config.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ export class BaseConfigFactory {
         // Swap out eslintJs.configs.recommended with eslintJs.configs.all
         configs[1] = eslintJs.configs.all;
         
+        // This one rule makes eslint throw an exception if the user doesn't have jest installed (which should be 
+        // optional), so we turn it off for now. See https://github.com/salesforce/eslint-config-lwc/issues/161
+        configs[3].rules = {
+            ...configs[3].rules,
+            'jest/no-deprecated-functions': 'off'
+        }
+
         // This one rule is broken and thus, we need to turn it off for now.
         // See https://git.soma.salesforce.com/lwc/eslint-plugin-lwc-platform/issues/152
         configs[5].rules = {
diff --git a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/rule-mappings.ts b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/rule-mappings.ts
index 30b97e98..008e9efd 100644
--- a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/rule-mappings.ts
+++ b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/src/rule-mappings.ts
@@ -1040,10 +1040,13 @@ export const RULE_MAPPINGS: Record<string, {severity: SeverityLevel, tags: strin
         severity: SeverityLevel.High,
         tags: [COMMON_TAGS.RECOMMENDED, LWC, COMMON_TAGS.CATEGORIES.ERROR_PRONE,    COMMON_TAGS.LANGUAGES.JAVASCRIPT]
     },
-    "jest/no-deprecated-functions": {
-        severity: SeverityLevel.Moderate,
-        tags: [COMMON_TAGS.RECOMMENDED, LWC, COMMON_TAGS.CATEGORIES.BEST_PRACTICES, COMMON_TAGS.LANGUAGES.JAVASCRIPT]
-    },
+
+    // This one rule makes eslint throw an exception if the user doesn't have jest installed (which should be 
+    // optional), so we turn it off for now. See https://github.com/salesforce/eslint-config-lwc/issues/161
+    // "jest/no-deprecated-functions": {
+    //     severity: SeverityLevel.Moderate,
+    //     tags: [COMMON_TAGS.RECOMMENDED, LWC, COMMON_TAGS.CATEGORIES.BEST_PRACTICES, COMMON_TAGS.LANGUAGES.JAVASCRIPT]
+    // },
     "jest/no-disabled-tests": {
         severity: SeverityLevel.Info,
         tags: [COMMON_TAGS.RECOMMENDED, LWC, COMMON_TAGS.CATEGORIES.BEST_PRACTICES, COMMON_TAGS.LANGUAGES.JAVASCRIPT]
diff --git a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/test/test-data/rules_OnlyLwcBaseConfig.goldfile.json b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/test/test-data/rules_OnlyLwcBaseConfig.goldfile.json
index 064d04a3..3ff0fdd2 100644
--- a/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/test/test-data/rules_OnlyLwcBaseConfig.goldfile.json
+++ b/packages/code-analyzer-eslint-engine/test/test-data/rules_OnlyLwcBaseConfig.goldfile.json
@@ -685,20 +685,6 @@
       "JavaScript"
     ]
   },
-  {
-    "description": "Disallow use of deprecated functions",
-    "name": "jest/no-deprecated-functions",
-    "resourceUrls": [
-      "https://github.com/jest-community/eslint-plugin-jest/blob/v29.0.1/docs/rules/no-deprecated-functions.md"
-    ],
-    "severityLevel": 3,
-    "tags": [
-      "Recommended",
-      "LWC",
-      "BestPractices",
-      "JavaScript"
-    ]
-  },
   {
     "description": "Disallow disabled tests",
     "name": "jest/no-disabled-tests",