diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bc8e9cad1..b28474fd8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ filterwarnings =
 markers =
     expensive: mark a test as expensive (deselect with '-m "not expensive"')
 
-timeout = 590  # Terminate the test just before CircleCI's 10-minute timeout so we see
-               # the test failure instead of a timeout.
+# Terminate the test just before CircleCI's 10-minute timeout so we see the test failure
+# instead of a timeout.
+timeout = 590
 
 [coverage:run]
 source = imitation