diff --git a/.stylelintrc b/.stylelintrc
index 1315c0350..6fdccda5c 100644
--- a/.stylelintrc
+++ b/.stylelintrc
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     "selector-class-pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*(__[a-z]+)?(--[a-z]+)?$",
     "selector-descendant-combinator-no-non-space": null,
     "string-quotes": "double",
-    "unit-whitelist": ["rem", "em", "deg", "s", "%", "mm", "vh"],
+    "unit-whitelist": ["px", "em", "deg", "s", "%", "mm", "vh"],
     "value-keyword-case": "lower",
     "value-no-vendor-prefix": true
   }
diff --git a/src/assets/stylesheets/helpers/_px2em.scss b/src/assets/stylesheets/helpers/_px2em.scss
index 2bbd0951a..0647c09ab 100644
--- a/src/assets/stylesheets/helpers/_px2em.scss
+++ b/src/assets/stylesheets/helpers/_px2em.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 /// DEALINGS
 ////
 
+// stylelint-disable unit-whitelist
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helpers
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/assets/stylesheets/layout/_base.scss b/src/assets/stylesheets/layout/_base.scss
index 5a1a7eedc..aa77ecd83 100644
--- a/src/assets/stylesheets/layout/_base.scss
+++ b/src/assets/stylesheets/layout/_base.scss
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ body {
   height: 100%;
   // Hack: reset font-size to 10px, so the spacing for all inline elements is
   // correct again. Otherwise the spacing would be based on 20px.
-  font-size: 0.5rem;
+  font-size: 0.5rem; // stylelint-disable-line unit-whitelist
 
   // [tablet portrait -]: Lock body to disable scroll bubbling
   @include break-to-device(tablet portrait) {