diff --git a/.mypy.ini b/.mypy.ini
index 289f3eb87..501ab747e 100644
--- a/.mypy.ini
+++ b/.mypy.ini
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ strict_equality = True
 ### Other strictness flags
 warn_unreachable = True
 disallow_any_unimported = True
+enable_error_code = ignore-without-code
 
 ### Output
 show_error_codes = True
diff --git a/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py b/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
index 400a7990e..37c59d98f 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
@@ -198,11 +198,6 @@ def check_spelling(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Optional[bool]:
             re.compile(r'(?i)# noqa(?!: )'),
             "Don't use a blanket 'noqa', use something like 'noqa: X123' instead.",
         ),
-        (
-            re.compile(r'# type: ignore[^\[]'),
-            ("Don't use a blanket 'type: ignore', use something like "
-             "'type: ignore[error-code]' instead."),
-        ),
         (
             re.compile(r'# type: (?!ignore(\[|$))'),
             "Don't use type comments, use type annotations instead.",