diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/ban-tslint-comment.test.ts b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/ban-tslint-comment.test.ts
index 70ebf3d6f10..227d4f3ab3d 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/ban-tslint-comment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/tests/rules/ban-tslint-comment.test.ts
@@ -2,50 +2,6 @@ import { RuleTester } from '@typescript-eslint/rule-tester';
 
 import rule from '../../src/rules/ban-tslint-comment';
 
-interface Testable {
-  code: string;
-  column?: number;
-  line?: number;
-  output?: string;
-  text?: string;
-}
-
-const PALANTIR_EXAMPLES: Testable[] = [
-  { code: '/* tslint:disable */' }, // Disable all rules for the rest of the file
-  { code: '/* tslint:enable */' }, // Enable all rules for the rest of the file
-  {
-    code: '/* tslint:disable:rule1 rule2 rule3... */',
-  }, // Disable the listed rules for the rest of the file
-  {
-    code: '/* tslint:enable:rule1 rule2 rule3... */',
-  }, // Enable the listed rules for the rest of the file
-  { code: '// tslint:disable-next-line' }, // Disables all rules for the following line
-  {
-    code: 'someCode(); // tslint:disable-line',
-    column: 13,
-    output: 'someCode();',
-    text: '// tslint:disable-line',
-  }, // Disables all rules for the current line
-  {
-    code: '// tslint:disable-next-line:rule1 rule2 rule3...',
-  }, // Disables the listed rules for the next line
-];
-
-// prettier-ignore
-const MORE_EXAMPLES: Testable[] = [
-  {
-    code: `const woah = doSomeStuff();
-// tslint:disable-line
-console.log(woah);
-`,
-    line: 2,
-    output: `const woah = doSomeStuff();
-console.log(woah);
-`,
-    text: '// tslint:disable-line',
-  },
-]
-
 const ruleTester = new RuleTester();
 
 ruleTester.run('ban-tslint-comment', rule, {
@@ -66,18 +22,123 @@ ruleTester.run('ban-tslint-comment', rule, {
       code: '/* another comment that mentions tslint */',
     },
   ],
-  invalid: [...PALANTIR_EXAMPLES, ...MORE_EXAMPLES].map(
-    ({ code, column, line, output, text }) => ({
-      code,
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: '/* tslint:disable */',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          column: 1,
+          data: {
+            text: '/* tslint:disable */',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
+        },
+      ],
+      output: '',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '/* tslint:enable */',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          column: 1,
+          data: {
+            text: '/* tslint:enable */',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
+        },
+      ],
+      output: '',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '/* tslint:disable:rule1 rule2 rule3... */',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          column: 1,
+          data: {
+            text: '/* tslint:disable:rule1 rule2 rule3... */',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
+        },
+      ],
+      output: '',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '/* tslint:enable:rule1 rule2 rule3... */',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          column: 1,
+          data: {
+            text: '/* tslint:enable:rule1 rule2 rule3... */',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
+        },
+      ],
+      output: '',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '// tslint:disable-next-line',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          column: 1,
+          data: {
+            text: '// tslint:disable-next-line',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
+        },
+      ],
+      output: '',
+    },
+    {
+      code: 'someCode(); // tslint:disable-line',
       errors: [
         {
-          column: column ?? 1,
-          data: { text: text ?? code },
-          line: line ?? 1,
-          messageId: 'commentDetected' as const,
+          column: 13,
+          data: {
+            text: '// tslint:disable-line',
+          },
+          line: 1,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
         },
       ],
-      output: output ?? '',
-    }),
-  ),
+      output: 'someCode();',
+    },
+    {
+      code: '// tslint:disable-next-line:rule1 rule2 rule3...',
+      errors: [
+        {
+          column: 1,
+          data: { text: '// tslint:disable-next-line:rule1 rule2 rule3...' },
+          line: 1,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
+        },
+      ],
+      output: '',
+    },
+    {
+      code: `
+const woah = doSomeStuff();
+// tslint:disable-line
+console.log(woah);
+      `,
+      errors: [
+        {
+          column: 1,
+          data: {
+            text: '// tslint:disable-line',
+          },
+          line: 3,
+          messageId: 'commentDetected',
+        },
+      ],
+      output: `
+const woah = doSomeStuff();
+console.log(woah);
+      `,
+    },
+  ],
 });