diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 197450a0..6a424b95 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ all_files  = 1
 ignore =
   D205,D209,D400  # our docstrings are multi-line blobs
   D302  # We don't care about Unicode docstrings
-  E501  # ignore long lines
   E731  # we occasionally use lambda
   F403,F405  # we use * imports
   Q001  # we use '''...''' multi-line strings
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ ignore =
   T001,T201  # we use print statements in the update scripts
   W504  # we put the binary operator on the preceding line
 max-complexity = 15
-max-line-length = 120
+max-line-length = 210
 
 [isort]
 lines_after_imports = 2