diff --git a/tools/maplint/lints/obj_item.yml b/tools/maplint/lints/obj_item.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54a20879663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/maplint/lints/obj_item.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+=/obj/item:
+  banned: true