diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4d261ca5..c737d558 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ commands =
 #     F403 'from ansible.module_utils.basic import *' used;
 #          unable to detect undefined names
 #     H303 No wildcard (*) import.
-#     E501: Line longer than 79 columns (as many scripts use jinja
-#           templating, this is very difficult)
-ignore=F403,H303,E501
-
+ignore=F403,H303
+# The max-line-length is being set at a greater width in order to accommodate
+# jinja templating in python files, especially in the shebang.
+max-line-length = 120
 
 [testenv:bashate]
 commands =