diff --git a/.mdl_config.yaml b/.mdl_config.yaml
index 8624a7f2..9cc8e798 100644
--- a/.mdl_config.yaml
+++ b/.mdl_config.yaml
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ MD024:
   allow_different_nesting: true
 
 # MD029/ol-prefix - Ordered list item prefix
-MD029:
-  # Enforce the `1.` style for ordered lists
-  style: "one"
+MD029: false
 
 # MD033/no-inline-html - Inline HTML
 MD033: false
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
index 2a119a6f..8b73b6d2 100644
--- a/.yamllint
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ rules:
   # default. There are many scenarios where the inline mapping may be a key,
   # hash, or other long value that would exceed the line length but cannot
   # reasonably be broken across lines.
-  line-length:
-    # This rule implies the allow-non-breakable-words rule
-    allow-non-breakable-inline-mappings: true
-    # Allows a 10% overage from the default limit of 80
-    max: 88
+  line-length: disable
 
   # yamllint doesn't like when we use yes and no for true and false,
   # but that's pretty standard in Ansible.
   truthy: disable
+
+  # yamlint doesn't like when we use spaces inside braces
+  # but that's pretty standard.
+  braces: disable
diff --git a/backend/env.yml b/backend/env.yml
index da3362d8..cfa1c536 100644
--- a/backend/env.yml
+++ b/backend/env.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 dev:
   DUMMY:
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9851c415..151ee3cc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 version: '3.4'
 
 services:
diff --git a/frontend/.eslintrc.yml b/frontend/.eslintrc.yml
index 6f5a082c..c368aa49 100644
--- a/frontend/.eslintrc.yml
+++ b/frontend/.eslintrc.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 {
   'env': { 'browser': true, 'es6': true, 'node': true },
   'parser': '@typescript-eslint/parser',
diff --git a/frontend/env.yml b/frontend/env.yml
index 46ef9d3a..ee3a04fd 100644
--- a/frontend/env.yml
+++ b/frontend/env.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 dev:
   FRONTEND_DOMAIN: ''
 
diff --git a/frontend/serverless.yml b/frontend/serverless.yml
index 2a266e71..22a03f0e 100644
--- a/frontend/serverless.yml
+++ b/frontend/serverless.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 service: crossfeed-frontend
 
 frameworkVersion: '3'