diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f86ebf31..dcdee288 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     "build-global-nav": "mkdir -p static/js/build/global-nav && cp node_modules/@canonical/global-nav/dist/global-nav.js static/js/build/global-nav",
     "build-cookie-policy": "mkdir -p static/js/build/cookie-policy && cp node_modules/@canonical/cookie-policy/build/js/cookie-policy.js static/js/build/cookie-policy",
     "copy-discourse-rad-parser": "mkdir -p static/js/build/discourse-rad-parser && cp -a node_modules/@canonical/discourse-rad-parser/build/js/. static/js/build/discourse-rad-parser",
-    "format-python": "black --line-length 79 webapp",
-    "lint-python": "flake8 webapp tests && black --check --line-length 79 webapp tests",
+    "format-python": "black webapp",
+    "lint-python": "flake8 webapp tests && black --check webapp tests",
     "lint-scss": "stylelint static/**/*.scss",
     "test-python": "python3 -m unittest discover tests",
     "serve": "./entrypoint 0.0.0.0:${PORT}",