diff --git a/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_params.txt b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_params.txt
index c4d4a0cf227c..d811c357f446 100644
--- a/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_params.txt
+++ b/dist/tools/vera++/profiles/riot_params.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 max-line-length=100
-max-line-length-warn=80
 max-consecutive-empty-lines=1