diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 72e850e..0000000
--- a/.markdownlint.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-MD033:
-  # Allowed elements
-  allowed_elements: [p, details, summary, a, img, h1]
-
-# MD013/line-length - Line length
-MD013:
-  # Number of characters
-  line_length: 120
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index bdf77ac..90c6096 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 # wires nvim
 
-this is my current neovim config, based on [CosmicNvim](https://github.com/CosmicNvim/CosmicNvim), but with a substantial amount of reorganization and functionality I don't use stripped out.
+this is my current neovim config, based on [CosmicNvim][1] but with a
+substantial amount of reorganization and functionality I don't use stripped out.
+
+[1]: https://github.com/CosmicNvim/CosmicNvim