diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 9547fe1b77cac0bbc8aa52310b7c9ffeb088965c..dcfd0aad60c31e507989efac53be45f46ef4a9bf 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -12,7 +12,15 @@ UseTab: Always
 TabWidth: 8
 IndentWidth: 8
 ContinuationIndentWidth: 8
-ColumnLimit: 80
+
+# While we do want to enforce a character limit of 80 characters, we often
+# allow lines to overflow that limit to prioritize readability. Setting a
+# character limit here with penalties has been finicky and creates too many
+# false positives.
+#
+# NEEDSWORK: It would be nice if we can find optimal settings to ensure we
+# can re-enable the limit here.
+ColumnLimit: 0
 
 # C Language specifics
 Language: Cpp
@@ -210,16 +218,11 @@ MaxEmptyLinesToKeep: 1
 # No empty line at the start of a block.
 KeepEmptyLinesAtTheStartOfBlocks: false
 
-# Penalties
-# This decides what order things should be done if a line is too long
-PenaltyBreakAssignment: 5
-PenaltyBreakBeforeFirstCallParameter: 5
-PenaltyBreakComment: 5
-PenaltyBreakFirstLessLess: 0
-PenaltyBreakOpenParenthesis: 300
-PenaltyBreakString: 5
-PenaltyExcessCharacter: 10
-PenaltyReturnTypeOnItsOwnLine: 300
-
 # Don't sort #include's
 SortIncludes: false
+
+# Remove optional braces of control statements (if, else, for, and while)
+# according to the LLVM coding style. This avoids braces on simple
+# single-statement bodies of statements but keeps braces if one side of
+# if/else if/.../else cascade has multi-statement body.
+RemoveBracesLLVM: true
diff --git a/ci/run-style-check.sh b/ci/run-style-check.sh
index 6cd4b1d934a76a4e316887d026ef00733bbdf424..0832c19df076f4242fe317c1101bcb26b4c9d476 100755
--- a/ci/run-style-check.sh
+++ b/ci/run-style-check.sh
@@ -5,21 +5,5 @@
 
 baseCommit=$1
 
-# Remove optional braces of control statements (if, else, for, and while)
-# according to the LLVM coding style. This avoids braces on simple
-# single-statement bodies of statements but keeps braces if one side of
-# if/else if/.../else cascade has multi-statement body.
-#
-# As this rule comes with a warning [1], we want to experiment with it
-# before adding it in-tree. since the CI job for the style check is allowed
-# to fail, appending the rule here allows us to validate its efficacy.
-# While also ensuring that end-users are not affected directly.
-#
-# [1]: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html#removebracesllvm
-{
-	cat .clang-format
-	echo "RemoveBracesLLVM: true"
-} >/tmp/clang-format-rules
-
-git clang-format --style=file:/tmp/clang-format-rules \
+git clang-format --style=file:.clang-format \
 	--diff --extensions c,h "$baseCommit"
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7fea4a34d684c579d389d1d3be3a5c1aba021ac6..48dff818e0af6efe33d803be41530c9808a50823 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2144,6 +2144,18 @@ if headers_to_check.length() != 0 and compiler.get_argument_syntax() == 'gcc'
   alias_target('check-headers', hdr_check)
 endif
 
+git_clang_format = find_program('git-clang-format', required: false, native: true)
+if git_clang_format.found()
+  run_target('style',
+    command: [
+      git_clang_format,
+      '--style', 'file',
+      '--diff',
+      '--extensions', 'c,h'
+    ]
+  )
+endif
+
 foreach key, value : {
   'DIFF': diff.full_path(),
   'GIT_SOURCE_DIR': meson.project_source_root(),