diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index cc301f64c..d9bb8c242 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         "callback-return": "off",
         "global-require": "off", // TODO: enable
         "handle-callback-err": "error",
-        "no-buffer-constructor": "error",
+        "no-buffer-constructor": "off", // TODO: enable when we stop supporting Node.js 4.x
         "no-mixed-requires": "error",
         "no-new-require": "error",
         "no-path-concat": "error",
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/fs.js b/lib/jsdoc/fs.js
index 993f001ae..32d9c6229 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/fs.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/fs.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ exports.copyFileSync = function(inFile, outDir, fileName) {
     var read;
     var write;
 
-    var buffer = Buffer.alloc(BUF_LENGTH);
+    var buffer = new Buffer(BUF_LENGTH);
     var bytesRead = 1;
     var outFile = path.join( outDir, fileName || path.basename(inFile) );
     var pos = 0;