diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 57e94e61c6d1a4..b5d9ce1b0fff2d 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ def icu_download(path):
 
   # write an empty file to start with
   write(icu_config_name, do_not_edit +
-        pprint.pformat(icu_config, indent=2) + '\n')
+        pprint.pformat(icu_config, indent=2, width=1024) + '\n')
 
   # always set icu_small, node.gyp depends on it being defined.
   o['variables']['icu_small'] = b(False)
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ def icu_download(path):
 
   # write updated icu_config.gypi with a bunch of paths
   write(icu_config_name, do_not_edit +
-        pprint.pformat(icu_config, indent=2) + '\n')
+        pprint.pformat(icu_config, indent=2, width=1024) + '\n')
   return  # end of configure_intl
 
 def configure_inspector(o):
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ def make_bin_override():
 print_verbose(output)
 
 write('config.gypi', do_not_edit +
-      pprint.pformat(output, indent=2) + '\n')
+      pprint.pformat(output, indent=2, width=1024) + '\n')
 
 write('config.status', '#!/bin/sh\nset -x\nexec ./configure ' +
       ' '.join([pipes.quote(arg) for arg in original_argv]) + '\n')