diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ee3d5035a0..7dd7b541cc 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 exclude=
     # copied from the kernel sources
     utils/diffconfig
-max-line-length=80
+max-line-length=132
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0b3e43e0f..4d334adcd6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ check-flake8:
 	| xargs file \
 	| grep 'Python script' \
 	| cut -d':' -f1 \
-	| xargs -- python3 -m flake8 --statistics --max-line-length=132
+	| xargs -- python3 -m flake8 --statistics
 
 check-package:
 	find $(TOPDIR) -type f \( -name '*.mk' -o -name '*.hash' -o -name 'Config.*' \) \