diff --git a/doc/configuration.rst b/doc/configuration.rst
index 2f310d3..aa51002 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/configuration.rst
@@ -1391,17 +1391,6 @@ validate new project name.
 Defaults to: ``^[a-zA-z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9-_]*$``
 
 
-FILE_SIZE_HIGHLIGHT
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-This configuration key allows to specify the maximum number of characters a file
-or diff should have to have syntax highlighting. Everything above this limit
-will not have syntax highlighting as this is a memory intensive procedure that
-easily leads to out of memory error on large files or diff.
-
-Defaults to: ``5000``
-
-
 APPLICATION_ROOT
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -1536,3 +1525,14 @@ must occupy subdirectories `docs`, `requests` and `tickets` under `GIT_FOLDER`.
 They are now computed automatically based on value of `GIT_FOLDER`.
 Usage of docs and tickets can be triggered by setting `ENABLE_DOCS` and
 `ENABLE_TICKETS` to `True` (this is the default).
+
+
+FILE_SIZE_HIGHLIGHT
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This configuration key allows to specify the maximum number of characters a file
+or diff should have to have syntax highlighting. Everything above this limit
+will not have syntax highlighting as this is a memory intensive procedure that
+easily leads to out of memory error on large files or diff.
+
+Defaults to: ``5000``
diff --git a/files/pagure.cfg.sample b/files/pagure.cfg.sample
index aadd631..2898966 100644
--- a/files/pagure.cfg.sample
+++ b/files/pagure.cfg.sample
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ ENABLE_DOCS = True
 # Enables / Disables private projects
 PRIVATE_PROJECTS = True
 
-# File character limit before disabling syntax highlighting
-FILE_SIZE_HIGHLIGHT = 500000
-
 ### Secret key for the Flask application
 SECRET_KEY='<The web application secret key>'
 
diff --git a/pagure/ui/repo.py b/pagure/ui/repo.py
index 7ca7ee2..cefe0e6 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/repo.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/repo.py
@@ -544,10 +544,7 @@ def view_file(repo, identifier, filename, username=None, namespace=None):
         elif ext in ('.rst', '.mk', '.md', '.markdown') and not rawtext:
             content, safe = pagure.doc_utils.convert_readme(content.data, ext)
             output_type = 'markup'
-        elif 'data' in dir(content) \
-                and len(content.data) < pagure_config.get(
-                    'FILE_SIZE_HIGHLIGHT', 5000) \
-                and not isbinary:
+        elif 'data' in dir(content) and not isbinary:
             file_content = None
             try:
                 file_content = encoding_utils.decode(